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Originally Posted by jaciqltznok
starch is NOT sugar based either...it is corn starch usually and can attract bugs, usually silver fish, not ants...
and they are just trying to push the best press...which does not work any better or worse than simple vodka water or spray sizing! starch can also dull your needles, flake off into your machine, dull your rotary blades, cause your blocks to come out wonky, makes a mess of your iron, and so on.... either way, each person has his/her own preference I am sure! Though I do like the medicinal use of the vodka with orange juice. Can only imagine what my work would look like. Hmmm. I'd be a true 'art quilter." ali ali |
I have never heard of it before but there is a starch that you put in your wash water.
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Originally Posted by quilter68
Back in the day - when we did not get our ironing done we put it into the fridge for a day or two.
So, while we are talking about ironing, I am having trouble with the steam holes on my iron catching on the edge of my blocks and twisting them. Any ideas, Please? |
My mother always used liquid starch. She would spray the clothes then leave the clothes in the fridge over night. anyone know why she refridgerated them?
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Just a point of interest: Unless you're buying very high end vodka, most of it isn't made from potatoes. It all was made from potato years ago, but most is made from various grains now. It's much cheaper to produce. Go to a good liquor store and talk to an "expert", or investigate on the internet!! Wish I could remember important things as well as I remember this useless trivia! Ahhh the wonders of the human mind.
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Yes, linen water. I've heard (from people that have had this happen) that if you spray your fabric with starch, not use it all and end up storing it that the moths love the starch and can ruin your fabric. So, linen water is a good choice. I now try to spray just the fabric I know I'm going to use (if I use my spray starch, which I do like to use sometimes) so I'm not storing fabric that has been sprayed with starch). :lol:
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Originally Posted by stchenfool
Yes, linen water. I've heard (from people that have had this happen) that if you spray your fabric with starch, not use it all and end up storing it that the moths love the starch and can ruin your fabric. So, linen water is a good choice. I now try to spray just the fabric I know I'm going to use (if I use my spray starch, which I do like to use sometimes) so I'm not storing fabric that has been sprayed with starch). :lol:
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ME Best Press out here is jsut under
$10 for a for a 16 oz bottle. I am out all the time! The trip to the store is 30 miles one way. I need the essential oils and I am trying this out. There goes my vodka stash!!!! |
Originally Posted by Linda Loo
Just a point of interest: Unless you're buying very high end vodka, most of it isn't made from potatoes. It all was made from potato years ago, but most is made from various grains now. It's much cheaper to produce. Go to a good liquor store and talk to an "expert", or investigate on the internet!! Wish I could remember important things as well as I remember this useless trivia! Ahhh the wonders of the human mind.
I should clarify that my dd does not drink vodka. LOL. I use it to make homemade vanilla so she does 'ingest' it in recipes. |
I don't think so. I'm talkin' Chopin, Belvedere etc. The $40 a bottle stuff. Waaaaaay outa my price range!
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