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Post by generic on Jun 4, 2024 10:34:20 GMT
I have 2 wooly buddy pads and as the time past on more and more wool fibers of different colors get stuck on the surface, id seen people online recommend using a metal lint brush to clean the surface for a more neat look but when I try using it and it seems to damage the surface of the pad, is there a way to make it look neat again or is this just a normal sign of ageing and overuse.
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Post by Ann @ frabjous fabrica on Jun 4, 2024 21:02:23 GMT
Do tell, what's a buddy pad? 😕🤔
How to clean it will really depend on what it's made of. If it's a foam pad, which I use for large projects, it doesn't really get very dirty, it just (eventually) loses bits of foam. Then It's time to throw it out and get a new one. If it's a felted pad, which I use for most of my sculpting projects, then I usually use one of my small hand flick carders. Yes it can loosen up the surface when it is getting the wrong coloured fibres out of the pad, but try giving those surface fibres a quick shave. Any remaining will go back into the pad when you are next working on it. If a buddy pad is a brush, then a comb will probably get the fibres out of the bristles.
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Post by generic on Jun 6, 2024 15:56:25 GMT
Do tell, what's a buddy pad? 😕🤔 How to clean it will really depend on what it's made of. If it's a foam pad, which I use for large projects, it doesn't really get very dirty, it just (eventually) loses bits of foam. Then It's time to throw it out and get a new one. If it's a felted pad, which I use for most of my sculpting projects, then I usually use one of my small hand flick carders. Yes it can loosen up the surface when it is getting the wrong coloured fibres out of the pad, but try giving those surface fibres a quick shave. Any remaining will go back into the pad when you are next working on it. If a buddy pad is a brush, then a comb will probably get the fibres out of the bristles. ok thank you so much for the answer, also this is the woolbuddy pad i was talking about |
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Post by Ann @ frabjous fabrica on Jun 6, 2024 19:38:41 GMT
Ooh I've never seen any of those before. They look useful.
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Post by MTRuth on Jun 7, 2024 17:59:49 GMT
I have heard the suggestion to use one pad for lighter colors of wool and one pad for darker colors of wool. That way if you do have transfer of wool fibers from the pad, it's not so glaring.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jun 10, 2024 10:21:55 GMT
I have seen those but I don't remember, are they all wool or is there something inside them?
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Post by mitten on Jul 17, 2024 21:07:32 GMT
I just have wool buddies also and finding the same thing, the wool sticks and then transfers to the next project. I've started placing a sheet of wool felt over the surface in a colour close to what I'm working on. That seems to work so far
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Post by Ann @ frabjous fabrica on Jul 17, 2024 22:29:19 GMT
I seem to remember that Jan puts a sheet of polythene over the top of the needle felting mat that she works on so that less fibres stick to the mat and then reconnect with the next project. I'm sure that she included something about this in one of her posts on the Studio, though I'm blowed if I can remember which one.
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