I used it once and loved it. But at $9 for two cups I bought regular starch and dilute it. A half gallon cost $3 at Wal-Mart and I can mix to get the stiffness I like. I usually mix medium to heavy. The trick is that tou must wait for it to soak in the fabric and you don't get flaking or discolorization. So for $3 I get at least 2 gallons. And I must admit with this I don't have and problems with bias seams. One thing I do miss from Best Press is the nice smell.
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i buy Best Press at handcocks with the 40% coupon, they only have the small spray bottle size and the refill size, i bought the spray bottle size so i would have a spray bottle to use with the refill size bottle , our joanns doesnt carry BP and handcocks doesnt carry the gallon size, i use this to press mine and hubbys shirts and my fabric after the fabric has been washed and dryed for the first time after buying it , then i wrap the fabric on my comic boards and put them on my shelf, but when i used the fabric in a quilt before i cut i use heavy spray starch ,it makes the fabric just a bit stiffer and thats they way i like it before cutting my pieces
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I use best press and I love it, Plus it smells great
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I have checked the local stores near Nashville. What store did you find it?
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You can also make your own! Do a google search for a recipe . . . it contains distilled water, vodka and essential oil in whatever scent you prefer. I have made it and love it too!
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This is the recipe "like" Best Press starch.
Mix together: 1 tsp scented essential oil (found in Walmart candle supplies aisle and they have lots of scents) Note: scent is optional if allergic to scents. 3 oz. vodka (YES vodka) LOL Then add to 24oz distilled water in large spray bottle and shake well. (Hint: Vodka is made from potatoes , a natural starch.) .. Add one drop of food color per gallon (optional) |
And another!!
If you like a fragranced wrinkle releaser, you may also like this alternative.
If you like it, make a gallon as follows:
** Mark gallon bottle carefully so you don’t put it into your steam iron!!! |
Last one, they are pretty much the same with a few tweaks!!
In a clean large jug, mix: 4 Cups of water 2 Cups of liquid starch 4 ounces of Vodka 10 drops of essential oil fragrance Many quilters have questioned me about the Vodka. As an alcohol, it acts as a natural preservative, but in addition to that, it will chemically mix with BOTH the water and the oil of the scent to emulsify them together. I keep my jug right on the cellar stairs and it keeps for a year that I know of, I hafta make more after that because I use it up. I fill my little spray bottle often and always shake it before using because the starch settles. I bought the liquid starch at my grocery store and it cost $3 in March of 2010 and I still have almost half a jug. |
Just FYI, vodka made in the USA is not made of potatoes but of grains. There are European producers that use potatoes as the base before fermentation but those are higher end vodkas and not what you would use for this application.
I suspect the reason vodka is used is because it is carbon filtered and thus completely clear and will not discolor. |
I vote for the vodka and water. It works just as good as Best Press. Especially when you can buy a bottle of vodka at Walmart for 11:00. It will last a long time. In Canada we have to pay a lot more for the Vodka.
You should of seen my husbands face when he came in the trailer and saw that I was pouring Vodka into a spray bottle. I hardly drink so he thought I had lost my mind. lol |
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