Wool Pressing Pad
#3
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Central NM
Posts: 1,600
I don't use a pillow case. Mist with water if needed for stubborn wrinkles. Use a bath towel when using spray starch but towel is not on my wool mat. I love the mat and like so many other tools....how did I survive without it? (Thinking microwave, cell phone, sewing machines with lots of doo dads.)
#5
Power Poster
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,515
I use mine as is. I get scorch marks on it but they are easy to scrape off. It's wool so it's washable. I have the big wool mat to fit my ironing surface and several smaller ones. All are several years old and holding up fine.
#7
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Ridgefield WA
Posts: 7,765
Mine is the same size. (I make a "stabilizer" of vodka and water (the vodka is made with either grain or potatoes and that's where the starch in it comes from. BUT is is totally disolved so its like misting with water.) So I get the starched look but no mess! or residue!
#9
Super Member
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: North Idaho
Posts: 1,704
i use mine naked. I spray water and starch and don't really treat it special. it does great. the only thing I have done wrong was when I ironed heat and bond to it. oops. but with a bit of work, water, and scraping, it recovered just fine!
There is a slight odor to it when i use it for long periods. not sure if the pillowcase would hide that better.
There is a slight odor to it when i use it for long periods. not sure if the pillowcase would hide that better.
#10
Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Omaha, NE
Posts: 52
Mine started getting scorch marks on it after awhile. So I took a disposable razor and shaved it off. Since then I've been laying an old linen tea towel over it to prevent the scorch marks again. It seems to work just as well as with
the cloth over the top.
the cloth over the top.