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<p>[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 2732959, member: 31"]Update on my scarves:</p><p><br /></p><p>I washed two by hand and then lightly pressed them. They came out fine. I tried to steam one with my steam iron - no go. I have over 75 of these scarves. I said, sh*t, this will take forever.</p><p>So I brought them to my store and hung them all on vintage curtain rings on a round belt display stand so they won't get any worse, and texted a friend asking her to bring down a hand held steamer she had mentioned she owned. Turns out she wasn't back from Florida yet.</p><p>Meanwhile, a new customer came in, who I had just met the week before. He is an upholsterer, and he was there while I was hanging scarves. Long story short, he is giving me a professional portable steamer. He has three and can spare one. He assures me that it will do the scarves. So I hope to have it this Friday.</p><p>That's great, because I befriended the guy who bought the building down the street for his ebay business, and he just gave me a couple hundred vintage ties which need to be steamed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 2732959, member: 31"]Update on my scarves: I washed two by hand and then lightly pressed them. They came out fine. I tried to steam one with my steam iron - no go. I have over 75 of these scarves. I said, sh*t, this will take forever. So I brought them to my store and hung them all on vintage curtain rings on a round belt display stand so they won't get any worse, and texted a friend asking her to bring down a hand held steamer she had mentioned she owned. Turns out she wasn't back from Florida yet. Meanwhile, a new customer came in, who I had just met the week before. He is an upholsterer, and he was there while I was hanging scarves. Long story short, he is giving me a professional portable steamer. He has three and can spare one. He assures me that it will do the scarves. So I hope to have it this Friday. That's great, because I befriended the guy who bought the building down the street for his ebay business, and he just gave me a couple hundred vintage ties which need to be steamed.[/QUOTE]
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