Non-Aerosol Spray Starch
08-01-2010, 07:01 AM
#33
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I wish they would make the Niagra Non-Aerosol in an unscented. I have the Linen and it gets a bit sickening to me after awhile. I'm going to take a stab at making my own. Kroger only had two scents- Linen and Lavender.
Oh no, I'm the complainer in the bunch!! :twisted:
Oh no, I'm the complainer in the bunch!! :twisted:
08-01-2010, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
When I was a kid, Mom made starch -
I think it was Argo - blue and white box - put some in the "bread bowl" - added some cold water to dissolve it - then added hot water - it changed from cloudy to "not cloudy" - and then stirred in a little rectangle of some blue stuff (Satina, I think)
Then she'd dip the whole garment to be starched in the solution and then wring it out by hand. The stuff to be stiffest was done first, and then what needed only a little body was done last.
I do not miss all that ironing!
I think it was Argo - blue and white box - put some in the "bread bowl" - added some cold water to dissolve it - then added hot water - it changed from cloudy to "not cloudy" - and then stirred in a little rectangle of some blue stuff (Satina, I think)
Then she'd dip the whole garment to be starched in the solution and then wring it out by hand. The stuff to be stiffest was done first, and then what needed only a little body was done last.
I do not miss all that ironing!
08-01-2010, 08:12 AM
#38
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I only use Mary Ellen's Best Press. Our Hancock's honors Hobby Lobby's and Jo Ann's 40% - 50% off coupons. I stock up when I have a coupon. Just buy 1 each day with a different coupon. And they put it on sale every so often.
It is great!!!
It is great!!!
08-01-2010, 08:13 AM
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Starch drawing bugs is something I've heard only in the last years from quilters. My grandmother and mother starched and ironed every thing, we never had a bug problem. Starched linens stored in the big chests never had bugs. I can't find the non aerosol Niagara starch local, just the spray cans. I like Niagara, it doesn't flake at all.
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