make your own Heavy Starch
#61
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Originally Posted by Glassquilt
Originally Posted by Happy Linda
Originally Posted by Glassquilt
Another starch - not heavy
1Tbs. Elmer's School Glue
3 C. Warm Water
1Tbs. Elmer's School Glue
3 C. Warm Water
Sorry I didn't answer sooner - lost internet connection Thursday.
#62
Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
Originally Posted by clem55
My mom always made laundry starch that way, and while I am not positive, I think she used to add a small piece of something called bluing. It made the whites and colors brighter. She made her own lye soap for laundry too!!
Bluing is also great in the swiming pool makes for beautiful water and does not turn a person blue while swiming. LOL....although that would be a fun "dirty" trick to play for a pool party however it's not going to happen.
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We made our own starch. We had so many clothes, we had to. No money. Mother put FLOUR in water and mixed it good, in a huge pan. Put it on the coal stove and boiled it a few minutes. We had to stay with it or it would stick. We had to put it into a sieve and strain it, then dunk a piece into the starch, and run it through the wringer. Onto the clothesline to dry, back into the house to sprinkle and roll up, then iron. Whew! We worked like crazy. We took in washings for money.
#65
I buy Sta-Flo liquid starch at my grocery store in quarts and half gallon bottles. Then I just dilute it with water in a spray bottle. Sometimes 50/50 water/starch and sometimes just straight. Half gallon lasts a long time. It's best if you rinse the sprayer after each session of spraying (like a week or more between times) because it has a tendency to stop up. I don't like the pressurized cans of starch because they always seem to stop spraying when the can is only half empty. I've seen Sta-Flo in WalMart too.
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