Here's an odd one for you, but I was stamping tonight, and after I dried off a stamp on the rag shirt that I use to wipe off stamps that have cleaner or water on them, I looked down and saw a load of cat hairs in my stamp pad. It was a brand new Clearsnap Chalk pad so I know they weren't there when I started making my project this evening. (It was the Alabaster color and we have a black cat, so that's why I noticed so quickly.)
Now I have the precarious problem of getting the darned cat hairs OFF the stamp pad. Anybody have any ideas for how to clean these appropriately?
Heck, Jeff, I have cat hair on most of my stamp pads (along with everything else in the house). After trying to pick them off (inky fingers, anyone) I just leave 'em be. They've never messed up an image yet. Once in awhile I'll pick one up on a stamp, but it's way easier to remove them from the stamp than from the pad.
Jeff, I no longer have cats here in my home, but I do have two Siberian Husky's. They completely blow their coats twice a year. I own 3 vacuums, and everything is still angorized with Husky hair. So try using a dry old toothbrush, and slowly drag it across the top of the stamp pad. Use a lint free cloth or paper towel to clean brush and continue this until all hairs removed. Then tweezer's are good for that last darn stubborn one. Sound like the voice of way to much experience, trust me it is!! LOL Got any idea how much hair can get on a new stamp, when you drop it on the floor??? (of course it has to fall wet side down) Oh and one more thing, firmer toothbrushes will tear up the surface of the pad if you rub across to hard. I really like the softest brush I can find, and have in a pinch, even used a cheap paintbrush. The key seems to be in keeping the brush as dry as possible.
For very lite amount of hairs try using static electricity, use a plastic comb, rub it real fast across pants material, it will put a negative charge on the plastic. Then run comb across the top of the stamppads. Since hair naturally has a positive charge, the 2 attract, most of the hairs will comb right up with the comb the first time. Repeat as needed!
Been a priviledge sharing with yall, hope this will help to solve your hair issues! LOL
I have found just a few pet hairs on my stamp and I do notice it affecting my stamping. I don't get many, so I've just gotten a toothpick and gotten them off. The ink makes them stick to the toothpick, which I wipe across a paper towel until I have them all off. I like the toothbrush idea too. May have to try that one also.
I, too, have cat hair on everything - four of the furbabies make a LOT of fur....
One cat in particular loves to sleep on my scrubby - the thing I use to clean the stamps with - It seems to be OK for a while, then I just change the pad when the fur seems to be taking over completely....
Would one of those lint roller things work? You know the ones that have sticky paper? Seems that they would. You probably wouldn't have to press very hard. You may lose a little of your ink but not much. Let us know how you make out--whatever you find that works. My cat's hair doesn't seem to get into my stamping stuff. Don't ask me why since he likes to check everything out and is usually sitting on whatever it is that I want to stamp soon after I make my intentions known.
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