Beware of Spray Baste
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
Thanks for asking. Karen
05-10-2019, 03:33 PM
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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.
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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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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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.
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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