You know, I can understand your outrage, but this way actually is fine with me. If they just put the outdated samples out in a box, I would never have known; this particular place is off my beaten path.
The iron seems to be helping loosen the glue, but if I let it get too hot it just soaks into the fabric. I think (maybe) if I find the perfect temperature, I can get it to let go of the fabric while still gripping the paper. (On the other hand, in terms of time spent, it might be "cheaper" to just buy a few inches of a hundred different silks!) Quoting REBECCA BURCH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Selling the discontinued samples???? (read outrage > here) My local decorator just sets the outdated > samples in a box outside her door free for the taking. > I asked her the first time I saw them - she said it > was easier and cheaper than filling up her dumpster > and paying the dump fee. I have such fun with them - > book covers, gift bags, vests, lap robes - all kinds > of stuff. > > In my experience, no one method works for all samples. > Different companies use different glues and they seem > to react differently on various fibers. Some didn't > want to let go at all so I ended up just trimming the > end with the label off. > > Good Luck. > Rebecca > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > A local interior design store is moving, and is > > selling off all of their > > outdated swatches, cheap. I picked up a bunch of > > nice pieces to play with, and > > I was wondering if anybody had any tricks for > > removing the glued-on lables? > > Some are so old that the glue has turned to powder > > and the lables just come off. > > Some I was able to peel off, leaving a minimum of > > sticky residue behind. Some > > are nice, new lables that aren't interested in > > leaving; like the one on the > > spectrum of silk drapery swatches that I was hoping > > to use to make a nifty > > quilt. I have one soaking in water, now. > > > > Does anyone have any suggestions for removing > > stickers from fabric? (Warm iron > > to soften glue? Freeze it to harden the glue?) I do > > have enough that I can > > sacrifce a few for the sake of experimentation. > > > > Emma, now the proud owner of one small, faded piece > > of Scalamandre silk brocade! > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > Rebecca Burch > Center Valley Farm > Duncan Falls, Ohio, USA > > The only twelve steps I'm interested in are the ones between the flat > folds and the brocades. --Anonymous Costumer-- > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > http://anvil.unl.edu/emma http://HelixHandworks.etsy.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
