Mary Ellen’s Best Press vs. Niagara Non-Aerosol Spray Starch
05-27-2011, 09:58 AM
#61
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Originally Posted by happy sewer
I think my Best Pressed bottle just has water in it. I get zero stiffness.
I had the same problem and thought to myself "Did I put water in there by
mistake or is it the product that evaporated?" but I had the bottle clearly
marked. So that's two of us. And I have another full bottle left. I'm
surprised they don't have an expiry date on the bottle.
05-27-2011, 10:06 AM
#62
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Originally Posted by Lori S
I agree , never saw the big deal with the Best press ... lots of $$$ for spraying fabric.
You may find the Stay Flo concenrate to be to your liking.. its about $2.50 for about 1/2 gal of concentrate.. dilute to your needs. Keep your Niagara bottle to use with the concentrate.
I like to custom mix my starch .. some projects .. specifically those with really tiny pieces.. I use it full strength .. it makes a huge difference , alos when paper piecing keeps the larger pieces from folding back on itself when you put it under the needle .
You may find the Stay Flo concenrate to be to your liking.. its about $2.50 for about 1/2 gal of concentrate.. dilute to your needs. Keep your Niagara bottle to use with the concentrate.
I like to custom mix my starch .. some projects .. specifically those with really tiny pieces.. I use it full strength .. it makes a huge difference , alos when paper piecing keeps the larger pieces from folding back on itself when you put it under the needle .
05-27-2011, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by pbreon
Originally Posted by Lori S
I agree , never saw the big deal with the Best press ... lots of $$$ for spraying fabric.
You may find the Stay Flo concenrate to be to your liking.. its about $2.50 for about 1/2 gal of concentrate.. dilute to your needs. Keep your Niagara bottle to use with the concentrate.
I like to custom mix my starch .. some projects .. specifically those with really tiny pieces.. I use it full strength .. it makes a huge difference , alos when paper piecing keeps the larger pieces from folding back on itself when you put it under the needle .
You may find the Stay Flo concenrate to be to your liking.. its about $2.50 for about 1/2 gal of concentrate.. dilute to your needs. Keep your Niagara bottle to use with the concentrate.
I like to custom mix my starch .. some projects .. specifically those with really tiny pieces.. I use it full strength .. it makes a huge difference , alos when paper piecing keeps the larger pieces from folding back on itself when you put it under the needle .
05-27-2011, 11:15 AM
#64
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Walmart had a sign that said it recently brought back the non-aerosol due to popular demand. I didn't know that Costco carried starch. I'll have to look next time I'm there. I think Mary Ellen's acts more like sizing than starch. Just my opinion.
05-27-2011, 12:04 PM
#65
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Originally Posted by thrums
Starch vs. sizing
I didn't give it much thought....
I do know I like sizing better. Also it seems to me that starch attracts damating insects.
http://www.americandrycleaner.com/ar...rticleId=17826
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-57758-1.htm
http://wwwbluemoonriver.blogspot.com...ay-starch.html
(I guess my mom was right!)
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Chemistry behind it:
Starch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starch
Sizing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sizing
I didn't give it much thought....
I do know I like sizing better. Also it seems to me that starch attracts damating insects.
http://www.americandrycleaner.com/ar...rticleId=17826
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-57758-1.htm
http://wwwbluemoonriver.blogspot.com...ay-starch.html
(I guess my mom was right!)
=====================================
Chemistry behind it:
Starch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starch
Sizing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sizing
05-27-2011, 01:31 PM
#67
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My LQS marketed Mary Ellen's as not attracting bugs vs. traditional starch, which will apparently. Now, due to cost, I use MEs on wallhangings and blocks that I trade/swap. For anything I make that I know will be laundered after quilting, I use Niagra.
I also noticed that MEs doesn't really make the fabric stiff. When my LQS owner pieces she likes her pieces stiff like cardboard and uses the cheapest aerosol from Wal-Mart!
I also noticed that MEs doesn't really make the fabric stiff. When my LQS owner pieces she likes her pieces stiff like cardboard and uses the cheapest aerosol from Wal-Mart!
05-27-2011, 01:45 PM
#68
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Originally Posted by krisgray
My LQS marketed Mary Ellen's as not attracting bugs vs. traditional starch, which will apparently.
05-27-2011, 02:05 PM
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I never used Mary Ellen's but don't think I will just because of the price. What I've found that has worked exceptional well is Niagara Sizing Spray. Wrinkles and creases that I had tried removing with just steam or/and spray starch, just won't come out but the Sizing spray they disappeared. And I like using it in place of spray starch, it gives the stiffness that I've needed without the flakiness that sometimes happens with spray starch. Have even found marks left by the machine embroidery hoops very hard to remove but with a spray of the Sizing, the marks just seem to disappear. Chris
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