This message was posted by Rod or Sharon on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: http://www.amayausers.com/boards/ultimatebb.php?/topic/4/556/2.html#000017 Isacord by Ackermann is awesome thread. There are some techs that only use Isacord. We happen to use Arc and Isacord both only because we purchased all of the Arc colors when we bought our first machine. Ackermann carries all the stabilizers and everything else that MecoMart carried and are a great company to work with. I will suggest staying away from the Madeira Rayon thread. We have done testing out in the field for customers who had designs with a lot of thread breaks. We stitched them with their Madeira thread (lots of breaks) and then put on 16 cones of Arc and breaks went away. I do use one shade of gold (looks like jewelery gold) of Madeira's and that is it. I think they have absolutely beautiful colors! Ackermann has color charts and colors very similar to what Arc had. They are located just across the freeway from Melco and used to be "partnered" for a lack of a better word, with Melco. The difference in the two threads is that one is twisted with steam and one with a light wax of some sort...so we were told. Just my two cents worth... Sharon =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================