Spray Starch

Just tried looking up Robin Starch on Google and they went out of business in 2002! Must have been old stock I saw.

There were Ebay sites to choose from, and also

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Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
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Sally Sw> Lakeland

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have a spray starch and also the old-fashioned powder stuff, but that > looks v expensive to me. I have some of the mix up Robin starch and saw > some quite recently in a general type hardware shop that sells various > cleaning things too. I think that the big supermarkets have given up > selling anything that isn't quick and easy and that doesn't include starch.>

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It helps (or so I think) to fling a few bay leaves in, you can fold some in when you set aside your sewing for the night too. I have never had a problem with them discoloring aything. YMMV

I also prefer rice starch to corn starch when I can lay hands on some. I feel it holds up better.

NightMist

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They will eat ink off stamps and holes clear through fabric. (they can destroy a thousand dollar stamp pretty easily) We are pretty lucky here in the desert. I guess they don't like the dry climate so much. Boric acid and roach stuff seems to help keep them away I remember from San Diego.

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Taria

Oh HECk! That's the one I like to use. Must be old stock I've been getting too from my hardware store (the only place I can find it) think I'll have to try making my own after all. Elly

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What sort of insect is it - we don't have anything like that in uk - no poisoness insects, fierce animals, and only the odd poisoness snake, and they keep well away from habitation.

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

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We do have silver fish (what I think Taria was referring to), Sally. You have been lucky not to get involved with any! In my experience they like dark, damp places eg old, built-in cupboards! . In message , Sally Swindells writes

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Patti

Maybe Sally is lucky enough not to have seen them. Here is a bit about them:

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Yuck! Taria

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Here's a link to some of the other 'Brit-ism's" that refer to foodstuffs:

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My Mum's old recycled jar is still to be seen in my sister's kitchen cupboard with a label that says: Cornflour. My sister has been know to tell me that she doesn't have any cornstarch if I ask her where it is when I am cooking over there...

jennellh

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yuk - fortunately are new to me - yuk!

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

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