Originally Posted by
Innov8R
I read somewhere that if your pressing service is too padded, you can distort your blocks when you press them.
This is true. Especially when you are using steam. You have be to really careful not to iron back and forth, just press then lift up your iron. I was reminded of this last week when I was helping a friend iron her blocks while she just sewed. She had one of those purchased cutting boards with the ironing pad on the other side. I think they must use foam under the ironing board, as it was really squishy. When I started pressing with steam, the first block got distorted a bit. I had a dickens of a time getting it back in shape. From then on I made sure to press and not iron and the rest were fine. This is why I like a firm board with only one layer of batting underneath.