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 Post subject: Re: Diaper Pin Advice
PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 9:58 am 
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Get a fishing hook sharpener. You can get them from a sporting goods store with a big fishing section, or buy them online. Also use rope wrench soap bar suggestion.


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 Post subject: Re: Diaper Pin Advice
PostPosted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:52 am 
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I use a sharpening stone like you use to sharpen knives. Makes the pins real sharp.
The soap trick really works great to make them slide through the cloth a lot easier.


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 Post subject: Re: Diaper Pin Advice
PostPosted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 8:24 am 
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MSUSpartan wrote:
Get a fishing hook sharpener. You can get them from a sporting goods store with a big fishing section, or buy them online. Also use rope wrench soap bar suggestion.


Great idea! Thanks!

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 Post subject: Re: Diaper Pin Advice
PostPosted: Tue Jun 04, 2019 10:18 am 
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I stopped using pins more than a year ago. Someone in this forum recommended the use of "Boingo" fasteners so I bought a pair and really like the way they fasten the diaper so I stopped using diaper pins all together more than a year ago. I highly recommend using Boingo fasteners in lieu of pins. Boingo fasteners are NOT cheap, but they work really, really good and never need sharpening. However, I like the idea of using a fishing hook sharpener to sharp diaper pins. Great idea :idea:


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 Post subject: Re: Diaper Pin Advice
PostPosted: Mon Nov 09, 2020 8:30 pm 
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Large (3 in - 80mm) diaper pins can be either nickel plated steel or stainless steel. I found the nickel plating pinholed with a few uses and rust stains appeared on my diapers.
Looking for large stainless pins, I found that Rearz (Canada) sold them and I bought 8 of them. They have lasted very well, over 6 months, and have retained their sharpness and have no corrosion problems. However I had to correct 3 deficiencies when I first got them. They opened too wide so that too much force was required to close and securely latch them in night weight diapers. Also 3 of them had pins too long to easily go into the plastic locking ends. These were corrected by re-bending the hinge coil. A closely fitting pin must be inserted into the coil so that it doesn't collapse from gripping most of the coil in a vice. Then the last turn can be bent appropriately to shorten the pin end and reduce the opening angle.

In addition I felt some burrs along the sides and at the point a few the pins (Running your finger nail along a surface is quite sensitive to surface imperfections). I used a fine, diamond hand hone to remove the burrs. Also when sharpening a point it is possible to leave a burr on the side opposite to the last grinding/honing, which gentle honing of the opposite side will remove.

I know this sounds complicated but I have really serviceable pins now. Maybe QA has improved or another manufacturer is now making them.


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