Do you use any "dip-it" also found in the hardware store to "pad" the ends? I used this (latex?) product with some good effect in preparing hoop wire before inserting it in the channels.
Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "michaela" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 8:32 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] re:effigy corst: reeds/bamboo for stiffening > > The biggest complaint I have heard > > about the cable ties is that if the ends are not properly treated (i.e. > > rounded off, melted or otherwise), they may still poke through. (I have > > seen this on many other's garments) As you know once this happens, it is > > hard to render a repair that looks very nice. > > Honestly it happens with any boning that isn't properly treated;) Regular > German Boning (ends rounded off), rigiline (end melted or taped some way), > Steel that hasn't been rounded, usually before you get them of course;) ) > spiral steel without the ends... etc etc. > > I prefer cable ties to regular boning because it's cheaper and easier to > cut. I can actually cut them in the first place! > > I have long used both the > > enameled white bones and the spiral steel ones (still my favorite). Yes > > they may be heavier, but I have never had one poke through, and from a > > cost perspective, I would bet my paycheck that they are no more > > expensive than the cable ties purchased retail. > > I dunno... > > I did my Effigy corset (120 odd bones, some cut from the same piece) at > around $NZ 30. $NZ 1 at the moment is hovering around the 70USc mark. > > The most expensive I pay is $NZ 7 for a pack of 25 (368mm by 2.3mm) and I > can get a pack of 50 450mm by 2.5mm for $NZ 15. And cheaper wholesale > through a friend. > > I also have to import steel bones into this country which makes them > obscenely expensive. > > I have health reasons for prefering the softer plastic which en masse > creates good support without oppressing the ribs. > > I am making an 1890s corset and will use cable ties everywhere except the > centre front and back. The front will use steel and the back will be > something I haven't quite decided on yet;) I just know it needs to be > heavier for the lacing. I've had issues with real buckling there before. > > micheala de bruce > http://costumes.glittersweet.com > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.20/95 - Release Date: 9/09/2005 > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
