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wdrwilson

Hello all,

I know that it's been mentioned before that sewing the parachute style rip stop with the polyeurathane (sp?) coating can be a pain in the butt.

I found this tid bit on an outdoor fabrice sewing article.. I had never thought of Tissue paper before...

Progcraft · Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 3:01 pm Post subject:

I switched to useing an add-on walking foot when I encountered that. The walking foot worked like a dream. I haven't even bothered to take it off. Smile

The other thing I did was to hot-cut the fabric togther. A tip I picked up from SteveF somewhere around here. Add an extra 1/8" to your seam allowances, then stack the pieces and cut off that 1/8" thereby welding the pieces together.
I used both the walking foot and the hot-cuting when making my spikey ball which consists of a variety of rubbery, stickey, and slippery fabrics.

I'd never have thought of tissue paper.

Thanks wdrwilson!!

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sharky · Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 29 Location: Norway

a few weeks ago i did buy a teflon presurefoot to awoid that kida stikines and it works like a charm. i also did buy a presurefoot that had rollers on it but i didn get to test that yet as the teflon one works so good
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smarties · Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 5:42 pm Post subject:

The tissue paper can also be disolved with water after the sewing is done.
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kiteguy · Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:19 pm Post subject:

Good points. THe tissue paper works great as does the treflon foot. I prefer the walking foot over all the others.

Just be sure to get the right kind of walking foot. Take your machine with you and test the walking foot. You will find that all walking foot (feet?) are not created equal. The good ones seem to cost $25 USD, or thereabouts.

Or, if you can afford it, buy a used Pfaff 1211, or better.
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wdrwilson · Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:01 pm Post subject:

Maye it was just me but I still found it to be tedious even on my pfaff 1222... then again it was almost 1 year ago and I was (and still am) new..

I have a few parachutes left to sew from the workshop, I will try it again Smile

Cool info on the teflon foot, I forgot about that...

Cheers,
Bill

KiteSquid · Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 9:39 am Post subject:

I have some teflon Tape (not the type from the plumbing department) that has execeded its shelf life so I bought it cheep at an electronics surplus house... About $2 per roll.

It has adhesive on one side and is SLICK on the other.

I use it on one or more of my sewing machine's feet and other places that need the slickest material on earth.

I just stick it to the foot being sure to wrap it around the top, and trim it with a sharp blade.

Cheep and usefull.

I got it a Skycraft Electronics in the Orlando Florida area. It is not on their web site but if you go in the store there is usually lots of rolls in a bin... narrow or up to 1" wide, in several thicknesses..

I think you can also buy it a high end wood working stores for use as drawer glides.

EXPENIVE if you dont get it at Surpluss prices...

If sombody wants a foot or two of it I can send you some. Just PM me your address.

Or if sombody lives near Orlando and can get to Skycraft or if there is an electronics surplus store near you, please check it out as I now live in Virgina and have not found a store like it in my area......

It is not in their online store but an e mail or phone call may get you some rolls...
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Freddie · Joined: 22 Jan 2005 Posts: 1 Location: Tullahoma, Tennessee

It is easier if you sew "sticky" sides face to face. I use a knurled roller foot for sewing urethane coated Ripstop for cold air inflatables. I believe it came from Walmart for $2 or $3. Have fun.

Russ Mozier · Joined: 19 Dec 2003 Posts: 62 Location: Glassboro, NJ

I used some rubberized one side 3.5 ounce for the pole sleeving on a set of banners I made. I put the rubberized side inside. What a mistake. The banners do not slide around the poles. When the wind blows them around the poles they wrap around the poles. I'm planning on removing the sleeves and replacing them with something else, maybe dacron.

stevef · Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:19 pm Post subject: Re: Problems