Wonder Under, is it supposed to be this difficult?

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08-12-2011, 06:35 AM

#31

fudge and furs

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I have just purchased the Wonder Under for the first time. So glad I saw this post before trying it out. Thanks to each of you for your experiences. Am sure you have just contributed to my sanity. Best to all. :roll:

08-12-2011, 06:38 AM

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misseva

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I've used Steam-A-Seam II and didn't like it very much. But I had great success with Wonder Under Lite. It DOES make a big diffrence when you wash your material first. I don't do it for regular quilting so I figured I didn't have to do it for applique. Wrong! When I started hand washing my fabric in the sink & rolling it in a towel to remove moisture, then handing it up to dry I had much better results with fusing.

08-12-2011, 06:39 AM

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Kath12

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Another tip is to store your unused fusible in a zip lock bag to keep it from drying out. The fusible will separate from the paper before you wish to use it if it becomes too dry. This happens with wonder under as well as steam a seam

08-12-2011, 06:45 AM

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twinkie

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I have used Wonder Under for a long time and was wondering, did you wait until it cooled before peeling the paper off? I have never had a problem but I know it must be cool. Good Luck

08-12-2011, 06:48 AM

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grammysharon

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Maybe you have your iron too hot???

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rachelcb80

I have done very little work with fusibles and just this week used Wonder Under for the first time. I've used a soft fuse type product before and it was very easy to work with but didn't hold the edges of the fabric as much as I would have liked. There was still more fraying than I cared for. So for my current project I opted for Wonder Under. I followed the directions which are simple enough, 5-8 seconds with the iron on the wrong side of the fabric, peel paper and fuse to other fabric. The problem was peeling the paper off. When I first did all my fusing the 5-8 seconds obviously wasn't enough because when I tried to peel the paper the fusible came off with it instead of sticking to the fabric. I put the iron to it for about 10 more seconds and that made the fusible stick to the fabric but it was a battle to get the paper peeled back. I really had to mangle the corner to get the paper started peeling. The corners didn't matter for this project but I can't imagine if the whole shape was something I was going to use and one part was all picked at where I had to peel back the paper.

Is this typical with a fusible, did I get a bad batch or was it operator error?

;-)