Calling all Readers for Help!
It would seem that my iron is now full of the gluey gunk from ironing Vlieseline (German version of wonderunder, it appears) ... sigh and I need to find a way to remove it. Any ideas?
Also, I have done measurements and maths and found that I need to do a staggering 158 prairie points for the Dragon Quilt. Man, it'd better be appreciated!
Which leads me pretty directly to my next challenge: the backing will be fleece. And that is prone to wrinkling ... I plan on making a frame of sorts for the fleece in order to stabilise it. Then I remembered reading something about starch to stabilise stretchy fabrics. Has anyone ever tried that? I'm mainly worried about getting it washed out again after ...
And I think I must make something else for my other godchild just to level the playing field.
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I did a search and found this website (blog): http://1ststeptosewingsuccess.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html if you scroll down it has some suggestions. I am looking forward to seeing the finished dragon quilt!
Found it: How to remove fusible gunk, only problem being that I am in Germany and most of these products aren't available here :-(
if your iron has a steal sole you may try it with "scheuermilch" and paper towels (of course on your cool iron!) - most inexpensive solution, but this will not work with teflon soles.
in that case i have heard that you can heat the iron, take a candle, put some wax on the stains and then iron the wax off on some paper towels - the wax will take the stains away.
never tried the latter method, as my iron has a steel sole, but the first one works well for me.
Hello - I`m from Bavaria and as it happens just an hour ago I had to go through my routine "clean up the sticky mess" on the iron sole. This is how we do it : set the iron on low. Than use a candle (preferably a white one) and run it over the sole. Be cautious because it melts away like wax (ha ha!). After you have covered the sole, run it over a cotton rag or so to remove all the wax. If it got into steam holes, clean them with swabs or a tiny brush. If there is still stuff on the sole, wrap a blunt tool in a rag and carefully scrape it off. It should come off very easy. I personally bought a cheap iron for those jobs. Hope it works for you !! Lots of greetings from the snowy Alps, Barbara
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