I use either Niagra in the non-aerosol bottle or Mary Ellen's Best Press. My favorite is Best Press but it is pricy. I always ask for it on my Christmas list.

To successfully starch you need to let the liquid soak into the fabric. Best Press is designed to do this quickly and doesn't leave residue on my iron like spray starch does. You will minimize or eliminate flaking if you let the starch soak in. I usually put my fabric in a plastic bag and spray the starch on the fabric. I then close the bag and kneed it to distribute the starch and then let it sit for a while for the starch to penetrate the fabric. The plastic bag keeps it from drying out much like in days past people put sprinkled clothes in plastic bags for ironing.

To clean residue off my iron I use a magic eraser (like Mr. Clean one). I have a shiny sole plate on my iron. I don't know if it would work with a teflon coated sole plate. A wet eraser on a cold iron works great and much cheaper than the iron cleaners you can buy.

Lucky you!! Our Walmart stopped carrying it. Finally found it at a local Kroger.

I read somewhere that you can use potato vodka...ONLY potato vodka because that's where the starch is from the potatoes. Said it worked very well. Try your local liquor store and put it in an empty hairspray bottle for a nice fine spray.

I to miss bounce but I use magic sizing and like it almost as well

I do this also. Used to buy Best Press, which I loved, but since I use a LOT, it became too expensive. More money for fabric this way!

I love the spray sizing. However, the spray top breaks very easily and you cannot fix it because it's broken on the inside of the nozzle. I have had a couple of cans do that, which means I had to waste an entire can of sizing. I wrote the company and found out it was happening to other people as well, and several of the complaints were years ago and there has been no effort to fix the problem. It's the Niagara spray sizing.

I jut found some on Amazon.com. It is the travel size, 3 oz.

I don't think that will be enough! I would have to buy a ton of it....but thanks for looking. I will try a couple of these recommendations and see how it goes.

I have to go with unscented starches. Otherwise I would have to spray outside, but as soon as the iron would hit it, it would just activate the scent again. I just use the cheap unscented and only a total cup at a time. 50-50 water and starch.

Me, too. I also get a gallon with the coupon. It gets stiff enough for me and smell wonderful. And not flakes or residue ever!