Help! a steam a seam whoops!

[Von Roberts]

Greetings all! not a machine quilting question but can anybody suggest a way to remove " steam a seam" that has been ironed onto the right side of fabric instead of the wrong. I feel such a wally!!!

 

Googled and the only suggestion so far is rubbing alcohol. I am sure this isn't the first time it has been done and wondering if there are any other suggestions!

 

Thanks for your help

Yvonne

[Tamarack]

The best thing that has worked for me is rubbing a bit of lighter fluid on the areas of fabric to get the glue out.  I was surprises at how well it works!  

[Quilting Heidi]

I'm wondering if goo gone would work.

[mamu]

Oh dear I'm thinking you just might have to start over.  I have done this before and nothing has really gotten all of the glue out without taking the dye of the fabric with it.

[Neher-in-law5]

On another forum I know someone used aluminum foil and ironed again to remove fusible on the wrong side.  It took repeated tries but did work.  I don't know how that would work if you have already used fluid options.  Good luck.

[Oma]

Can you 're-iron" and pull it off while it's hot?  Try ironing another piece of fabric on to it and use it to pull off the residue.  I would go very slow and easy or you might have a bigger mess.  Good luck.  Let us know what ensues.

[GMALKB]

I've ironed over waxed paper to "clean" the bottom of my iron.  Wonder if you put waxed paper over the area and ironed?   

[yankiequilter]

I have used Sure Clean, available at Sally's Beauty Supply, to remove excess spray adhesive used for machine embroidery. I put the Sure Clean on q-tips or cotton pads and wipe until all adhesive is gone. It did not leave a ring, but do a test. The Sure Clean is used to clean hot wax machines.

[s.waits]

Yvonne,

After reading this thread, I'm very curious about your outcome. This is just the sort of thing I tend to do, and I'd love to know if anything worked. 

[Von Roberts]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions, you will be pleased to learn that rubbing alcohol did work on all but one circle and for some reason that just wouldn't move. Am thinking maybe that was the first one or the last one I ironed. 

 

You do have to go very gently tho and use a cotton bud. We can not get "Sure Clean" or "Goo Gone" here in NZ so was unable to try them. 

 

Once again I do appreciate how quickly you all responded to my cry for help.

 

Best wishes to you all

 Yvonne

[Stacey in South Carolina]

Had the same thing happen to me on a bag I was making. I used steam a seam to hold some seams together rather than pins or clips. The seams weren't steamed, just used heat as I was just needing to hold something in place. When I turned the bag, some of that steam a seam was visible. Tried the alcohol and it worked great. This was on cotton and organza, didn't leave any marks.

I was surprised I didn't see more posts on this when I goggled it. But glad I found this one.

Stacey in South Carolina

[SleepyCatzzz]

"Yes" to rubbing alcohol. I had put felt appliques on felt sheet and needed to move it. Ironing the applique for 20+ seconds removed it with a bit of acceptable damage, but a faint stickiness remained. The rubbing alcohol worked, but I caution not to rub it, just dab it after soaking the area, really soaking it (put plastic on it for 5 min to soak), and then dab it off with a clean rag. Oddly, a few tiny balls of it remained, and my fingernail got that off. There was still a bit of damage to the felt, but I carefully shaved it off and you can't tell. Be patient...