Eco-Stick is a 2-ounce tearaway/washaway adhesive or sticky stabilizer designed for hoopless or clamp embroidery where it’s impossible to put an item in a hoop or the fabric is delicate and will get hoop “burn.” Examples include CD cases, socks, ties, tote bag handles, collars, napkins, or fabrics such as velvet, suede, leathers, and satins.
Eco-Stick is ideal for open embroidery on light cottons and linens. It supports medium-density stitch counts up to approximately 12,000 stitches. For higher or denser stitch counts, another layer of tearaway can be hooped or “floated” under the hoop.
When the embroidery is finished, the excess tears easily away from the stitches and the rest dissolves in water with the first wash. The nonwoven stabilizer is constructed of part water-soluble and part non-water-soluble materials. So although most of the stabilizer dissolves after an initial full wash, it leaves the soluble fibers under the stitching to give the embroidery the support it needs to keep the design looking sharp and crisp throughout the life of the garment.
Eco-Stick is made using a “wet-laid” nonwoven process that ensures it is non-directional and dense for maximum support. This type of stabilizer aids in approaching a “tambourine-skin” tension level that is necessary for proper registration or definition especially with lettering and fine details.
Eco-Stick uses the most needle-friendly pressure-sensitive adhesive manufactured to date. This helps to avoid excessive “gummy” residue leading to messy hoops needles and excessive thread breaks. It comes in 8 x 8 sheets and 8-, 9-, 11 ½-, 14 ¼- and 19 ¼ -inch widths by 10-, 25- and 50-yard rolls. Custom cutting and samples are available.
For more information, visit
http://www.cotswoldindustries.com/tech-weave/; e-mail:
sales@cotswoldindustries.com or call Cotswold Industries at (877) 309-3553 or fax (212) 545-0603.
