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willferg 05-01-2016 08:10 AM

Regarding clothing steamers, I had the opportunity to use a professional grade one once and it was fabulous. Later I bought one for home use that had good reviews, but it was useless. I was hoping to use it on dress shirts, but no such luck. Buyer beware, I guess.

Bree123 05-01-2016 08:11 AM

Steamers have the ability to do a better job than irons at getting wrinkles out, but it depends how much steam they release and how hot the steam is. To date, I have yet to find a portable steamer that does a respectable job on cotton, though I can't speak specifically about the Taotronics steamer. My brother & SIL have a Reliable Vivio 100GC Steamer & that thing is beyond amazing. Perfect, wrinkle-less fabric every time -- but its retail price is $150 (they got theirs on sale, but I think it was still at least $100).

Lilrain 05-01-2016 10:01 AM

Is there odorless fabric softener? I have asrhma

Bree123 05-01-2016 10:37 AM


Originally Posted by Lilrain (Post 7538095)
Is there odorless fabric softener? I have asthma

Liquid Downey Free is made without any fragrance or dyes. Nothing is completely odorless, but I am hypersensitive & it doesn't bother me.

Prism99 05-01-2016 01:03 PM

Interesting. I hate having to iron fabric I've had in storage in order to get it unwrinkled enough to run through my Accuquilt Go! I already use Downy Free liquid fabric softener (along with All Free, as my dh has lots of allergies). Could I simply mix Down Free half-and-half with water, spray it on my fabrics, and toss in the dryer for a few minutes to eliminate the ironing? I know the original question was for quilt backing, but now I am wondering if I could save myself some work when cutting out pieces.......

quiltingshorttimer 05-03-2016 05:43 PM


Originally Posted by dunster (Post 7537968)
When I put my backing on the longarm, if there are wrinkles (even where the fabric was folded) I just spray with plain water in a bottle, tighten up the tension (including side to side) and let it dry, then roll to the next section and repeat until all the wrinkles are gone. It's amazing how well this works. Each section dries very quickly so it's much faster than ironing.

Yes, this is exactly what I do and it works even with wide back just off the bolt and very wrinkly

DOTTYMO 05-03-2016 10:28 PM

The hardest crease I find to remove, is the fold down centre of fabric. Could these methods ie. spray and toss in drier.?
unfortunately can't try it as my drier is broken hence the question..


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