I try them any new method if it's not a lot more steps because I'm sure to miss a new step in a new method. The results can be good or bad. I always use scrap fabric. May be a pre-use method or type of stitching or safety method. It has to make the process easier or better for the overall end effect. We must remember every situation is different especially where we are located. I use bottled water instead of our tap. It just has so many deposits in it that build up quickly. I use distilled for my irons and anything to do with fabric. Bottled drinking for cooking, anything going into the body. Often I use new methods and forget and go back to the old.