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Metallic Threads | Simple Tips For Using Metallics

Choose the best quality thread available. The quality of metallic threads ranges as wide as that of cars. There is the Yugo and there is the Rolls Royce. Quite surprisingly, when compared yard for yard, the price of metallic thread does not vary much regardless of the quality you choose. In the metallic thread world, you will pay the same price, yard for yard, for a Yugo as you will for a Rolls Royce. The main difference is in the spool size. As a general rule, quality metallic threads are not put on small 100 or 200-yard spools. The smallest size is usually a 500-yard spool.

Numerous notions and techniques have been developed to try to make a poor quality thread work. We've heard them all, including, use silicon spray, put the thread in the freezer, position the spool of thread across the room, turn the spool upside down. If you start with a good quality thread, you will not need all the gimmicks.

The following tips will be sufficient to allow you to fall in love again with metallics:

1. Choose the best quality thread. Select a spool with a large spool core diameter. Avoid the skinny-core spools.
2. Use either a Topstitch needle size 90/14 or a metallic needle size 90/14. A size 80/12 needle is too small.
3. Loosen the upper tension setting to "one."
4. Use a smooth, lint-free bobbin thread.

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