moonrose64 Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Hi Guys, I have 2 round aluminum molds that have these things sticking out inside them. I wanna call them spurs or slivers.When I take out my candle it actually puts a scratch in the candle while coming out. So I have a line going all the way down the candle when it comes out.What the heck causes this and how can I fix that?They are right at the very top on the inside....I thought pliers, but then that might do more damage to my mold. Or scratch the inside. GRRR more crap to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmarcha Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 I would take some sandpaper, depending on how big the spur is and try to sand it out of there. If this doesn't work and you have Dremel tool with a sanding attachment, it would work great to take that spur off. If no Dremel tool and you have a friendly hardware store around, maybe they would have one and could take it off for you. I have had to take spurs off also, so I know what a pain it is. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinDucky Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 A fine rattail file works great. I have a miniature set of files that includes the round one like that. I must drop my molds occasionally, because I have those little burrs pop up on mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonrose64 Posted September 29, 2005 Author Share Posted September 29, 2005 Ok, I have dremel...have sand paper. the sand paper would be a Fine sandpaper right?Not sure about my dremel, Gotta check that out.Satin, What is a rattail file? I probably know it as something else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlc26 Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 I dropped my mold the other night and got these. I took my pliers the smooth part and scraped it off so that it was smooth! worked for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topofmurrayhill Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 I fixed one of these just yesterday. I find my swiss army pocket knife shaves the aluminum easily so I just sliced the spurs off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinDucky Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Oh, it's just another name for a perfectly round file. I guess because it looks like a large rats tail...lol. I use that mainly because I'm one of those perfectionist types. I like to keep the edge I fixing rounded. The mini one I've also used for wick holes. Like the metal seamed molds. The wick holes in mine weren't large enough for the wick pins to fit through from the outside. Just a soft quick swipe enlarges it just enough for the pin to slip in Yeah, I like tools! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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