Clothespins??? (Home Depot, work, buy)

[deerislesmile]

Vermont Country Store or Lehman's Non-Electric (both have websites) would likely have some of good quality....

[michelleleigh]

Originally Posted by fierce_flawless

I use wooden with the metal spring. I guess i just need to find bigger/heavier wooden ones?

Try the clips they sell for potatoe chips bags, I know you can find a package of 3 at the dollar stores.

[motormaker]

Originally Posted by michelleleigh

Try the clips they sell for potatoe chips bags, I know you can find a package of 3 at the dollar stores.

Those won't work, been there, done that. Spring is not strong enough to hold up a wet sheet or pair of Levi's.

[fierce_flawless]

Originally Posted by motormaker

Those won't work, been there, done that. Spring is not strong enough to hold up a wet sheet or pair of Levi's.

Yeah, and I would need a LOT. We're a family of five and we try and hang everything out.

[MoonlightMadness]

If you have an old-fashioned hardware store in your area, that's your best bet to find the heavier spring clothespins.

[Goomba]

I tried Lehmans and Clares, but neither company provided what we all seem to want. (At least Clares gave a refund.) I'm beginning to believe that no one makes them anymore.

C-attachment. Left is from Lehmans, right is the good one.

[Houston3]

Originally Posted by Goomba

I tried Lehmans and Clares, but neither company provided what we all seem to want. (At least Clares gave a refund.) I'm beginning to believe that no one makes them anymore.

C-attachment. Left is from Lehmans, right is the good one.

You can see that the one on the right has stronger looking spring in it...

[harry chickpea]

You could augment the spring with a heavy duty rubber band wrapped a couple of time around where the spring ends are. They'll need to be replaced often, but are better than nothing.

Also notice the design of the heavy duty one is smarter. ALL of the force of the spring is applied to the tip. In the other one, the force is wasted along the entire grip length. That might work if the clothespin was lined with the hook part of a velcro strip, but the C.O.F. is too low with just the wood for it to be effective. Interesting to watch something as basic as a clothes peg devolve.

[nightcrawler]

The best clothespins are called soft grip, they are white almost clear with yellow, blue and pink colors on the sides of them. You can get them on the net like I did, I just don't remember the site. But just type in plastic clothespins and you will see them like I described.
They open much wider than regular clothespins and are able to hang jeans and heavy towels.

[nightcrawler]

I meant type in Soft grip plastic clothespins, you will see a picture of what I described.