Finally found a Dry Iron!!!!
#32
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Illinois
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I never buy quilting tools unless it is a super deal. That's how I have most all of the them! I searched and waited until I found a Bernina I've been wanting, used, one owner, shop maintained, for less then $500. I saved thousands. LOL Now I'm on a quest to find a sit down machine quilting set up for 1/4 the original price. I'll find it.
Thanks !
#33
You can plug an old iron into a power strip. If the light is on, the iron is on.
I lucked out and found an early 60s dry iron, brand new in the box on ebay. I love it.
#34
Thanks, I just ordered one. I have been looking for a good iron. I purchased one that had steam vents in it and it kept catching the fabric and creating more creases each time I passed it over the fabric. I gave that one away and have not found a good substitute. I had a Rowenta and after a couple of years it stopped getting hot enough.
#36
Ok ladies, you really should be looking at an Oliso Pro Iron! and don't put water in it if you don't like steam! The bottom is flat, flat, flat! I do recommend that you catch one at a quilt show! Cheaper that way! They are hotter, have a 12ft cord and a two year warranty! I love mine, own two of them, one for steam, one dry! Worth every penny!
#37
Amazon also carries the Dry Iron - same as Vermont Store. The price has a tendency to vary though between $15-$25. So if you don't need one right now, you can watch for it to go down.
http://www.amazon.com/Continental-El...words=dry+iron
http://www.amazon.com/Continental-El...words=dry+iron
#39
Just had to let every one know---keep you r eye out at Thrift Shops---I found one still in box, probably from the 60's, a travel iron. I love it. Not as big as a regular iron and "hotter than the dickens".
#40
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Bushkill, Pa
Posts: 534
I have a very, very simple question. Other than there not being holes in the bottom of the iron, what is the difference between a dry iron and a steam iron where you do not put any water in it and do not use the steam?
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