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 Re: Staples- what's the point?
Author: vboboe 
Date:   2009-02-18 17:46

... i find two things bother me most about recycled staples, we're talking standard brass here

1. the tarnish & corrosion that happens inside the tube as it's used and ages, in the past what i've done is pull a long rolled narrow strip of fine emery back and forth through the tube until it looks shiny & clean in there -- but of course that makes finely grained shiny surface inside the tube, instead of a bumpy corroded surface before emery, and that corroded surface was originally a shiny & smooth surface so the sanded surface isn't as good as new anymore -- any other suggestions?

2. the cork gets so dark and dirty-looking, it's euw gross! again, the thing i do is use cotton-bud with isopropanol to clean it and then regrease the cork which is very dehydrated from the isopropanol cleaning; but after a few times of doing that with the minimum isopropanol possible to do the job, the cleaner eventually dissolves the glue, so it's not saving staples in the long run, once dry or unglued cork chunks off the bottom end, staple's no use anymore

so it seems inevitable must replace about 10-12 new staples every year ...

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