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I would never put a zip tie inside a pony to replace the washer since I don't want to introduce any other materials that may react.
That chart is very interesting... Nice to know I can rosin up my pony hairs if I want to, lol. I'm curious why acetic acid had a severe effect but vinegar is excellent, I thought acetic acid was the active part of vinegar. Maybe I'm mixing it up with another acid. Also I wish they had tested hydrogen peroxide at 3% as that is the usual strength consumers buy (for first aid purposes), and sulfamic acid and gluconic acids...Has anyone ever tried cleaning a washer with ketchup or coke? Ha ha.Post Merge: December 30, 2021, 06:55:40 AMQuote from: Artemesia's Garden on December 30, 2021, 04:04:16 AMI would never put a zip tie inside a pony to replace the washer since I don't want to introduce any other materials that may react.Aren't zip ties also made of nylon? Are there different kinds of nylon that can react poorly together?
I second that vinegar is great for dissolving rust, plus it is good for treating mould. I also recommend Milton/baby steriliser tablets in extreme cases i.e. actual live fungus! However acids like vinegar may make certain hair colours unstable like yellow chartreuse and red. I'd be interested to hear if you get any dye changes with strong colours.On tail washers. The washer may rust but the clamp rarely ever does. I have never seen the clamp rust and I think it's made of an aluminium alloy. If the washer is rusty, the best treatment is to soak in vinegar or sand it lightly, wash and dry it then spray with clear acrylic varnish before replacing. Or if it's too far gone, just throw it away. I would never put a zip tie inside a pony to replace the washer since I don't want to introduce any other materials that may react. Customisers have been using acrylic paints and varnished for years and we haven't identified any problems so i would view these as being fairly safe. Also I don't swing my ponies around by the tail so I'm happy for the tail to be replaced clamp-only. If the clamp has been replaced that's an absolute no from me. It changes the character of the tail, and I have never seen a case where this is necessary. I would view it as a mistake by someone being hasty.Post Merge: December 30, 2021, 04:07:41 AMp.s. on batch treatment I find that's never really an option if you aim to do the bare minimum possible to clean and stabilise the pony's condition. You have to make individual choices based on what you do and the strength of the cleaners, lubricants and abrasives you'd do it with. These decisions are not always easy and can time time and consideration, hence one reason why a lot of people have spares piled up. They just take time to work out what, if anything, to do.
Quote from: Artemesia's Garden on December 30, 2021, 04:04:16 AMI second that vinegar is great for dissolving rust, plus it is good for treating mould. I also recommend Milton/baby steriliser tablets in extreme cases i.e. actual live fungus! However acids like vinegar may make certain hair colours unstable like yellow chartreuse and red. I'd be interested to hear if you get any dye changes with strong colours.On tail washers. The washer may rust but the clamp rarely ever does. I have never seen the clamp rust and I think it's made of an aluminium alloy. If the washer is rusty, the best treatment is to soak in vinegar or sand it lightly, wash and dry it then spray with clear acrylic varnish before replacing. Or if it's too far gone, just throw it away. I would never put a zip tie inside a pony to replace the washer since I don't want to introduce any other materials that may react. Customisers have been using acrylic paints and varnished for years and we haven't identified any problems so i would view these as being fairly safe. Also I don't swing my ponies around by the tail so I'm happy for the tail to be replaced clamp-only. If the clamp has been replaced that's an absolute no from me. It changes the character of the tail, and I have never seen a case where this is necessary. I would view it as a mistake by someone being hasty.Post Merge: December 30, 2021, 04:07:41 AMp.s. on batch treatment I find that's never really an option if you aim to do the bare minimum possible to clean and stabilise the pony's condition. You have to make individual choices based on what you do and the strength of the cleaners, lubricants and abrasives you'd do it with. These decisions are not always easy and can time time and consideration, hence one reason why a lot of people have spares piled up. They just take time to work out what, if anything, to do.Well, if we're saying acrylic paints/varnishes are safe, by that rubric aren't zip ties safe too, since customizers have also been using those for years? Or is it a concern for more long-term reactions? Which, to be fair, I do know we've witnessed some long-term staining from various acrylic paints! Unless you mean chemical reactions in terms of aging the plastic, in which case I would have no idea. I haven't considered that zipties might not react well to pony plastic, and I've been using them for years! I always imagined the biggest risk for zipties would be turning brittle and cracking, but that would have to be decades down the line. For 99% of the ponies I have to ziptie, the biggest concern is the rusted out tail, which is more of an immediate concern (rust stains etc) than plastic breakdown, at least in my experience.
Because the metal can rust again, that's why. It doesn't need to be submerged in water only to turn rusty. If you live in a hot and humid enough climate (like where I live) rust is an eventuality. That's why outdoor furnishings are made of plastic, wicker or cloth.Besides, I find that when I remove the clamp, the hair is all crinkled where it was, and if I'm fixing a tail to put back in I want to fix it properly and get those kinks out. Putting the clamp back would negate that. There is nothing wrong with zip ties
So do you find the clamp itself actually rusts? I've only seen the washer being rusted.
On tail washers. The washer may rust but the clamp rarely ever does. I have never seen the clamp rust and I think it's made of an aluminium alloy. If the washer is rusty, the best treatment is to soak in vinegar or sand it lightly, wash and dry it then spray with clear acrylic varnish before replacing. Or if it's too far gone, just throw it away. I would never put a zip tie inside a pony to replace the washer since I don't want to introduce any other materials that may react. Customisers have been using acrylic paints and varnished for years and we haven't identified any problems so i would view these as being fairly safe. Also I don't swing my ponies around by the tail so I'm happy for the tail to be replaced clamp-only. If the clamp has been replaced that's an absolute no from me. It changes the character of the tail, and I have never seen a case where this is necessary.
Quote from: Artemesia's Garden on December 31, 2021, 05:51:50 AMSo do you find the clamp itself actually rusts? I've only seen the washer being rusted.Yes. In ponies that get rust stains you will usually find a rusty clamp and washer. My Argie Whizzer is such a pony. Even after cleaning her you can still see the stains on the outside of her body - that's how bad the rust was inside. I have also seen rusty G3 clamps too.