Maybe take it to a cleaner who has one of those old mangle irons, like for
ironing sheets or tablecloths. They do a big area at a time.

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Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 10:19 AM
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Subject: Re: [h-cost] Question for the list


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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> It helps  if you have access
> to a dye vat, which I did.  And steam setting  afterwards can be
> important.
> ********************
> See...a pain! What if one just has a washing machine and a stove  top?

Yeah, that explains it! =}  The only way I have to steam set is with an 
iron, and I'm not about to hold an iron for several seconds over every 
square inch of 6+ yards of fabric. Nuh uh.

-E House 

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