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like many others I use warm and natural batting and the silver ironing board covering purchased from jo'ann's

love mine

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Originally Posted by Fabriclovr (Post 4874332)

Ok, I have a question. I posted earlier about my board, it is a corrugated metal shelf that I have covered with terry towels, warm and natural and wool. Now the wool give great grip and the terry and the w&n give great padding, not to high and very firm as after about a month, the amount of pressing and heat has made it settle. I like the steam to go all the way through the board, but I see everyone here is using MDF or some other kind of wood as their base. Last I looked, steam does not go through wood. Here is my question, are you not concerned about the steam build up and the warping of the wood with the steam? MDF and other chipboard products are held together with hot glue of sorts. I use a steam generator that gets extremely hot and produces a lot of steam. I would be afraid that would damage the board and the fabric would hold the moisture.. what am I not seeing here??

I don't use steam so not a concern for me, also my board is about ¾" thick plywood (because that is what I had) so it would take alot of moisture to make that sucker warp.

My Polder ironing board cover has 1/2 inch foam on the bottom. I would guess that this is a custom foam that is heat resistant because there is not even a hint of meltdown anyway. I would use 2-4 layers of Warm and Natural to get the pad feel of a modern ironing board. Most folks I know (and all the quilt shops) that have these wider boards have only 2 layers of Warm and Natural - if you aren't pressing clothing, you don't need the extra padding and your edges are more sharp. I still press clothing (shock!) and don't have room for 2 boards, so haven't gone that extra step to a big board.

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Originally Posted by Fabriclovr (Post 4874332)

I've had mine over a year, and so far no problems at all with the board warping. Time will tell I suppose, but so far so good.

Mine hasn't warped at all, but the cover does become saturated at times, so I know the moisture is going into the wood. Next time, I will line underneath the batting with aluminum foil. It only takes a day or two for a damp cover to feel dry again, and I think the foil will speed that up. :)

The info I have read says that you do not need/want "cushy" because that is the cause of not getting nice flat pieces. Evidently cushy allows the fabric to stretch.

There is a store near me that sells the ironing board fabric in a couple colors.
I buy that and 3 layers of warm and natural. Sew small elastic around all sides
and it easily goes on and comes off.,

This is my ironing table on wheels. 2 layers of W&N then a heavy nylon draw string cover. I also use the old time spring and hooks to pull it tighter. Later I bought yardage of fiberglass ironing board fabric at a quilt show so I use less heat. I just hang it over the table free floating. And easy to move and storage below.<O:p></O:p>
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This is my ironing table [on rollers] covered with batting and heavy nylon cover.I got mine very cheap. <O:p></O:p>
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insulbright is the best for batting, anything made out of poly will melt. use cotton for the front and the back.

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Originally Posted by katkat1946 (Post 4874813)

Although I'm not really answering your question, I really like covering my ironing board with a large piece of fabric which is held in place with large binder clips and large quilting safety pins. It's pretty easy to remove and throw in the washer when there's too much starch and too many steam marks on it. I rarely have to iron clothes anymore so the clips really aren't an issue.

Thank you! I just use my big old ironing board with no plywood top and can't find covers for it. I have little sewing time so did not want to monkey with making my own cover. Now I can put a new layer on - binder clips! What a great tip.