Go Back  Quiltingboard Forums >
  • Main
  • BP, vodka, Or Starch fyi >
  • BP, vodka, Or Starch fyi

  • BP, vodka, Or Starch fyi

    Thread Tools
     
    Old 10-08-2013, 02:55 PM
      #11  
    Super Member
     
    DogHouseMom's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Jan 2011
    Location: Knot Merrill, Southern Indiana
    Posts: 5,781
    Default

    Originally Posted by annie123
    Dog House Mom: If you are using the Niagra and it comes to $14.43 for 1 gallon and you dilute it to makes 2 gallons would not the cost then be half as much or $7.22 a gallon? Math is not my forte but that is how it seems to me.
    No ... I currently dilute the BP so my price of $40/gallon on BP is actually 2 gallons because of my 50/50 dilution.
    DogHouseMom is offline  
    Old 10-08-2013, 03:29 PM
      #12  
    Super Member
    Thread Starter
     
    Join Date: Aug 2013
    Location: Arizona
    Posts: 2,355
    Default

    ranger, on another thread I think they posted 2 cups distilled water and 2 ounces of cheap vodka.....a few drops of esential oils if you choose.

    Originally Posted by ranger
    How do you make the vodka one...what's the ratio of vodka to water?
    First time I've heard of this.
    Thanks for help.
    Tiggersmom is offline  
    Old 10-08-2013, 03:40 PM
      #13  
    Super Member
     
    AngeliaNR's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Aug 2013
    Location: SW Missouri
    Posts: 2,988
    Default

    Originally Posted by Tiggersmom
    On the bottle of Niagara it says a "non-aerosol spray Starch"......
    I found mine at our local 'Fry's' grocery store, not sure where else they carry it.
    I don't buy alcohol and I've heard multiple times about the vodka, nobody has said 'exactly' what the vodka does??? if it's not a starch or sizing, what does it do to the fabric? TIA for ansering this.

    The vodka makes you not worry about the searching/sizing problem! Oh sorry, that's when taken internally!
    AngeliaNR is offline  
    Old 10-08-2013, 04:26 PM
      #14  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Dec 2011
    Location: Horse Country, FL
    Posts: 7,341
    Default

    I use the Niagara starch and it works well, but I have only found the aerosol.
    coopah is offline  
    Old 10-09-2013, 07:26 AM
      #15  
    Power Poster
     
    Join Date: Jan 2011
    Location: Upland CA
    Posts: 18,376
    Default

    I did not know Niagara had a non aerosol, I will have to check this one out. I have not noticed it in any of the stores
    around here.
    mighty is offline  
    Old 10-09-2013, 08:32 AM
      #16  
    Super Member
     
    fayzer's Avatar
     
    Join Date: Sep 2010
    Location: Destin, Fl
    Posts: 1,878
    Default

    Originally Posted by MadQuilter
    I mix my own BP alternative with Vodka, Water, and a few drops of lavender essential oil from the health-food store. Works like a charm.
    Ditto. You cannot find ANY starch where I live but Best Press (ex-spensive!) or that awful Faultless. I have never seen Niagara and can only find Bounce in other cities when I travel. The cheap vodka, water and lavender oil works great and costs about .14¢ to fill my old Best Press bottle. This and having limited access to fabric is one of the perils of small town living.
    fayzer is offline  
    Old 10-09-2013, 02:08 PM
      #17  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Jan 2012
    Location: The Colony, TX
    Posts: 3,364
    Default

    I love the non-aersol Niagara - if nothing else it has one of the best spray bottles around and you can refill it with whatever. I am in the DFW TX area and have found it at Wal-mart, Krogers and Tom Thumb. I have a very sensitive nose also and this one doesn't bother me. Maybe you can ask your local grocery to carry it? If they can get the aerosol don't see why they can't get the other. The bottle says Niagara Non-Aerosol Spray Starch
    [ATTACH=CONFIG]440456[/ATTACH]
    Attached Thumbnails niagara.jpg  
    quiltstringz is offline  
    Old 10-09-2013, 06:04 PM
      #18  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Nov 2009
    Location: Ontario, Canada
    Posts: 1,991
    Default

    I absolutely love Niagara non-aerosol spray starch and it is not available in Canada and I've looked and looked. I can't even find the laundry starch in the big bottles that you have to dilute. Every time that I am in the U.S., I bring back a case or two. The last time I was down to New York state, I bought 36 bottles of starch (shared with quilt buddies) two absolutely enormous bottles of laundry soap and a new iron. I think the border crossing guy was really confused and commented that I must be washing and pressing shirts for the army!
    Shelbie is offline  
    Old 10-09-2013, 06:24 PM
      #19  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Oct 2011
    Location: Hampstead N.C.
    Posts: 1,870
    Default

    I love the scents in Best Press, but not particularly fond of the price. Been using Niagra Sizing and it's fine, used Magic Sizing and that was good to. both are aerosol and I don't mind that.
    Grace creates is offline  
    Old 10-10-2013, 03:32 AM
      #20  
    Super Member
     
    Join Date: Jan 2011
    Location: Tippy-top of a ridge in WV
    Posts: 6,355
    Default

    I have looked for over a year now for the Niagra non-aerosol but it is not to be found anywhere near me.
    Yooper32 is offline  
    Related Topics
    Thread
    Thread Starter
    Forum
    Replies
    Last Post
    twilight
    Links and Resources
    41
    02-24-2021 06:21 PM
    Denise S
    Main
    15
    08-04-2012 02:22 AM
    JanetM
    Recipes
    12
    10-05-2011 12:51 PM
    tmg
    Main
    103
    09-09-2011 11:38 AM

    Posting Rules
    You may not post new threads
    You may not post replies
    You may not post attachments
    You may not edit your posts

    BB code is On
    Smilies are On
    [IMG] code is On
    HTML code is On
    Trackbacks are Off
    Pingbacks are Off
    Refbacks are Off



    FREE Quilting Newsletter