Is it safe to iron SilNylon? What temp? I don't want to mess up my fabric or my wife's iron.
Is it safe to iron SilNylon? What temp? I don't want to mess up my fabric or my wife's iron.
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Silnyl is very thin. You would need to start with a very low temperature and raise it gradually until you get the results you want without the results you don't want. I sus pect it would be faster and easier to learn to roll the hems and fold the seams rather than try to iron it.
The other problem is nylon in any form is not a good crease holding fabric. There is a reason they call synthetic clothing "permanent press". I find trying iron nylon to be more trouble than it is worth.
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I don't think I would do that. YMMV, it will be instructive to see what else is said. ;-)
I have found that a chalk line can help a lot when it comes to long, straigh lines. You might want to give it a try, especially on fabric like sil where it is difficult to mark and tape does not stick...
I would suggest just creasing instead of ironing if you are needing help on this. I have done this before with a whale bone stick with really good results. Ironing nylon without sil is difficult and has little effect until you get almost to break down temps.
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Mrs. Loftus to Huck Finn
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instead of ironing measure your seam, mark it and glue it down I used pritt stick (uk paper glue) it worked great no problem of gumming thread injector either
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