worn out pins
#42
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Originally Posted by quiltlady
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I put them in a prescription bottle and toss them in the trash.
#43
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Originally Posted by craftybear
funny, I just did a search "worn out pins" and this thread popped up as # 1 out of 837,000 threads, that is so funny
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...=worn+out+pins
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...=worn+out+pins
#44
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Originally Posted by mzsooz
Originally Posted by sharon b
If they are straight pins and such I rub(?) the pointy point against my scalp and that usually gets them going again :thumbup:
Maybe I'm picturing this wrong?
#45
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Same here. I keep an empty pill bottle by my sewing machine and discard the bent and dull pins as I find them.
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I put them in a prescription bottle and toss them in the trash.
#47
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I re purpose my dull straight pins in crafts either in Sunday school or just whatever. I make snowmen out of styrofoam balls and my kids stick them together with old straight pins first dipped in hot glue. The ones with the beaded heads (pins, not kids) tee hee, are held together in threes and dipped in hot glue, cooled and then dipped in black paint to make "coal" eyes for snow people. It is fun and my kids love it!
#48
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post some of your cool projects, here please so we can recycle our pins
Originally Posted by betlinsmom
I re purpose my dull straight pins in crafts either in Sunday school or just whatever. I make snowmen out of styrofoam balls and my kids stick them together with old straight pins first dipped in hot glue. The ones with the beaded heads (pins, not kids) tee hee, are held together in threes and dipped in hot glue, cooled and then dipped in black paint to make "coal" eyes for snow people. It is fun and my kids love it!
#49
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that reminds me we used to make these cool Christmas decorations years ago with my grandma, so I searched and found the free pattern for us
http://www.ehow.com/how_4545974_make...ornaments.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_4545974_make...ornaments.html
Originally Posted by redkimba
What do you do with your worn-out pins?
I now have some pins that I've had & used for so long that they are not sharp any more. They don't go through fabric as well as they should.
I now have some pins that I've had & used for so long that they are not sharp any more. They don't go through fabric as well as they should.
#50
I also use the pill bottle method. When filled, we have a Sharp's container at schoolI will slip them in.
As far as the cost to dispose of the containers, it is outrageous but a necessary evil.
At the animal shelter, I scheduled the guy to come once a year. At the most, he would have to pick up a box that was 3 cubic feet or about 30"x30"x30". It would be filled with as many full Sharps containers as possible. We were charged over $400 for this one box. Then, you have to turn around and buy more Sharps containers to fill. Yep, it gets expensive.
As far as the cost to dispose of the containers, it is outrageous but a necessary evil.
At the animal shelter, I scheduled the guy to come once a year. At the most, he would have to pick up a box that was 3 cubic feet or about 30"x30"x30". It would be filled with as many full Sharps containers as possible. We were charged over $400 for this one box. Then, you have to turn around and buy more Sharps containers to fill. Yep, it gets expensive.
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