Naughty, naughty Wonder Under!

how about pressing it a bit at a time on one of those non stick pressing sheets? (without fabric that is )

No help on that problem, but I'll gladly trade problems with you. My bolt doesn't want to separate from the paper *after* I fuse it. Grrr....

Kathy-

Pellon's website had a tip for your problem. Slightly warm the fabric with your iron and peel off the WU while it's still warm. HTH

Leslie & The Furbabies > No help on that problem, but I'll gladly trade problems with you. My bolt

Well this doesn't get it reattached to the release paper, but you could just use it like some of the girls in the "Chicago School of Fusing" do. That would be Frieda Anderson

Laura Wasilowski and Melody Johnson and I can never remember the other women...oh here they are They fuse their entire piece of fabric, and then pull off the release paper. To draw a motif, draw ON the release paper and then iron the paper on to the fusible side of the fabric. You have to make sure you put the side you drew on down next to the fusible web side of the fabric. Your design will transfer to the fabric to then cut out. The advantages are that you don't have to pull paper off which sometimes makes extra little fuzzies around your motif, and you can do freehand cutting easily. One of the disadvantages is that you have to be vigilant about where you iron is in relation to any uncovered bit of fused fabric. At least you could use all your detached Wonder Under at one time and then hope the next batch is ok. You also might think about cutting the next batch into sheets that you could then store flat in a ziplock bag so the humidity changes don't effect it. Just some ideas.KJ

I got this info from the Pellon website (manufacturors of WU) "Overtime, if Wonder-Under® separates from the paper, it can still be used. Simply place the web on the surface to be fused, cover with the Wonder-Under® release paper, and press with a hot, dry iron. Fabric, web and paper will stick together. Proceed with directions for cutting, peeling and fusing." Well, that doesn't help much.....

Does anybody know of any tricks to get the webbing re-attached to the paper? Handling it the way Pellon suggests is a royal pain!

Leslie (very frustrated) & The Furbabies in MO.

That's a good idea, BUT if you iron on the fabric first, you have a bunch of fabric with fusible on it. I'm using about 100 (literally!) different fabrics on this project with a bunch of odd shapes- some quite large- so planning ahead with the size of fabric to pre-fuse is about impossible. I'll think on this, tho. I might be able to pull that off to prevent additional hassles with the WU.

Thanks!

Leslie & The Furbabies > Well this doesn't get it reattached to the release paper, but you could j= ust

Yes, you have sacrificed the whole chunk of fabric to future fusible projects. That group ONLY does fusible, so it works great for them. But maybe you could plan to have a stash of ready-to-fuse fabrics for the future and use up your detached WU. Just be sure to keep the release paper....it's very important with this method! KJ

Thanks!

Leslie & The Furbabies > Well this doesn't get it reattached to the release paper, but you could > just

When some of mine became detached (I've had the roll over 10 years and it still rarely causes a problem) I found the best way to reattach it to the paper was to place it goo side down on a sheet of Magic Carpet* (non-stick oven/baking tray liner) and iron it with the paper on top. When it cools, you can peel it off the liner and it sticks to the paper. :) Then just use as ever you would...

Magic carpet:

These folk seem to do something similar:

Bake O Glide:

Use a higher iron setting and make sure you leave it to cool before trying to separate. Most of the problems I and the kids have had with it come from too cool and iron and not letting it cool down afterwards, before peeling.

BTDT, doesn't always work. It's like there's not enough release on the release paper, and it fuses to the paper better than the fabric. It's getting to be majorly annoying -- when Wonder Under works, it's the most marvelous stuff in the world. But I'm getting a bit tired of buying bolts that aren't any good. :(

My iron is a hot one, and I leave it maxed out. I've tried the recommended time, more time, less time. It seems to be a batch issue -- the same setting, time, (and on the same fabric) works on some bolts and not on others. As I told Leslie, it seems to be an issue with the release paper not being coated consistently. On this particular bolt, there will be spots on the paper where the fusing sticks to the paper much better than it sticks to the fabric.

This problem happened to me on a bolt I bought last year, and Pellon confirmed at that time it was a release paper problem. I returned that bolt to TSWLTH (which was a nightmare, and the last time I'll shop at that particular branch), but I'm getting might tired of the problem. :(

How annoying. I'm lucky that I've never had that problem. Most of the problems I've had with it are that it came loose from the paper because the kids handled it too much! :) Occasionally they want to stick it to something it doesn't love, like poly dupion/satin back crepe, or something lurex that won't take the heat needed for fusing.

I solved the problem by not using Wonder Under - I like Heat and Bond much better. Used to really like Allene's Hot Fusible, but they quit making that. Seems to be the story of my life - if I really like something they quit making it. I also like Lite Steam a Seam II. I know lots of people use and like Wonder Under, but it's never been my favorite fusible.

This is why I really do Not like this stuff. I just finished a class where we had to use it, and I still hate it. Steam-a-seam is so much more user friendly. The lite SAS isn't as stiff as the regular. In all he years I've been sewing I've never gotten to like WU. Gen

I got this info from the Pellon website (manufacturors of WU) "Overtime, if Wonder-Under® separates from the paper, it can still be used. Simply place the web on the surface to be fused, cover with the Wonder-Under® release paper, and press with a hot, dry iron. Fabric, web and paper will stick together. Proceed with directions for cutting, peeling and fusing." Well, that doesn't help much.....

Does anybody know of any tricks to get the webbing re-attached to the paper? Handling it the way Pellon suggests is a royal pain!

Leslie (very frustrated) & The Furbabies in MO.