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Prism99 thought she posted 6 cups water and 1 cup starch but I have a feeling that the OP misposted. That is not a medium solution.
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6 cups of starch to one cup of water sounds really thick to me... are you sure thats right ?
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6 cups is alot of starch.. I make my own using
1cup Sta-flo 1cup water 1cup of febreeze shake well and spray.. as for the flakes.. the starch is not penetrating the fabric and the water/starch droplets form flakes when you run your iron over the droplets.. |
I agree with many of the comments above - let it soak in and apply to the wrong side of the fabric.
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Get yourself some Best Press and you won't have this problem. Also it comes in a lovely lavender scent.
Originally Posted by JUNEC
I know that everyone has worn out the subject of Starching Fabric.....
But here is another question/problem. I read about starching fabric before cutting it helps with keeping your fabric from warping & makes it cut easier... After going through many cans of spray starch, I purchased a bottle of liquid starch (STA-GO)- I mixed it to medium strength - 6 c starch to 1 cup water. It's in a plastic spray bottle - which I shake before using so.. Why am I getting (1) white flakes showing up on my fabric, (2) is the starch sticking to my iron & (3) and messy teflon ironing board cover. I went to Joann's and purchased the iron cleaner (worked great) - have scrubbed off the starch from the ironing board cover, but what am I doing wrong?? I used tap water to mix the starch, should I have used dis-stilled water? I know the ironing god (please note small "g") hates me, because he knows I hate ironing but... Please help - |
Sharon Schamber uses Faultless Heavy spray starch. Spray on one side, turn fabric over and iron with a hot dry iron. Spray turn fabric over and iron. Spray, turn fabric over and iron. So 3 times total. Ironing from the other side will force the starch into the fabric and you won't get flakes.
Also to clean your iron either hot or cold, she says to dampen a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser sponge, place on a towel on your ironing board and drag the iron across the sponge. The gunk will come off rather easily. In her tute, it looked like it worked better with the iron being cold. I was amazed at that, but have used the Magic Eraser on other things and been amazed at how well it cleans things. |
I like to use StaFlo also, and yes if you don't wait for the starch to 'set' you'll get flakes. I lilke to spray the starch on damp fabric, it seems to absorb it faster. Distilled water is best, if you mix it with tap water, you should dispose of the unused portion after you're done for the day; if not, it'll grow mold, which is almost impossible to totally get out of your spray bottle. Guess how I found that out....As far as cleanning your iron goes , use a wet towel, hot iron, and iron the towel changing to a clean area as needed untill the iron is clean.
I only starch on a small ironing board w/ a cotton covering. You could use a towel w/ muslin cover to starch, easy clean up. |
I agree with everyone else, your starch is too heavy. And there have been a lot of hints about the flakes, I can't help you with the iron or the board cover, but I can with the flakes. The fast way to keep from getting flakes is before you iron, just take your hand and run it over the surface you just sprayed. It will eliminate the flakes on the fabric. quick fix. The iron if I have a problem I clean before I put it away that way it doesn't build up and the cover its buy a new one lol... Problem solved aren't I good lol....
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A fabric softener sheet to do a quick iron over it works just as well as any iron cleaner. I put it on a paper towel then iron a clean paper towel when done to get any residue off the iron.
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I recently read somewhere that bugs love to eat starch! Not sure if they were selling the expensive quilt store spray stuff or telling the truth, but I quit using starch!
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