I always dry iron, but spritz with water if needed. Using water makes it much easier to stretch seams.
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What is a good iron that doesn't have an automatic shutoff. I hate those irons.
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Originally Posted by Ms Kay
(Post 6636105)
What is a good iron that doesn't have an automatic shutoff. I hate those irons.
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Ghostrider- it's a steam iron and it doesn't leave dimples?
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I'm with Jan. I brought a solid plate dry iron and it quit working after 3 days - so I'm back to my old steam iron and I admit I like it better.
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
(Post 5695191)
The dry iron has a solid sole plate, no steam holes. This allows for a hotter surface, even heating and no imprint of the steam holes on the fabric which is horrible for applique pieces especially if you are using fusible. If you want steam it's easy to spray with water. The steam iron with no water still leaves imprint. The newer irons seem to have smaller steam holes but more of them.
The dry iron new is under $25 so no big expense at all to have one. |
I like my Rowenta steam iron-I think I get much flatter seams with steam.
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I've been checking thrift shops for a dry iron - no luck. I might just have to break down and order one.
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The preference can be decided by each individual, like for me dry iron is a better as compared to that of the steam one as it get hot within seconds and even after switching it off i can continue with my ironing work for at least 5 to 10 min that help in saving some of my money as we all know that iron consume a lot of power.
But for my mom steam is a preferred on as because of the steamed water the squeezes get removed within second. |
Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
(Post 5695173)
i use a dry iron so that there's no chance of dribbling anything on my quilt pieces. the dry iron does not have steam holes to leave little 'bumps' on the fabric. i know... seems silly... but that's just me.
i save my expensive steam iron for projects that require steam. I've had several irons leak and spurt hot water, which I don't care for at all. Cheers, K |
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