JudyG

I love Dryel also. I found it at Tuesday Morning a while back and bought every bottle they had. I only have two bottles left, then don't know what I'll do, maybe try making my own. I have been keeping the Dryel bottles and sprayers, so I won't run out of spray bottles any time soon.

Dee

The starch mom used. Was my job on laundry day. It was in a blue box. But the receipe is great -thanks I'll be mixing my own. :thumbup: :-D

newestnana

This is a great idea but I don't think I'm going to "waste" my vodka on starch LOL. I suspect another form of alcohol (rubbing alcohol?) would have the same effect.

hobo2000

Joanns has it in a gal. jug for $34.? less 40%

Debo

I use Sta-Flo and mix it in a spray bottle. I use about 2/3 starch and 1/3 water. It works great and it is so much cheaper than Mary Ellens.

Bev

[quote/]I'd like to try liquid starch and make my own. But does it go bad? The Sta-Flo liquid starch is inexpensive.[/quote]

I think a similar thread to this one came around a while ago.
I wrote in a recipe for liquid spray starch that was passed around at my guild, but I'll have to look it up now. I still am using up the Niagara non-aerosole that I've had for a while. But to tell you the truth, I haven't had a bit of trouble with the Niagara since I started using it. The spray top is all plastic and doesn't give me any problems. I've never had it clog up or anything else go wrong with it. With the one you make, you have to keep the large refill bottle of it in the refrigerator or it will go bad. I'm told it gets a nasty smell.
The Niagara is certainly cheap enough. Someone even told me they get it at the dollar store.
Just to ensure that I don't get flakiness on my fabrics, I spray a little above the fabric, and let it sort of float onto it, then I wait a few seconds before pressing.
I guess that's the answer to flakiness because I've never had it happen with the Niagara. 8-)

Bev

[quote]>I heard of people making homemade spray starch and adding a small amount of clear vodka to help it last longer, i think about 2 oz of vodka to a recipe similar to this site[quote]/

You may have read that wrong. I think you're supposed to pour about 2 ozs. of vodka into a jigger and toss it down while you're waiting for the starch to mix itself up. It may take a while and you made need more than 2 ozs.
But that's just my opinion.
:lol:

pocoellie

I use the concentrate Sta-Flo, it's a heck of a lot cheaper than the canned and goes about 10 times further, maybe more. I mix 50/50 in spray bottle. I've never had it go bad, but they do say if you're not going to use it for a while to put in the refrigerator. I spray the fabrics, let them "soak" at least 2 hours then either put in the dryer or air dry, then iron.

snipforfun

I buy it by the gallon to help reduce the cost.

lab fairy

I did a quick down and dirty test of the "Best Press" stuff since there was no ingredient list available (no MSDS that I could find either so most schools will have troubles stocking it legally). Anyway, it didn't test positive for starch. I didn't bother to take it any further since I was just curious to find out if it contained a starch of some sort.