[amayausers] Re: Rayon vs. Poly on Ball Caps?

  • From: "Linen Barn" <linen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 11:43:22 -0700

We get it from www.madeirausa.com/ and my Dad always orders so not sure on 
the price but I think its around $6.50 a spool.  I mostly use R/A ($5.50 - 
$6.50) and Madeira thread.  I have just 1 or 2 colors of ARC so not sure 
what the prices are on it.

Aaron Sargent
The Linen Barn
linen@xxxxxxxxxxx
541-770-2957
Medford, OR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Image Embroidery" <imageembroidery@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 11:21 AM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Rayon vs. Poly on Ball Caps?


> Aaron,
>
> Who do you get your Madiera from? Is it priced about the same as Arc-Poly?
> Thanks,
>
> LuAnn
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Linen Barn" <linen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 1:33 PM
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Rayon vs. Poly on Ball Caps?
>
>
>> Rayon will normally have more thread breaks cause its not as strong as
>> poly.
>> I avoid using rayon unless I have to now.  I have been using quite a bit
>> of
>> Madiera Poly cause it seems to have more sheen than other brands in my
>> opinion and it runs great.
>>
>> Aaron Sargent
>> The Linen Barn
>> linen@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> 541-770-2957
>> Medford, OR
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Laughing Palm Inc." <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 10:18 AM
>> Subject: [amayausers] Rayon vs. Poly on Ball Caps?
>>
>>
>>> I've been meaning to ask this for some time, but keep forgetting...
>>>
>>> Has anyone else experienced a significant difference when using Rayon
>>> thread
>>> vs. Poly thread when sewing out ball caps on the Amaya?  It seems that
>>> whenever we use rayon threads in a design (and it doesn't seem to matter
>>> what the design is), that we get MANY more thread breaks using rayon
>>> instead
>>> of poly - but only on caps - not on standard garments!
>>>
>>> Someone once indicated to me that it might be due to the difference in
>>> elasticity between rayon and poly thread, but I can't say that's the 
>>> case
>>> with 100% certainty.  Has someone else gone through this and found a 
>>> good
>>> solution for it, or is this just something unique to us?  It's gotten to
>>> the
>>> point that we absolutely avoid using any of the rayon colors in a cap 
>>> job
>>> if
>>> we can!
>>>
>>> By the way, the primary poly & rayon threads we use are Melco's ARC
>>> brand,
>>> in case it makes a difference...
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Jim Sulsona
>>> Laughing Palm, Inc.
>>> Custom Embroidered & Screen Printed Products
>>> Post Office Box 957073
>>> Duluth, GA 30095-9518  USA
>>> Toll Free: 1-877-4EMBROIDERY
>>> Tel: 770-448-1171
>>> Fax: 770-417-1457
>>> sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> www.laughingpalm.com <http://www.laughingpalm.com/>
>>>
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