This might be a dumb question, but......
#31
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 225
My husband makes the ironing boards out of the wooden folding tv trays. He has used insulbrite on some of them and then place a piece of batting under it then the silvery stuff you get a Joannes. They are really neat and work great for small projects or traveling as they fold up.
#33
I wrapped a yard bag around a 2x4 piece of plywood. Then I covered it with cotton batting and then canvas and pulled it all tight before I stapled and then sprayed the canvas with water several times until it shrunk really tight. I also made some smaller boards from the scraps from the 1/2 sheet of plyboard. I made a muslin pillow case type cover so I could take it off and wash it to keep my canvas clean. Because it does not have much padding, it keeps the fabrics from stretching when you press. I love it and have given several of the smaller boards away. You don't need insulbright. The reason I used the heavy duty yard bags was to keep the moisture out of the wood in case I steamed.
#35
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Nawth o' Boston
Posts: 1,879
Nope no insulbrite - 2 layers of warm and natural under muslin. Ironing surface is 2x6 office furniture type table, not real wood, just laminate over some pressboard composite junk. No problems, works great - but for serious cutting I have to unhook it and put the cutting mat directly on the table
#36
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Mt. Vernon, VA
Posts: 145
Mine is an old army blanket (wool) wrapped tightly around the cutting table and stapled underneath, topped with cotton duck. Works great!
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