Hear is my answer about 505 Spray
 

I wrote to the Odif company about there 505 spray and the can directions to remove adhesive by dry cleaning. Here is there answer:

Dear Sue
505 is the leading basting / Embroidery spray in the market and has over 50 years history on fabric and it is the only spray in the market that was developed especially for use with fabric and thread. Over time 505 will dry and break down during washing and if possible will migrate out of the fibers during the wash. However, if you never wash the quilts it will do no harm. The propellant evaporates and only thing that holds to your quilt is the adhesive and it is an inert resin that does no harm or change over time. You will never know it is there.

I hope 505 saved you from traditional basting and helped you make a wonderful quilt. Please contact me if you have any additional questions.
Best regards,
Jennifer O’Brien

ODIF USA
458 Danbury Rd, A-18
New Milford, CT 06776
Ph 860-350-5565

Now I'm still not sure if I will continue to use it! It does make basting so quick and easy.

What negatives do you have about the spray? Seems it's harmless to fabric.

I have always wondered if one is not able to get to the quilting after using the spray say for a couple weeks will the fibers break when folded. Is it a soft adhesive or does it make the quilt stiff.

I think not knowing it is there would mean it's not stiff. I have used 505 and never had a problem.

I've used 505 spray for several years now. I hav e never had any type of problem with it. It does not gum up your needle and it does not make your quilt stiff at all. I love the product.

"Over time 505 will dry and break down during washing and if possible will migrate out of the fibers during the wash. However, if you never wash the quilts it will do no harm."

Never wash the quilts? Ok, I can use it on wallhangings. I don't like the "dry and break down during washing" and the "if possible will migrate". If it does not migrate, do you have bits and pieces of dry chunks inside the quilt?

Dayle

"Over time 505 will dry and break down during washing and if possible will migrate out of the fibers during the wash."

What does this mean, exactly? I make my quilts to be used, and therefore washed. I just bought my first can of 505, and I think it will be my last can.

I love 505, have used it on many quilts over the years. Does not make it stiff, no hard pieces or residue, it just seems to disappear over time. I don't understand the concerns---you would never know it was there if not washed, and if washed it washes out, does not leave anything noticible behind.

There is no way I would give up my basting spray. I have only had a problem with one and it was not the 505. I guess one could make a spray with the school glue, and just wait for it to dry. But going back to the pinning or sew basting is just not going to happen here.

I've been working on one quilt, off and on almost a year that I spray basted with 505 and it isn't stiff in the least. Nor has it come unstuck at all. I've had other quilts that I've washed a number of times and never noticed any difference.

You'd have to pry my 505 out of my cold, dead hands.

Watson