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Old 05-10-2019, 06:52 AM
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You might want to consider nail polish remover or acetone. The remove the tape residue on the skin after surgery, we use acetone. I am guessing that if it is safe for the skin, it probably will be ok for the metal?
Thanks for asking. Karen
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Old 05-10-2019, 06:54 AM
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I am sorry you are dealing with this and I appreciate your bringing this to the attention of the rest of us. Basting spray is convenient, but not if it is going to cause damage.
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Old 05-10-2019, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by dunster View Post
I was quilting on batiks and was told that batiks or white-on-white (WOW) fabric can cause the needle bar to get gummed up.
I am using white on offwhite in a quilt I'm making now so I'm glad to see this. It's obviously some kind of paint, but I guess I thought that they'd be sure that whatever they used was safe for sewing machines. Not cool that it isn't.
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Old 05-11-2019, 06:23 AM
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The white on white is common fabric has a coating used for the pattern on a white background. Look at the white on white really close up. You can feel and tell the vinyl like coating. It will cause problems when sewing through for many especially long armers. If the pattern motif is woven as part of the fabric then you hit pay dirt, buy the whole bolt.

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Old 05-11-2019, 01:44 PM
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what I said was never, ever use Sullivans Spray Baste. I tried to save money and it was the biggest mess I've ever encountered. Ended up having to wash the quilt in order to get the stitching out before I could finish quilting. My LA gal uses spray basting along the edges of quilts.

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Old 05-11-2019, 03:42 PM
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What I was using was Aleene's Tacky Spray.
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Old 05-11-2019, 04:20 PM
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Lots of great information in this thread girls. Good to know.
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Old 05-11-2019, 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl View Post
What I was using was Aleene's Tacky Spray.
I don't think that is a basting spray. ?
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Old 05-11-2019, 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by fruitloop View Post
I don't think that is a basting spray. ?
It's a spray adhesive and says it's for fabric. But maybe it contains something the others don't. ??????
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Old 05-11-2019, 06:32 PM
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Thanks for posting this, Sewbizgirl and also FelineFanatic about it traveling up the needle bar. It made a light bulb go off in my head. Every now and then I get threadlock problems in my embroidery machine, and it's common to use spray baste for that. It's part of many instructions for projects. What I now think is happening is that the gunk above the needle snags thread and when it recoils up above it gets caught. I'm definitely going to be taking preventive action. Never know what useful stuff I might pick up on this board, and I'm grateful to all who share information and advice!

BTW, for quilting I've mostly weaned myself off the spray. I really like the method with long pins and ear plugs. Spray is expensive and I worry about prolonged exposure.
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