I use the home-made stuff using Vodka. I make it up in a gallon jug and keep it in my fridge down in my sewing room. I like to dunk my yardage into the starch mixture, then I run it thru my makeshift wringer I found which I added a stand to so I can put it between the 2 sinks. Then I hang my yardage up on hangers over the sink so they can drip into the sink and not my floor. Then I'll mist the fabric when I go to press it before I cut into it. This home-made stuff I like best cause I can make it as strong or weak as I want. I also use the liquid StaFlo along with the Vodka and no I don't make cocktails with mine as I'm basically a cheap drunk so stay away from booze especially if I'm going to have a rotary cutter in my hand later. Not a good idea.