What spary bottle do you use
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HELP please what spray bottle do you use to use the home made spray elmers school glue. I mixed up the receipe elmers school glue plus water and a few drops of soap. I could not get it to spray it just came out in streams of glue. So I thought my sprayer was not working so I put the sprayer with it hose in a glass and when all the glue was rinsed out it sprayed real nice. SOOoo i tryed again with the glue. still did not spray correctly. Is the a particular spray bottle you use????? Do I need to add more water the recipe calls for 1 on 1 glue to water and 2 to 5 drops of water.
So for the next quilt I did the drizzle with the elmers school and that takes a lot of hand power. It came out in nice lines like in the turt some one posted but in a little while the lines turned into dots of glue. So I spread them out.
What am I doing wrong!!!!! I have not tryed to quilt them yet still waiting for them to dry.
Thank you for looking and for your help happy days of quilting to you yipppie
So for the next quilt I did the drizzle with the elmers school and that takes a lot of hand power. It came out in nice lines like in the turt some one posted but in a little while the lines turned into dots of glue. So I spread them out.
What am I doing wrong!!!!! I have not tryed to quilt them yet still waiting for them to dry.
Thank you for looking and for your help happy days of quilting to you yipppie
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HELP please what spray bottle do you use to use the home made spray elmers school glue. I mixed up the receipe elmers school glue plus water and a few drops of soap. I could not get it to spray it just came out in streams of glue. So I thought my sprayer was not working so I put the sprayer with it hose in a glass and when all the glue was rinsed out it sprayed real nice. SOOoo i tryed again with the glue. still did not spray correctly. Is the a particular spray bottle you use????? Do I need to add more water the recipe calls for 1 on 1 glue to water and 2 to 5 drops of water.
So for the next quilt I did the drizzle with the elmers school and that takes a lot of hand power. It came out in nice lines like in the turt some one posted but in a little while the lines turned into dots of glue. So I spread them out.
What am I doing wrong!!!!! I have not tryed to quilt them yet still waiting for them to dry.
Thank you for looking and for your help happy days of quilting to you yipppie
So for the next quilt I did the drizzle with the elmers school and that takes a lot of hand power. It came out in nice lines like in the turt some one posted but in a little while the lines turned into dots of glue. So I spread them out.
What am I doing wrong!!!!! I have not tryed to quilt them yet still waiting for them to dry.
Thank you for looking and for your help happy days of quilting to you yipppie
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Ok ladies - I have never done this but I was curious about this post and googled the topic. I found this "e how to" tutorial - one of the comments was if it did not spray add a few more drops of dish soap.
http://www.ehow.com/how_6598712_make...lue-spray.html
Another note - if the Elmers is not brand new - it gets thick and gooey. Off topic - I have, at times, used straight Elmers instead of Eileen's when I was out and to quicken the drying I have use a pressing cloth and an warm Iron.
http://www.ehow.com/how_6598712_make...lue-spray.html
Another note - if the Elmers is not brand new - it gets thick and gooey. Off topic - I have, at times, used straight Elmers instead of Eileen's when I was out and to quicken the drying I have use a pressing cloth and an warm Iron.
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I use Elmer's straight from the bottle, with the tip that comes on it. I spread a real thin bead in a grid, or wavy lines, and let dry. I have ironed, but usually not in that much of a hurry. I get good results that way.
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O.K. ...to those who responded and that have used the glue/water in a spray bottle....does it hold as well as glue that is not diluted? This is something that could be extremely helpful. I have used old undiluted glue...tried to spread it out and when it dried it was hard to hand quilt through. I assumed it was because it was not spread evenly enough and the oldness of it...(probably 5 years old...
Kids grown and left so no need for the arts and crafts anymoe!!
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schoolteacher, when I baste with glue, I don't spread it out on the batting, just put it sort of where pins would go, but in a very thin bead. I find if I hold the bottle up a little it drizzles out really finely. I've done about 6 quilts this way so far and never had a problem with the machine, but, haven't hand quilted.
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O.K. ...to those who responded and that have used the glue/water in a spray bottle....does it hold as well as glue that is not diluted? This is something that could be extremely helpful. I have used old undiluted glue...tried to spread it out and when it dried it was hard to hand quilt through. I assumed it was because it was not spread evenly enough and the oldness of it...(probably 5 years old...
Kids grown and left so no need for the arts and crafts anymoe!!
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Thank you all. EPARYS thank you for the site I went to it but could not find the tutorial, your added information is helpful I added more water so now I will add more soap. No matter what way I did it the glue beads up looks real pretty. I do not know if that is all right so I spread them out. your extra not use new glue mine is new ( i purchased at back to school days) To Stitchnripper (love your name) putting spots llike pins that sounds great also. Happy quilting everyone
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I feel quite silly that I don't know what the glue, water, and soap together are used for. Can someone tell me what it is all about and what words I would use to google for a tutorial.
Thanks so very much
Thanks so very much
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