Thread: Spray starch
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Old 01-23-2010, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by heidikins
Wow what a great topic! So now I have a question too. I iron all our shirts which are mostly cotton as well as my quilt pieces so I use a lot of starch. I was mixing my own (which works great btw) but my problem was with the sprayer. Everything was getting too wet and took forever to dry with the iron. Anyone who irons shirts every day knows they want to get through it as fast as possible. So I have gone back to buying the spray stuff in a can but I'm not keen on inhaling whatever is in there to keep it from clogging up and thickening in the can (my lungs must be smooth as silk by now). All the various spray bottles I have used so far haven't had as fine a spray as I would like. So....which bottles do you all use?
Heidi
I buy my bottles in the garden section of WalMart or the Dollar Store. They are adjustable for the spray. If they do clog, take them off and soak in water or blow them open. I don't have many problems with them. My biggest problem is getting them too close to my iron and melting a hole in them! I melted my 120" tape measure this week.
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