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In lugnet.build.minifigs, Kevin Wilson wrote:
> Norbert Black wrote in message ...
> > eventually dry out to the state where it cracks when bent. On fabric, you're
> > not likely to see the cracks, but if you were really unlucky, you might start to
> > get bits flaking off.
>
> I just took a look at a pirate sail I did several years ago, and as you say
> I'm not seeing any cracks. Since I dilute the PVA glue and it soaks right
> into the fabric there's no surface coating, so no big bits to flake off...
> but you might get small bits, like dandruff :-)
Exactly! :) (And we all know how a bad case of dandruff reduces Pirate street
cred...)
> This was a while back so I am having trouble remembering.
I recognized the phenonmenon! Thanks for answering my questions, though.
> My guess is that I started with a low temp and increased it
> until I got the desired smoothness. It didn't melt the PVA, but it certainly
> softened it. IIRC I ironed directly, and did not use steam: it didn't stick
> to the iron.
That's pretty much as I would have guessed, but I'm glad you did the guineapig
work first, Kevin. Mind you, isn't that one of the things Lugnet is about?
Benefitting from everyone _else's_ crazy (but workable) ideas? :)
> However, if the iron in your (general your, not Norbert specifically)
Actually, the advice holds with me specifically, too... ;)
> household belongs to someone else who might be distressed if it got sticky
> stuff on it, I suggest a garage sale or thrift store iron. After I ironed a
> silk shirt with an iron my SO had previously used for waxing skis (the shirt
> was never quite the same afterwards...), we always kept two in the house:
> the clothes iron and the anything else iron!
D'oh!
Thanks for sharing, Kevin.
Regards,
Norbert Black
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