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Oh I know it washes out but I just didnt know if there was something I was missing when I was starching the living daylights out of my material.
I have to have the heavy starch so that all of my blocks are square and the points line up perfectly. Billy |
Originally Posted by amma
I spray my fabric until it is wet with starch, hang it up on a tension rod until it dries. I don't have any problem with scorching or flaking. It works well for me with canned or what I mix myself :D:D:D
If I am in a hurry, I put a fan on it :wink: |
So I guess I need to learn a bit of patience..........that is a hard thing for a guy you know!
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Same here, guess I need to wait til it dries and maybe dilute it a little. Thanks for the info. :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Originally Posted by grandma at the lake
Mary Ellen's Best Press hasn't flaked for me yet. I love it.
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the key to that great stiffness with out the flaking, is 'layers' light spray, let soak in, press, let cool re-spray, set/soak in, press, let cool, spray (ya know wash, rinse, repeat :) ) until its as stiff as you want it to be. don't saturate too heavily, a light spray is less apt to flake even if the mixture is a kind of 'heavy' mix that's ok, just spray lightly each time.
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Originally Posted by rwquilts
Thanks for the great question Billy! I've learned a lot by reading everyone's posts...Mary Ellen's smells great but doesn't starch as heavy as my grocery store Faultless Heavy Starch I buy in Walmart. I don't get flaking and I sometimes will spray on both sides...one quilter's theory who taught a class said when it's hot she flips and starches the other side and figures it soaks deeper when hot...I don't know if that's true or not.
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Originally Posted by grandma at the lake
Mary Ellen's Best Press hasn't flaked for me yet. I love it.
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Originally Posted by Lostn51
Oh I know it washes out but I just didnt know if there was something I was missing when I was starching the living daylights out of my material.
I have to have the heavy starch so that all of my blocks are square and the points line up perfectly. Billy |
I mix my own. Mary Ellen's is nice but way too expensive for me to use on quilting. I save it to iron clothes. Now I have had the bottle for almost 3 years if that tells you anything. I was ironing some black fabric and got the flakes I used the lint roller to take it off. Worked fine. Of course I was only doing 1/2 yards.
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