Homemade Spray Starch
02-01-2011, 07:32 AM
#41
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Originally Posted by jamsbuying
I buy the concentrate and mix 1/2 starch 1/2 water to use when pressing fabric.
02-01-2011, 09:09 AM
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Okay, tell me why are you using spray starch. I wash my fabric, air dry on clothes line, then hand press to the stash. Press when I get ready to cut for piecing. Please educate me, have I been missing an opportunity?
02-01-2011, 10:36 AM
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Ok, here's my recipe--small glass of orange juice, splash or 2 of vodka, drink that, spray the fabric with whatever you happen to have sitting around, (windex, whatever) Enough orange juice, and everything will look GREAT! :lol: :lol: :lol:
02-01-2011, 11:07 AM
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I love the Mary Ellen's Best Press and it is a little expensive so when going to a workshop, I knew everybody there would be grabbing on to it so I simply diluted the stuff and found it works just as well that way. The nice fragrance is still there and it releases the wrinkles just like it's supposed to. Now I only use it full strength to stabilize my fabric before cutting a bunch of bias edges for triangles or before cutting out applique pieces.
02-01-2011, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by dlux
I love the Mary Ellen's Best Press and it is a little expensive so when going to a workshop, I knew everybody there would be grabbing on to it so I simply diluted the stuff and found it works just as well that way. The nice fragrance is still there and it releases the wrinkles just like it's supposed to. Now I only use it full strength to stabilize my fabric before cutting a bunch of bias edges for triangles or before cutting out applique pieces.
02-01-2011, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by luvTooQuilt
I make mine..
1 c Staflo
1c Febreeze- I love the Lavender scent
1c Water..
mix well.. I have had it for a month at a time in my closet. I use it pretty quick tho, but so far No mold.. I even use a clean glass spaghetti jar for my starch..
1 c Staflo
1c Febreeze- I love the Lavender scent
1c Water..
mix well.. I have had it for a month at a time in my closet. I use it pretty quick tho, but so far No mold.. I even use a clean glass spaghetti jar for my starch..
So what is the scoup?
02-01-2011, 12:54 PM
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starch is NOT sugar based either...it is corn starch usually and can attract bugs, usually silver fish, not ants...
and they are just trying to push the best press...which does not work any better or worse than simple vodka water or spray sizing!
starch can also dull your needles, flake off into your machine, dull your rotary blades, cause your blocks to come out wonky, makes a mess of your iron, and so on....
either way, each person has his/her own preference I am sure!
and they are just trying to push the best press...which does not work any better or worse than simple vodka water or spray sizing!
starch can also dull your needles, flake off into your machine, dull your rotary blades, cause your blocks to come out wonky, makes a mess of your iron, and so on....
either way, each person has his/her own preference I am sure!
02-01-2011, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by lynnie
thanks so much, i'm tired of buying and 1/2 thru, it falling on the floor and the sprayer breaking off.
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