Monica, I have really never liked the idea of spray basting...so I have never done it. I got one small quilt from another quilter to be quilted, and she had spray basted it. I had to pull it apart and rinse it out. Not all the spray stuff came out, and I ended up putting fresh batting in it. It just reinforced my decision not to use it. I of course don't need it for quilting on my short arm frame, but for free motion I won't use it.