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PassatPunk

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What is this process of serging?



I am t hinking of joing the boat with Jason and purchase some of those Charismas from Fieldcrest. I wanted to get one of the large towels they have an dcut it up maybe into three pieces for buffing purposes. So after cutting them would like to sew/serge them.



Thanks. PassatPunk.
 
He already does this with charisma's and royal velvets and purchased a special reverse stiching sewing maching and uses 100% cotton thread. His prices are very good too.
 
Passat:



A serger is special sewing maching that uses (I think) three spools of thread and sews a kind of overstitch/binding stitch on the unfinished edge of a fabric.



My mother has one of these machines and I intend to spend an afternoon at her house with the dozen Charisma towels that I am also expecting tomorrow.



I will end up with between 36 and 48 towels depending on how I size the finished towels. All for under 60 clams.



Now, the obsessive guy in me will have to go out and find the perfect matching 100% cotton thread for the Silverose towels!
 
Where are you located michaelb? I might be using 6 for cars, hey I gotta have some nice towels to dry myself off! How long would it take to cut 6 towels in 4 sections and serge all these towels together (24 towels for 6)?
 
From KevinSS---->I have two kinds of towels, both white color only, edges removed and re sewn on a special machine called a serger with all cotton thread to prevent ravel. The edges I put on have to been washed gently as after all it is a cotton thread and can beat up by the washing machine.
I have Fieldcrest Royal Velvet and Fieldcrest Charisma, the Royal Velvets are great but the Charismas are a tad bit heavier.

My standard towels come in a pack of 2 sized 20 inches by 28 inches approx, one pack of Royal Velvet is 15.00 and one pack of Charismas are 18.00.

If I know how many you want I can give you an order total with shipping.

I take credit cards online with http://www.paypal.com or people mail me checks. If you want to order online with a credit card, let me know as I have to send you a funds request from my payment service.

koverall@cddn.com
 
The stuff we detailers go through for that perfect detailing towel....a few hundred dollars for a serger(sp?) is too rich for my blood.
 
Just another idea. You can get 18x32 white Charisma towels from the Fieldcrest outlet for $6.99. A little more expensive than the giant silverose bath towel, but in a more manageable size and white.
 
I hear what ya mean. White may be a better color to detail with for the reasons stated above.



But I think with the larger size, they can always be cut down. And the color does not seem to be too much of a problem. At only 4.99 a towel these bad boys are tough to not try out...



Looking forward to hearing reviews of these. Both on the car and after the shower.. hehe.. Jason is going to be using pink towels :D PassatPunk.
 
Be aware that some of those serging machines come "pre-lubed for life" with oils containing raw silicones. There's a guy called Igor on the Yugo forum that buys the machines in bulk, dismantles them, steam cleans and reassembles using only detailing-friendly lubricants, as a special service to fellow detailers who may be buying serging machines to stitch the edges of bath towels they might have bought and chopped up for use in drying their cars. Igor only sells to Yugo owners though :D
 
I ordered from Kevin and they should be shipped today. I'll probably be able to give them a wirl real soon so I'll let ya know how they work and feel. I'm using the MT right now but you can never have too many nice towels. I ordered the Charisma set by the way and Kevin is cutting them into 4 towels for me. Just over $20 delivered. Not bad. I copied this idea from HenryK by the way so if they work out great....Major props out to ya HenryK! And if they don't work out, np. More towels to AIO my wheels.
 
Don't be knocking the pink towels. If you see all the hand and beauty lotions after I use certain products (Ef Hi-intesnity) Currently using my new bottle of Caress! Gotta love the silky smooth hands, poke fun at that, not the PINK CHARISMA's!





LOL, good one PassatPunk, really good to hear a joke early in the morning.
 
Go to a fabric store and buy a set of 'pinking shears'. These cut fabric into a 45 degree zig zag line that prevents fraying. Take a look at the cuffs inside a pair of dress pants and you'll see what they do.



Buying and then disassembling a $400 serger to serge detail towels ? Man, you are in *way* too deep !



Bob
 
Here is what I found out about pinking shears;



"Pinking shears play a double role. Used to create attractive outer edges as well as their established function of finishing inside seams with ravel-resistant zig-zag edges."



They are not that expensive. I will pick one up and see what happens with those silverose charisma's, one towel cut with the pinking shears and the another cut simply with regular scissors. I should get my towels sometime next week at which point, let the experiment begin.
 
The pinking shears will make the towels resist fraying, but not prevent it completely. This happens because there is not single long threads (they make a zig-zag cut) to pull out, leaving the "cross threads" hanging. They are much better than regular cutting, but not nearly as permanent as serging or sewing the edges.



After a while, the "zagged" edges will wear down and the fabric begin to fray. Just cut along the edge again with the shears.



re,

Andy
 
Great test idea. Please make sure to let us know the results. Though, man, I suspect that cutting a Charisma towel with pinking sheers is going to a son of a bitch (given their thickness). Let us know how hard it was. Good luck!
 
Ira, the Zaino distributor in LA, just serged all my towels. We cut off that "non-terry" strip from the towels, too. I like them much better now.
 
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