Washing school glue out problem
#1
Washing school glue out problem
I recently used washable school glue to baste a quilt and loved the ease of doing it and working with the quilt sandwich while I machine quilted it. When I washed the quilt after it was done however not all the glue came out. I can feel some spots that are still stiff and I also washed some scraps of fabric that was glued to batting that I wanted to reuse and the glue didn't come out of those either. I was using Elmer's brand of washable school glue and cold water in a high efficiency washing machine. I didn't use any detergent. For those that have used glue basting how do you get the glue to wash out?
#3
I agree about the warm water. Will help dissolve the glue faster than cold. Also, does your machine allow you to manually set the water level? If there is more water in the machine for your quilt to float around in, it should help. Maybe even let it soak a bit, submerged in the water.
#4
I glue baste all my quilts now. I have an auto soak on my machine and use the hand wash cycle. I use hot water and Tide Pods. Washing machine hot water never gets as hot as you think. Check the temp when the washer is full to be sure. All the glue washes out. I dilute the glue with a dollop of warm water first, it streams out in a very thin line much easier.
#6
I used glue for basting the binding on my last quilt, and most of it washed out, but when I added a hand sewn sleeve (for a quilt show) I found that some of the glue was still in there, and it was stiff in a few places. I'm hoping a second washing will remove it all. I did use warm water in a top loading large capacity machine.
#10
Thanks for all the suggestions. I rewashed the quilt in warm water with some detergent and it appears that all the glue came out. Sure do love the ease of glue basting and now that I know better how to get it out it is my go to method.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
pinkcastle
Main
44
02-05-2013 01:45 PM