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Disposal of Old #11 Xacto Blades

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Disposal of Old #11 Xacto Blades
Posted by SNOOPY on Saturday, July 24, 2004 10:58 AM
Here is an easy disposal idea for those worn out blades. I take one of those mini M&M containers with the flip top on it, cut a slit big enough to put the old blades into it and when it is full, tape the slit and throw away. No mess, no accidental cuts while taking out the garbage, and kids do not get into them. Make sure you take of the M*M wrapper so the kids don't think it is candy and try opening it. Work great. You can also put velcro on the side and then hang it up some where on the work bench.
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    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Saturday, July 24, 2004 12:21 PM
Good idea.

I usually just wrap a few pieces of masking tape around it and throw it in the garbage.

Mike

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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    February 2003
  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Saturday, July 24, 2004 1:28 PM
Good ideas!
Another I've heard is to put them in old Coke (or whatever) cans.
Don't know what, if any, ramifications that may have on recycling, but it sounds like a safe way to chuck old blades.

The Olfa and Tamiya hobby knives I use come with plastic cases that carry new blades and have a chamber for old blades. Pretty efficient.
~Brian
  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
Posted by rjkplasticmod on Saturday, July 24, 2004 1:42 PM
I just put them back in the plastic holder they come in, except I put them on the bottom, under remaining new blades, & face them in the opposite direction. When I remove the last new blade, just snap the plastic holder shut & dispose in the trash.

Regards, Rick
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  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Maine,USA
Posted by dubix88 on Sunday, July 25, 2004 8:47 PM
HEY,
Or you could give them to me.lol jk. Ya i just usually throw it in my trash box(i have a model box i throw all of my little sraps away in) and tos it like that.

Randy
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    December 2009
  • From: West Grove, PA
Posted by wildwilliam on Monday, July 26, 2004 12:48 PM
J-Hulk -
i think Coke dissolves Xacto blades.
Wink [;)]
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 26, 2004 10:32 PM
I just ordered a surgical scalpal. I am hoping the blade will have a longer life span.
  • Member since
    May 2004
  • From: Dallas
Posted by KINGTHAD on Tuesday, July 27, 2004 12:37 PM
I use the scalpal blades to but they dont last as long as you would think, But I get mine from my father in law who is a dentist so they dont cost me that much.

Thad
  • Member since
    December 2012
Posted by FreedomEagle1953 on Saturday, July 31, 2004 2:49 PM
Sometimes I wrap old blades in thick strapping tape with extra around the point end ... and toss in the trash.

Another place to put used xacto blades is ... inside the wall in your bathroom ... Confused [%-)] ... let me explain. Some older bathroom medicine cabinets have a small slot in the side or back ... the purpose is to toss away old used safety razor blades. Yes I know hardly anyone uses the old fashioned safety razor blades these days ... and perhaps the newer bathroom medicine cabinets no longer have these used safety blade slots ... but I just thought I would mention it. Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

FreedomEagle1953

Chicago, IL area

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