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| | | Author: | All4Brick  | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2023 12:20 | | Subject: | Ship sail fabric | | Viewed: | 99 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| What's the best way to flatten out the fabric in kits such as:
71042, Silent Mary
4195, Queen Anne's Revenge
4184, The Black Pearl
I've purchased a used lot from a private seller that looks to contain these
kits (probably about 50 kits sorted by colors, so all mixed in together).
The sails have no creases in them, but they are curled in odd ways due to being
stored in small plastic totes.
Given the value of these kits I don't want to mess them up.
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Jul 30, 2023 12:37 | | Subject: | Re: Ship sail fabric | | Viewed: | 30 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, All4Brick writes:
| | What's the best way to flatten out the fabric in kits such as:
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The answer is in books. Or rather, the answer is: “in books.” 
You may also try ironing, with cloth between the sails and the iron. But I’d
try a few days in books first.
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| | | | | Author: | zzed | | Posted: | Aug 2, 2023 07:36 | | Subject: | Re: Ship sail fabric | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| Just remember which book. You would not be the first who has no idea where to
find their sails because they forgot which book. 
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Aug 2, 2023 09:17 | | Subject: | Re: Ship sail fabric | | Viewed: | 27 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, zzed writes:
| | Just remember which book. You would not be the first who has no idea where to
find their sails because they forgot which book.
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That's why I put them in between sheets of card under a pile of books if
I do anything like this. You don't have to remember which books it was when
you check months later.
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| | | | | Author: | cosmicray | | Posted: | Aug 2, 2023 08:50 | | Subject: | Re: Ship sail fabric | | Viewed: | 23 times | | Topic: | General | |
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| In General, All4Brick writes:
| | What's the best way to flatten out the fabric in kits such as:
71042, Silent Mary
4195, Queen Anne's Revenge
4184, The Black Pearl
I've purchased a used lot from a private seller that looks to contain these
kits (probably about 50 kits sorted by colors, so all mixed in together).
The sails have no creases in them, but they are curled in odd ways due to being
stored in small plastic totes.
Given the value of these kits I don't want to mess them up.
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Based on my own experiences involving sewing and fabrics … Get your self a spray
bottle with purified water (not tap water, and distilled not necessary). Gently
spray the bits of fabric, but do not drench them. Then, using a cool iron and
an ironing board, iron them back to flatness.
Obscure trivia detail: The fabric that LEGO uses for sails and capes has a certain
stiffness. It distinctly resembles a fabric (primarily from Indonesia) called
batik. Batik is a tightly woven 100% cotton fabric. Due to certain processes
used when printing on it, it has a very similar stiffness to the fabric used
by LEGO. Batik must be laundered before first use, because it does shrink, due
to the cotton content.
Nita Rae
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