Gilly 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2005 While I am waiting for an order of some ceramic bobbins, I thought, "what if I run a piece of wool saturated with extra fine polishing compound through the tube?". I did this and polished the inside to a mirror finish and now there are no more freyed threads to worry about. Try it, it works. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
duckydoty 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2005 Good idea. Thanks for sharing Duckydoty Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boba 0 Report post Posted April 28, 2005 Following advice in a tying book which I shall not name, I dumbly tried cleaning the tube of one of my bobbins with piano wire and ceramic tips. The steel completely scoured the steel tube and ceramic ends. I then managed to fray every thread I put through it. There is a better way. You can buy floss threaders (for teeth) which consist of what appears to be heavy-ish blue mono thread with a loop at the end. Push that through a couple of times and you can clean out all the old wax build up. The thought of pushing steel wool through ceramic tubes is frightening. I hope it's very, very fine steel wool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gilly 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2005 QUOTE (boba @ Apr 27 2005, 09:28 PM) The thought of pushing steel wool through ceramic tubes is frightening. I hope it's very, very fine steel wool. Knitting WOOL......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham 0 Report post Posted April 29, 2005 Great tip, just in time for me, one of my bobbins is starting to fray thread. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
