And what is it with the spitting & dripping?
Just had a revelation--they spit and drip before they get hot enough to
generate steam, and, as they keep shutting off, then they have to keep heating
up again.
I have sometimes thought about getting a gravity-fed iron, with a separate
water supply, like we used in professional theater costume shops, but you have
to have a place to hang the water supply, and they aren't, therefore, portable.
I'm actually okay with the Oreck that my husband bought. I sits on a base, and
you can detach the cord for short free-hand steaming jobs. It does, though,
also have the annoying auto shut off feature.
Ann Wass
-----Original Message-----
From: Sharon Collier <sha...@collierfam.com>
To: 'Historical Costume' <h-cost...@indra.com>
Sent: Sun, May 20, 2012 6:27 pm
Subject: Re: [h-cost] %$#&* irons!
Maybe Amazon Drygoods.
-----Original Message-----
From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On
Behalf Of Mary + Doug Piero Carey
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:21 PM
To: h-cost...@indra.com
Subject: [h-cost] %$#&* irons!
Fran complained about modern irons.
Amen, Sistah! Not to mention the handles that have a sharp seam
EXACTLY where it will chafe a sore spot onto your thumb if you need to iron
for longer than it takes to touch up a permapress blouse you forgot in the
dryer overnight. And what is it with the spitting & dripping?
They had that solved back in the 70s! I wouldn't mind the inactivity
cut-off, if you could disable it for sewing sessions. The last thing in the
world I need is an iron that cools off during a seam!
Mary, the equally exasperated
p.s. I seem to recall a catalog with some old-fashioned irons in it --
maybe Vermont Country Store? I'll have to go look.
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