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| 1. You will need:
cocktail stick, tread, glue, sandpaper and
scissors. |
2. Cut the points off the
cocktail stick to make it approx. 5 cm long. Sand
down the ends to round them off. |
3.Cut several pieces of
thread to approx. 3.5cm lengths and 2 longer
pieces (approx. 10cm). |
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| 4. Tie the 2 longer
pieces around the others at iether side of the
centre. |
5. Push the cocktail
stick through the centre of the bunch of threads,
inbetween the ties. |
6. If you have difficulty
getting it through, use a pointed cocktail stick
to open up the hole a little first. |
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| 7. Split the threads at
each side and pull apart. This should move the
ties closer to the stick and make it a tighter
fitting. |
8. Cut another piece of
thread about 20 cm long, you will need this soon. |
9. Put some glue around
the threads and stick as shown above. |
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| 10. Press the threads
down on the glue and the stick. |
11. Take the long thread
(I have used blue so you can see it better) and
lay it across the others about 6 cm from one end. |
12. With your other hand,
pinch the threads together as close to the top of
the mop as possible. |
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| 13. Start wrapping the
long thread around the top of the mop. This is a
little tricky and it may take a few goes before
you get it close enough to the top and tight
enough. |
14. Tie the 2 ends of the
long thread together, tight. Add a little glue
around the top of the mop to stop the thread
moving or coming unfastened. |
15. Trim the threads off
at the bottom to about 13mm long and there you
have it, one mop. Mop buckets can be bought from my online
shop.
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| Tip: If you fold the threads
over, at stage 5 above, and try them next to your
mop, you will be able to see if you have too many
or too few threads. Add or take away as needed
and re-tie. |