Minimize the Mess

Paper towel crap trap

If you’re working on really dirty or greasy parts, grab a few paper towels to lay parts on. When the paper towels get dirty, roll them up and throw them away.

Packing tape pickup

To clean up or pick up small pieces of stuff from the carpet or workbench, keep a roll of packing tape handy and use a piece to stick and peel your way to cleanliness.

Medicine cup mixing bowls

April 9, 2010

Some medicines come with nice flexible plastic measuring cups. Use these for mixing Epoxy or JB Weld and clean-up is as simple as squeezing the cup to pop out the cured up residue.

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Bath towel work mat

April 9, 2010

When working on your model, lay an old bath towel on your workbench as a mat. When screws or other small parts fall, they won’t bounce or roll away and get lost. When it gets dirty, just wash it.

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Q-tips mixing sticks

April 9, 2010

Use Q-Tips with the cotton cut off as mixing sticks for epoxy, JB Weld, or whatever else needs mixing. You get hundreds in a package for cheap, so you never run out.

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Save that Junk Mail

April 9, 2010

Use old magazines, sales flyers, cardboard boxes, and other junk paper products as a mixing surface for epoxy. Then just tear out a few pages or rip off the art with epoxy on it and trash it. It also lets you tell when the epoxy is fully cured without messing up the parts you just [...]

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Minimize the mess

April 9, 2010

Make a messy job a little cleaner with these ideas Use old magazines, sales flyers, cardboard boxes, and other junk paper products as a mixing surface for epoxy. Then just tear out a few pages or rip off the art with epoxy on it and trash it. It also lets you tell when the epoxy [...]

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