Originally Posted by stitchinwitch
I usually use spray sizing for crispness - of course it doesn't seem to "hold on" I have tried spray starch, but it burns fabric and there are flakes all over the place!. Would the liquid cut in half eliminate that problem?
Scorching is caused by the starch not being dry. Same with flaking, I think. I pretty much stay away from spray starch because I *always* seem to have my iron too hot and I *never* seem to wait long enough for the starch to be completely absorbed into the fabric before I iron. That's what makes a mess. (Usually the burn is just the starch; if you wash the fabric, the burned starch comes out.)
Anyway, it's not the fact that I use liquid Sta-Flo as my starch that eliminates the burning; it's the fact that I throw the saturated fabric into the dryer before I iron. The fabric has completely absorbed the starch and the starch is dry before I even begin to think about ironing. At that point I can iron away on the hottest setting with steam and never have a problem.