In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Carol Adkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Vivienne sells the glue-stuff - Fray-Check I think -
>So - does anyone know how long it has been around, and if there are >any adverse reports so far. Quite a long time ago (around the time that Steph Peters started making lace, if Steph can remember when that was!) those of us on the uk.rec.crafts newsgroup used to meet up every so often, especially at shows, and so we made an @ badge to wear so that we could be distinguished from the crowds. I did a cross stitch one, stranded cotton on green linen, cut out the shape, coated it in Fraycheck to stiffen it, and stuck one of the white card badge things (ie a circle of card with a safety pin attached) on the back. I have it sitting in front of me now - it definitely isn't brown anywhere, even if the original colours may not be exactly as they were to start with, they are close enough, including the very very pale blue in the variegated cotton I used. It is still stiff enough to hold shape (but possibly not quite so stiff as it was to start with). It definitely hasn't turned brown, as items glued with Copydex glue years ago have, and there are still books around now that tell you to use Copydex! The only glue I will contemplate near to fabric now is PVA. Fraycheck always used to remind me of the stuff that you could get in the 1970s to stop ladders in tights - and I think that had been around for a while. Of course, in the days before coloured tights, it wouldn't have mattered if it turned slightly brown. On the other hand, I think discussion on the list in the past drew us to the conclusion that there are differing formulas of Fraycheck according to where you are - though it may be a case of climate, if I remember correctly the Australian version went brown, the English didn't. My main use for the Fraycheck was when I was doing a lot of cross stitch, to seal the edges of the fabric before mounting it in an embroidery frame (rather than zig-zagging round with the machine, which with Aida, quite often pulled a set of threads off) to work - this was then trimmed off before framing. >> > and Dora Smith wrote: >I always wash my samplers in cool water when I'm done, then mild >detergent (like dish detergent), Be careful with dish detergent! When my class was working on our group piece for Myth or Mystery last year, one of the group learnt the hard way why not to wear hand cream while making lace (unfortunately she doesn't have much choice in that matter, due to her skin condition, but has since discovered "Udder Cream" which solved her problem) and ended up with a dirty mark on the piece she was doing - using ecru DMC Broder Machine and a Madeira Metallic 40 in gold. So she washed it - gently letting it soak for a couple of minutes in water with Fairy washing up liquid. She didn't immediately notice the effect, but when she brought it into class and compared it with the others, we found that the gold thread had been stripped back to orange, and the lace which was ecru was now brilliant snow white! Orvus is really the only safe thing to use. Fortunately she had time to do a second piece of lace, and it hadn't taken her years to make. -- Jane Partridge -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.7/60 - Release Date: 28/07/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
