I've been busy this morning tidying my craft room and I was quite shocked because I have lots of scissors but gradually every one has had some glue etc on it and rendered the scissor useless! So, rather than buying new, I decided to clean up the ones that I had (all 17 pairs of them! I found a few more after the picture below was taken...). It is really easy to do, I don't know why it took me so long to get around to it!!
So here's what I used:
Stick Away (from Crafters Companion) - Excellent product, I use it for just about anything!
Tin Foil
Kitchen roll, baby wipe or cloth
and of course your scissors that need a new lease of life.....
First of all, spray your scissors with a bit of Stick Away and leave to soak for a few moments, then wipe with your cloth. If the glue is quite dried, spray again and again until clean, it doesn't take too long :) In the picture below you can see all of the wool and ribbon fibres that have stuck to a favourite pair of my scissors, I haven't been able to use these for ages :(
When your scissors are clean, give them a dry with your cloth and then cut through some tin foil. The idea of cutting through tin foil is to sharpen the blades.
There you have it, scissors just like new, I told you that it was easy, and we have a few more pennies to spend on other crafty goodies :) My favourite scissors are back, yay! :D
Thanks for stopping by my crazy Claireabella world folks..until next time.... Claire
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