How To Clean Wood Burning Tool Tips

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How to clean wood burning tool tips. Cleaning Your Wood Burning Stove. My favorite burning tip for this process is the Colwood spear-shaped one mostly set on 710 heat intensity for MDF or 510 for softer surfaces like pine wood. Start with straight areas to get practice and then work up to the curved areas.

First you will want to assemble all the tools and other items you will need to clean the stove as listed below. Before soldering use alcohol and a clean cloth to remove contaminants such as grease corrosion and oxidation from the surface to be soldered. This video goes over the basics of using the Creative Versa-Tool.

A drop cloth or newspapers to protect your floor. To sharpen or clean the points use a fine emery board. This tool gets hot so be careful and use all of the recommended precautions.

Hold the wood burner like you would a pencil or paintbrush. Gloves to protect your hands while cleaning. Use flat nose pliers to screw points into the end of the craft tool especially when the tool is on and heated.

Always turn the wood as needed so that your hand and arm are comfortable while wood burning. Use sure traces and try to do it in one stroke but do it slowly. You can tell your tip is clean when it appears bright and shiny.

To clean your tips use either brass or stainless steel wool. Make sure you read the instructions on your wood burning tool carefully before beginning. Clean more regularly as you use the stove as you use the stove more frequently in winter you should clean it more regularly.