Starch & Ironing Board
#31
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Location: Eastern Kansas
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When I use Starch in Quilting, I use a twin Sheet that I have had around the house. I can just wash it with when needed. That way the starch stays off the ironing board and is always clean.
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#33
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Joplin, Missouri
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I do the same thing... I cover my board with a washable cloth.. generally an old mostly warn out towel.. It protect the ironing board cover and easily go into the wash...
I make my own ironing board covers.. Not fancy, but they work great.. I have two or three and I wash them if I get in too much of a hurry to get a cover out and cover the board.
I love spray starch and make my own from concentrate.. easy cheap and you can have it as light or heavy as you need it to be.
I make my own ironing board covers.. Not fancy, but they work great.. I have two or three and I wash them if I get in too much of a hurry to get a cover out and cover the board.
I love spray starch and make my own from concentrate.. easy cheap and you can have it as light or heavy as you need it to be.
#34
I made a pressing board with plywood, heavy plastic bag(to keep moisture out of wood), batting and canvas. To protect the canvas, I made a muslin pillow case type protector and when it gets dirty, I just throw it in the washer and it keeps my board clean.
#35
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What putting the fabric into a plastic bag is: It distributes the moisture evenly throughout the fabric. When I was young, my mother used a sprinkler top in a soda bottle to sprinkle the clothes the night before she was going to iron. When you picked up a piece of clothing, it was evenly dampened and ironed very smoothly.
#37
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: mesa, arizona
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i had the same problem. now i lay a piece of heavy muslin over the board when i use starch. i serge the edges first. i have 3 or 4 of these and just throw them in the wash with my towels that way i always have a fresh one on hand. i couldn't sew without lots of starch. connie
#38
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Holmen, WI
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When I'm done ironing for the day, I take a rag & some 409 or amonia & water & wipe my ironing board down really well. I don't have trouble with starch burning & I use heavy starch when I iron (tho I use sizing on my quilting pieces).
#39
If I want to spray large pieces of fabric, I use the tile kitchen floor. For smaller cut pieces, I have a small table next to my ironing board that I cover with an old pillowcase. I spray the small fabric pieces on the pillowcase. I never spray anything on my ironing board cover. The kitchen floor and the old pillowcase are much easier to wash.
#40
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Southeast Va
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I do the same with a piece of muslin. When it gets nasty I wash it then eventually throw it out. Much cheaper than a new cover.
I bought some heavier weight white cotton broadcloth and put that on top of the ironing board cover when I used sizing/starch. (I cut it so it had about a four inch overhang all around and serged the edges
It got nasty, but it was easy to whisk off and put in the wash.
It was also good for protecting the ironing board cover when I had a cat that thought that was the best seat in the house!
It got nasty, but it was easy to whisk off and put in the wash.
It was also good for protecting the ironing board cover when I had a cat that thought that was the best seat in the house!
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