My quilting guild uses what we call "George", don't ask me why. The recipe is 1 gallon of distilled water, 1 cup of cheap vodka, 21 drops of lavender oil. Remove 1 cup of water from the gallon, add the vodka and oil, and shake well. It lasts a long time w/o spoiling and makes nice crisp finishes on fabric. It doesn't flake, can use several light coats, won't stick to iron & smells nice. (girl at grocery where I bought cheapest vodka I could find wanted to make sure I wasn't drinking the stuff, said she could recommend something better for drinking, got a good laugh out of this when I told her what I was going to use it for)