fascination
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plain and simple...how do you all clean your dresses and where do you get the glue to add stones when you lose some? thanks
how do you clean your dresses and where do you get that glue
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Laura
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There are many brands of glue that work. My personal favorite is Gemtac, but E-6000 and some glue by a company called Aileen's that is formulated for sticking non-porus things to fabric all work. You can get them at sewing stores and arts and crafts stores. Places like JoAnn, Michaels, Beverly's, Hancock Fabrics, etc etc.
fascination
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thanks....what about the cleaning?
Vince A
Active Member
Dry cleaners . . . good luck finding one though . . . most won't do it.
Be expecting to replace a few stones after a cleaning.
On smaller items (because she cannot get certain fuller or larger items like her Waltz dresses in the bag) . . . my wife uses those do-it-yourself-dry cleaning items that you get at the grocery store (I forgot the name) . . . she doesn't use the recommended heat setting, nor the suggested time to clean the article.
You'll have experiment! It does work!
Be expecting to replace a few stones after a cleaning.
On smaller items (because she cannot get certain fuller or larger items like her Waltz dresses in the bag) . . . my wife uses those do-it-yourself-dry cleaning items that you get at the grocery store (I forgot the name) . . . she doesn't use the recommended heat setting, nor the suggested time to clean the article.
You'll have experiment! It does work!
sunderi
New Member
Traditionally, I have handwashed all of my dresses with a gentle detergent and laid them flat to dry.
That's going to have to change, though, because I recently bought a Chrisanne gown and was told that I cannot wash it by hand (the glue is evidently water soluble?) so I'll need to find a brave dry cleaner . . .
That's going to have to change, though, because I recently bought a Chrisanne gown and was told that I cannot wash it by hand (the glue is evidently water soluble?) so I'll need to find a brave dry cleaner . . .
mamboqueen
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Chrisanne's cleaner = $85/dress! :cry:
DancerForLife
Member
I usually hand wash my gowns and lay them flat on the floor on towels, turning the dress over every few hours. Had great results this way - the dress didn't stretch.
If you don't soak the dress for too long most well-made dresses will not loose stones (I cannot understand why does Chrisanne use water - soluble glue).
For areas that need a bit of extra help, I spot clean with soap, once in a while bleach (white dress only).
I typically press the water out as much as I can, then try to soak the water up with a towel so drying doesn't take so long.
If you don't soak the dress for too long most well-made dresses will not loose stones (I cannot understand why does Chrisanne use water - soluble glue).
For areas that need a bit of extra help, I spot clean with soap, once in a while bleach (white dress only).
I typically press the water out as much as I can, then try to soak the water up with a towel so drying doesn't take so long.
fascination
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thanks to you all...I have actually been washing the gown by hand...but as you mention it has lost a few stones...particularly in the armpits which is probably due more to how copiously I sweat than to the washing...deirdre has done my gowns and she has sent me an ample amount of replacement stones with the dress ...being new to the whole scene I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't missing anything
deewoman
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rhinestones and glue
This is an interesting thread--especially since I've spent some hours lately gluing rhinestones onto a costume. This costume I have has some many places (it's hot pink) where the glue used previously has turned orange (the costume is still pink--but the glue is orange instead of clear! Is that what hot glue does on costumes? One of my teachers said I should use hot glue--that the stones stay on better. But I think the reason so many of the stones won't stick is there are these blobs of glue that won't come off the dress--I'm sticking glue onto glue. So I'm guessing this is why it's better to use the glues like Gem-Tac?
The costumes I've rented don't have big glue blobs.
This is an interesting thread--especially since I've spent some hours lately gluing rhinestones onto a costume. This costume I have has some many places (it's hot pink) where the glue used previously has turned orange (the costume is still pink--but the glue is orange instead of clear! Is that what hot glue does on costumes? One of my teachers said I should use hot glue--that the stones stay on better. But I think the reason so many of the stones won't stick is there are these blobs of glue that won't come off the dress--I'm sticking glue onto glue. So I'm guessing this is why it's better to use the glues like Gem-Tac?
The costumes I've rented don't have big glue blobs.
mummsie
Member
I actually have never washed any of my dresses in about 15 years of competition dancing. I simply just hang them outside to air for a few days and they are fine. Sometimes I just spot wash under the arms if I have a very bad sweat day. I always use unscented deodorant as I find if you use normal ones, they are hard to get the smell out of. I usually use Gemtac to glue the stones on but if I have been unable to sorce it for some reason, I have used craft glue. I find it not so good though. Gayle
deewoman
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Laura said:
Maybe so. I don't know how the dress was cleaned before I had it--though the teacher I mentioned earlier (from whom I bought the dress, too), said she always hand-washed her costumes. I'm still so new to all of this--seems like the longer I dance, the less I still know about it all!
Joe
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You can get clothes drying...racks. They're frames with short legs. In the frame is a plastic mesh, maybe 1/4" spacing. So you lay your clothes flat on it, and the air can get at the top and the bottom because the legs hold the frame off the floor. I've used a fan to promote drying as well.