How to remove stiffness from clothing after cornstarch wam
Posted:
09 Jul 2011, 06:18by ponyvinyl
Hi, an age old problem for me in the past I used to WAM (non-MLP) with boiled cornstarch and my clothing is hard as carboard after washing and dries. I stopped for years because of this problem...anyone have a solution to soften the fabric after wamming?
ponyvinyl
Re: How to remove stiffness from clothing after cornstarch w
Posted:
10 Jul 2011, 10:54by BillShipton
No, but I guess that's gonna be the problem with something with the word starch in the name. Why did you choose it?
Re: How to remove stiffness from clothing after cornstarch w
Posted:
11 Jul 2011, 14:29by ponyvinyl
It's easy to clean off from the floor before someone comes back so no evidence of Wamming but it stays in the fabric.
ponyvinyl
Re: How to remove stiffness from clothing after cornstarch w
Posted:
12 Jul 2011, 09:37by Trouso
Hi
The problem is, you're not actually removing the starch from the fabric when you wash it - and because it's translucent you can't see to be sure you have. The only thing you can do is:
1. Make sure it doesn't dry
2. Douse it in neat washing up liquid or detergent and soak for as long as possible before washing - initially - in cold water, very thoroughly and several times before putting through a normal wash.
To be honest, though, this is such a lot of work and, eventually, whoever you're hiding this from will catch you at it. I would tend towards buying some clothing from a charity shop (a lot of it's top notch in posh areas!) to mess up and just discreetly bin it afterwards.
You could always get a job as a redcoat at Butlins (male or female) and find any excuse to get gunged. Just an average day would see you come in from work and, stuffing your goo clogged uniform into the washing machine, utter the following words to your partner - "Tut! Got gunged again!"
Kind regards,
T