homemade spray starch
07-19-2013, 07:18 AM
#32
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Location: Huntsville, TX
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This is the recipe that I have for a spray starch like the Best Press.
Mix together:
1 tsp. scented essential oil (found at Walmart in the candle section)
3 oz. of Vodka ( must be made from potatoes, so ask at the liquor store or read the label)
Then add 24 oz of distilled water and shake well.
Add one drop of food color per gallon(optional)
I have not made this, but a bunch of my friends have and say it is just like best press and a lot cheaper.
I buy the half gal. of liquid stay flo starch and then mix it with water in a spray bottle. You can make any strength you like. A half gallon will last me a year or longer.
Mix together:
1 tsp. scented essential oil (found at Walmart in the candle section)
3 oz. of Vodka ( must be made from potatoes, so ask at the liquor store or read the label)
Then add 24 oz of distilled water and shake well.
Add one drop of food color per gallon(optional)
I have not made this, but a bunch of my friends have and say it is just like best press and a lot cheaper.
I buy the half gal. of liquid stay flo starch and then mix it with water in a spray bottle. You can make any strength you like. A half gallon will last me a year or longer.
07-19-2013, 07:44 AM
#33
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Southwest Kansas
Posts: 4,820
This is the recipe that I have for a spray starch like the Best Press.
Mix together:
1 tsp. scented essential oil (found at Walmart in the candle section)
3 oz. of Vodka ( must be made from potatoes, so ask at the liquor store or read the label)
Then add 24 oz of distilled water and shake well.
Add one drop of food color per gallon(optional)
I have not made this, but a bunch of my friends have and say it is just like best press and a lot cheaper.
I buy the half gal. of liquid stay flo starch and then mix it with water in a spray bottle. You can make any strength you like. A half gallon will last me a year or longer.
Mix together:
1 tsp. scented essential oil (found at Walmart in the candle section)
3 oz. of Vodka ( must be made from potatoes, so ask at the liquor store or read the label)
Then add 24 oz of distilled water and shake well.
Add one drop of food color per gallon(optional)
I have not made this, but a bunch of my friends have and say it is just like best press and a lot cheaper.
I buy the half gal. of liquid stay flo starch and then mix it with water in a spray bottle. You can make any strength you like. A half gallon will last me a year or longer.
07-19-2013, 08:24 AM
#35
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 86
I realy thought this was leading up to a joke when I saw the first ingredient was Vodka. But... guess it's for real. Amazing. For me - I buy the stuff and save time. Call me lazy, but I'd rather be quilting.
07-19-2013, 09:04 AM
#37
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Carroll, Iowa
Posts: 3,431
As Mamagrande mentioned................one part Vodka to eight parts water and a few drops of lavender essence. I like mine to be a bit stiffer so I had a cup of liquid starch to my mix but I make up a gallon at a time as it doesn't go bad so that's a cup of liquid starch to whatever it takes to make up to a gallon with the above recipe.
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