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rowdymagi5 Inner circle Virginia 3616 Posts |
What do you guys do to keep your close up pads clean? Mine always looks like heck!
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Stanyon Inner circle Landrum, S.C. by way of Chicago 3433 Posts |
Shake, brush, clean with mild soap and water (if it is of the synthetic variety)...Don't use it as a place mat!
Cheers!
Stanyon
aka Steve Taylor "Every move a move!" "If you've enjoyed my performance half as much as I've enjoyed performing for you, then you've enjoyed it twice as much as me!" |
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Mya Angel Special Assistant California 1396 Posts |
Or let your wife use it as a mouse pad.
There is nothing that remains so constant as change. Don't end up like concrete, all mixed up and permanently set.
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Mark Martinez Inner circle Wisconsin 1276 Posts |
The thing I started doing that makes the biggest difference for me is covering my close-up pad when not in use. This keeps dust off the pad. Yes I know you can clean the dust off with a roll of tape but if you keep the dust off it to start with you don't have to clean it.
Besides dust, when needed I take my pad and wash it with soap and water to get out any other mess that might get on the pad (spilled soda).
Magically,
Mark Success comes before work only in the dictionary. - Anonymous |
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Daniel Faith Inner circle Neenah, Wisconsin 1526 Posts |
I find a Billiard table brush works great.
I only use soap and water if it is absolutely necessary.
Daniel Faith
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Monte New user 82 Posts |
Laundry spray works like a gem. It removes all those dirt marks left by the kids that stomp all over it.
Monte, as in the 3 cards.
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Donny Orbit Special user 944 Posts |
If mine is clean but has a lot of fuzz on it, I found duck tape works really well to get the fuzz off.
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Steve Brooks Founder / Manager Northern California - United States 3780 Posts |
I use a Pet Roller, the kind designed to remove hair from your clothes, works like a charm. I keep one in my close-up case at all times. Also comes in handy when wifes use your mat for a mousepad. I won't name any names, but...
"Always be you because nobody else can" - Steve Brooks
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GaryW Veteran user HSMagic 317 Posts |
I made my own close up pad/table and found the best way to keep it clean it the lint roller that Steve mentioned or a "lint shaver" if it starts to look shaggy. The surface of mine is a simple black velvet.
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magicandmore New user 8 Posts |
I agree with Steve. A lint roller is the way to go. 3M manufactures them; and they can be found at almost any big box housewares store like Linens N' Things; and quite a few supermarkets.
And the best part is, they only cost $4-5 a new pad would run you $10-15. |
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magicmonkeyphoto Regular user 151 Posts |
Another bar magician suggested to me to by a spray can of "Scotchguard" as soon as you get your pad. I think you can get that stuff at Target or any place like that. You spray it on, and then it becomes much easier to clean later on. Also, I keep my pad secured inside the lid of my close up case, and laid flat. That way no dust gets on it.
Lincoln
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paulajayne Inner circle London England 1160 Posts |
Hi, I use mouse mats. They are cheap and easy to get hold of. If it gets dirty then throw it away.
Presentation is everything - we don't do magic with dirty hands so why with a dirty pad. Paula
Paula Jay - Magic to Remember -
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Michael Baker Eternal Order Near a river in the Midwest 11172 Posts |
I remember seeing a brilliant magician build his "for magician's only" act around a very subtle obsessive-compulsive picking of lint from his pad. It took awhile for the joke to set in, and it was hilarious!
~michael baker
The Magic Company |
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Bob Sanders Grammar Supervisor Magic Valley Ranch, Clanton, Alabama 20504 Posts |
That wasn't Billy McComb actively wool gathering?
Bob Magic By Sander |
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zur Special user California 671 Posts |
Need those lint rollers you can get everywhere.
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Bob Sanders Grammar Supervisor Magic Valley Ranch, Clanton, Alabama 20504 Posts |
For spots and stains use foam auto uphostery cleaner. Many close up pads are only auto headliner anyway!
Bob Magic By Sander |
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dearwiseone Inner circle Portland, OR 1143 Posts |
Get Trevor Duffy's close up pads and you just throw them in the wash! The easiest to clean, by far!
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Magicusa Elite user 478 Posts |
I use a Pet Roller too.
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Rik Taylor New user Delaware 58 Posts |
As stated earlier, Trevor Duffy's close up pads are WASH and WORK. And come out very nicely.
...less is not more, less is less you have to carry, more or less...
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PyroJeffNic Regular user Alberta, Canada 161 Posts |
I have used many items
Pet Brushes work well... and Soap faded my close-up pad but I would by far recomend going to the dollar store and picking up a lint brush for a dollar. Cheap AND effective
retrostylemagic
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