quilt basting spray
#21
Thank you all for your suggestions! I'm going to try the 505 and I saw one post here with Sulliivan. My next question: when fmq'n does the needle gets gummed up from the adhesive? I know I should be looking this up on youtube and such but I prefer to ask those who have done it! Thanks again all for the ideas.
#23
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One of the reasons I prefer 505 over Sullivan's is the odor; 505 is much less smelly. However, you still want to have good ventilation when using it. Another good choice is Therm-o-Web, probably even better than 505. It comes out as a web so there is less overspray and I assume less volatile particles in the air.
I do not know of anyone who has gotten a gummed up machine needle from 505 or Therm-o-Web. I have read rare posts about gumming and/or discoloration caused by basting spray, but they were always off-brands and also often very old cans.
I do not know of anyone who has gotten a gummed up machine needle from 505 or Therm-o-Web. I have read rare posts about gumming and/or discoloration caused by basting spray, but they were always off-brands and also often very old cans.
#25
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Join Date: Nov 2011
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I use whichever I find at JAF. Since no one taught me how, I do it the same way I used to do pin basting. Tape backing to floor and spray the batting to it. Then I spray the quilt top to the backing. I understand this may be the wrong way...but it works for me. No wrinkles. I do let it dry for a day before quilting it.
#27
Elmer's Washable School Glue is my stand-by, even for hand quilting, never a shift or wrinkle. No smell, no over-spray, iron as you go to dry glue, does not gum up needles (machine or hand).
Last edited by AZ Jane; 08-19-2016 at 06:35 AM.
#29
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Elmer's School Glue is my go-to basting product. No odor, no over-spray, washes out completely, doesn't gum my needle, no wrinkles, nothing ever shifts, even Minky. I wouldn't use anything else.
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