The whole reason for this thread was a video I watched put out by Sandy Aul (Aulranch) talked about when you have a quilt that has too much border or even in certain areas due to how it was assembled. While you're quilting it and find this problem, you can sometimes steam it out right on the frame. I used my regular iron once to see how this worked and it did work nicely. Just thought a hand steamer would be nice to have for those times when its necessary. I didn't read on the new hand steamers whether they needed salt. I remember one stating to use tap water but I'll keep my eyes open on the "salt" bit and also look for one at my local thrift shop. Good idea to try that before plunking down real money for one.