Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 10:18:11 -1000 From: lthrall@netcom.com (Jo and Lee) Message-Id: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Subject: Getting wrinkles out of ripstop? Hi all - I'm in the midst of an applique project in which I'm using up a lot of the scraps of ripstop I've accumulated. Unfortunately I've been pretty careless in storing the ripstop so some of it is badly wrinkled, and/or has sharp creases in it. I've had some luck in laying out the pieces under a large piece of glass for many days, but that doesn't really help with the deeper creases. Anyone have any other ways of 'smoothing out' scrap ripstop? (yeah, I know, next time roll it up!!! :-) Thanks - Jo. -- Joanne Petithory & Lee Thrall lthrall@netcom.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 21:56:31 -1000 From: salanne@convex.csc.FI (Simo Salanne) Message-Id: <3slp7f$d34@pobox.csc.fi> Organization: STACK Finland Subject: Re: Getting wrinkles out of ripstop? In lthrall@netcom.com (Jo and Lee) writes: > I've had some luck in laying out the pieces under a large piece >of glass for many days, but that doesn't really help with the deeper creases. >Anyone have any other ways of 'smoothing out' scrap ripstop? > (yeah, I know, next time roll it up!!! :-) Jo, have a hot shower with your scrap ripstop pieces, then hang them to dry. They will not be like brand new ripstop from the roll, but smooth enough to work with. Smooth Scraps Simo -- Simo.Salanne@csc.fi STACK Finland ==================================================================== Are you familiar with Kite Flyers Web Site? http://www.kfs.org/kites = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 03:20:17 -1000 From: kitejag@aol.com (KITEJAG) Message-Id: <3smc6h$r7k@newsbf02.news.aol.com> Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Subject: Re: Getting wrinkles out of ripstop? Joanne, RE your problem with wayward ripstop...simple solution...iron it!!! I'm not trying to be funny...it really does work...obviously you don't want the iron too hot. A setting well below the steam setting should work just fine. (DO NOT USE STEAM!!!!) I've never had any problems ironing ripstop...no, the resin won't burn away...the nylon wont shrink...the nylon won't turn brittle...none of the old wives tales..just unwrinkled ripstop!! There may be one minor problem...If you have the same disdain for irons that I have, you might ask Lee to try it...and don't tell him I recommended same! John A. Gabby Jr. Think kindly thoughts. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 09:13:42 -1000 From: lthrall@netcom.com (Jo and Lee) Message-Id: Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) Subject: Re: Getting wrinkles out of ripstop? KITEJAG (kitejag@aol.com) wrote: : RE your problem with wayward ripstop...simple solution...iron it!!! : There may be one minor problem...If you have the same disdain : for irons that I have, you might ask Lee to try it...and don't tell him I : recommended same! : John A. Gabby Jr. Amazingly enough (especially for my husband, who chuckles everytime I have to ask him WHERE he keeps the iron...), I did try ironing the ripstop on low setting (no steam); however, the ripstop tended to take on a kind of wavy surface without getting the wrinkes out - in effect I made it worse (come to think of it, that's how most of my ironing turns out - I'm just not cut out for this domestic goddess stuff), so I assumed one simply does not iron ripstop... but so far I've received enough suggestions to give it another try. I think part of the problem was that the surface I was ironing the ripstop on was not very smooth & rigid - I'll try the floor (next time we clean it....) Some useful suggestions I have rec'd via e-mail: Tom from the U.K. wrote advising to make sure to iron the side without the surface coating. Allan Charlton e-mailed me his method: "I put the fabric between two flat surfaces and heat the whole thing with a room heater for an hour or two (go and have dinner, watch TV for a while, update the kite project drawings, clean out the garage - you get the idea)." <> Thanks for all the suggestions - I'll go dust off the iron & give it another try, or go take a shower with my ripstop (hmmm), or as one very wise person mentioned, just live with it, since the finished kite will soon get wrinkled enough that no-one will know the difference :-) - Jo (who place first in her high school on a standardized test for the Betty Crocker Homemaker Of Tommorrow competition. It was as funny then as it is now.) -- Joanne Petithory & Lee Thrall lthrall@netcom.com = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 03:53:34 -1000 From: sc5@prism.gatech.edu (Stephen P. Cseplo) Message-Id: <3sp2gu$lvv@acmex.gatech.edu> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Subject: Re: Getting wrinkles out of ripstop? In article , Jo and Lee wrote: >: RE your problem with wayward ripstop...simple solution...iron it!!! I've iron ripstop in the past and will do so in the future. Works great (well, for me it does). Do yourself a favor though, get an ironing board and keep that iron set on low to medium. A higher setting will cause shrinkage. Best part about using an ironing board is you can stand up, saving your back from great pain! Of course your mileage may vary. Steve (Who wiped out his sig file by accident!) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =