sinamay and felt stiffening
Need help with stiffening sinamay and felt. Have used gelatin, pva, tex40 bio, and hat stiffener from Delew ( the toxic stuff). I not having good outcomes with any atm. Have been out of blocking for a bit. Am i doing something wrong. Something better on market or have forgotten the ratio for gelatin and pva??. Really dont like the toxic chemicals. With the othersi am getting the glued look. I have always used brushes before i thought. All siggestions gratefully recieved.
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Permalink Reply by Elaine Mergard
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Hi Robin, I always use pre stiffened sinamay as all the effort to stiffen just takes so much time. Have been through the frustration of glued look and that is when I reverted to buy prestiffened sinamay which is actually cheaper than it was 15 yrs ago plus better quality. Lovely you have come back to blocking as Hats are on the way back -Elaine
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Permalink Reply by debbi grogan
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Elaine- what about felt? Does that also come pre-stiffened or do you need stiffening for felt?
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Permalink Reply by Bonnie Blanchard
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Thanks for info on un stiffened sinamay. Will experiment a bunch! Bonnie
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Permalink Reply by Barbara Byrne
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Hi Elaine,
while I generally use stiffened sinnamay, I have some really pretty unstiffened sinnamay that I would like to stiffen. What ratio of Hel Erin/water do you suggest and do you dip it or paint the stiffener on?
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Due to this question being asked so often I added a module to Lesson 1 to explain how to stiffener even if you have already blocked crown and brim. In lesson 19 on felt I have added tips for stiffening plus some extra tips on finishing edge + Check out your lessons - Elaine
