{"id":518,"date":"2008-06-18T04:34:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-18T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/timtex-is-gone\/"},"modified":"2016-06-28T15:26:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-28T22:26:08","slug":"timtex-is-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/timtex-is-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Timtex is Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"
In my travels I came across the fact that the manufacturer has stopped making Timtex. I have only used Timtex once to make a bowl, but I have been thinking about making more bowls and now I don’t know what I will use. The Craftapple has reviewed various options for stiffening boxes and bowls. <\/div>\n\n\n
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Ah, the Demise of Timtex –\u00a0Updated<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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In the wake of the demise of Timtex I\u2019ve been doing a little stabilizer research.\u00a0 I purchased a several online nd played around with some from JoAnn\u2019s and I\u2019m posting my findings here.\u00a0 The contestants:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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1) Peltex 70<\/a>.\u00a0 Available at JoAnn\u2019s for under $5\/ yard.\u00a0 It comes in 22? width.\u00a0 This is a nice product, but thinner and more flexible than Timtex.\u00a0 When I use this in the bottom of a bag, I\u2019ll often sew 2 layers together for the stability that I want.\u00a0 Peltex 71 is fusible on 1 side and Peltex 72 is fusible on 2 sides.\u00a0 They get thicker and pricier\u00a0as you add a layer of glue.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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2) Stiffy<\/a>.\u00a0 This is not<\/span> a comparable substitute for Timtex.\u00a0 It is very similar to Peltex 70.\u00a0 It is so very<\/strong> cheap at less than $2\/yard but you\u2019ll have to pay shipping if you can\u2019t find it locally which brought my order to about $4\/yard.\u00a0 It comes on a roll and is about 20? wide.\u00a0 One drawback is when I ironed it, my sewing room started to smell like a barnyard.\u00a0 \":(\" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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In my travels I came across the fact that the manufacturer has stopped making Timtex. I have only used Timtex once to make a bowl, but I have been thinking about making more bowls and now I don’t know what I will use. The Craftapple has reviewed various options for stiffening boxes and bowls. clipped … Continue reading “Timtex is Gone”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[388],"tags":[341],"class_list":["post-518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-388","tag-supplies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}