diamondee

I haven't tried the thread in the sewing machine yet, did the snap test and seems to be good, I just tested a few cones of each. I have them in garbage bags and will put a brick of charcoal in it to see if that helps with the smell, I will try spraying vinegar if charcoal doesn't help. trying to stay away from wetting the thread if at all possible. Thank You ALL for your great suggestions. I will keep trying until something works

Prism99

Instead of charcoal, you can use Dr. Scholl's Odoreaters shoe inserts -- the ones made with activated charcoal. Throw a pair or two of these in the garbage bags with the cones of thread and leave for maybe two weeks. These shoe inserts are how I finally got rid of the odor in my featherweight case!

maviskw

Charcoal and odor eaters seem like good choices. I wouldn't try washing. When our Tupperware gets smelly, we were told to put it into the FREEZER for a week or two. Do you have a really big freezer? LOL Try a few and see how it works. From the weights you listed, looks like you got a real deal.

Sometimes these cones come from clothing manufacturing, which would mean they are not serger threads.

Ngeorgia

I was looking up about the thread weight and found this info. It explains why our seam aren't always 1/4" if the thread is different.
http://quiltcetera.wordpress.com/201...thread-weight/

Yours is 50 wt
50 wt is a piecing thread http://quiltbug.com/articles/thread-theory.htm

fayeberry

wow that's a LOT of thread

fangman

I think the thread test is a good idea also.

Cormiae

I love this board, always a wealth of information !

Prism99

I believe it's necessary to take ply into account in addition to weight. The aurifil 50wt thread in the first link is 50wt 2-ply. Most regular cotton thread is 50wt 3-ply. The Aurifil 50wt is considerably finer than 50wt 3-ply threads and seems to me to be closer in thickness to a 60wt 3-ply. (Just to confuse the issue a little more! )

llong0233

Holy smoke! It's likely you will never use all that thread so sharing is a good thing. Great buy, if it's still usable and others can benefit, too. Good call.

diamondee

Oh that's great! I never thought of that. Thanks! my featherweight case smells too! buy stock now in odor-eaters lol
I'm running out to get some