[Solved] What is the name of the adhesive used in iron-on patches and labels?

Hobart_the_GoKart, 6 months ago

Not sure if I’d bother… That glue never holds anyway. I always iron on, then sew.

Good luck though, hope you find something.

WaterWaiver, 6 months ago

Stretchy fabric? Hot machine wash?

Hobart_the_GoKart, 6 months ago

I usually put them on denim that never gets washed. I think they just peel off from wear and flexing fabric.

LilaOrchidee, 6 months ago

Gunold Sulky BSN is the kind of stuff you’re looking for. Madeira might have a similar product as well.

WaterWaiver, 6 months ago

“Sulky BSN” is apparently a polyamide (not a PE/PET/hotgluestick) material. That would make it different to the other stuff I link and talk about in other comments here. Not sure if it would be any better, but unfortunately it looks very expensive to get in Australia.

LilaOrchidee, 6 months ago

Idk about the other comments, I was responding to your initial request for the bonding material when making patches. I’m EU based, in AUS you’ll probably have different brands for the same goal. Have you checked sewing supplies webshops (or rather machine embroidery webshops)? Not all of them have this adhesive, but if they have a wide variety of different kinds of machine embroidery stabilisers then there’s a chance they will have rhis as well. Here’s an example hswoz.com.au/…/iron-on-backings/

uservoid1, 6 months ago

Try to search “iron on fabric fuse” or “peel-and-stick fabric fuse”

WaterWaiver, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

Hmm. Could I be confusing two different products that look very similar?

I’m used to seeing “interfacing”: a spun-woven fabric that has a shiny or dotted heat-activated adhesive on one side:

https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/dbc011f2-c49a-4f6e-bef3-6198000dc7ae.jpeg

The “fabric fuse” (“hot melt adhesive web”?) that you’re talking about might instead be this stuff, which looks very similar (it’s still spun woven) but it has no glue on its surface, instead the fabric itself melts below ironing temperature?

https://aussie.zone/pictrs/image/d2928072-3a2a-4c9d-9bba-cfed4c485cd0.webp

If I’m not misinterpreting this second type: it might be exactly what I want :) I’ll try and buy some.

EDIT: Yes it looks like this is the stuff! www.bostik.com/us/en_US/catalog/…/product-pe85/ Awesome, it’s literally hot glue in a different shape. Thankyou so much uservoid1.

Jilanico, 6 months ago

Is that stuff the same as Stitch Witchery?

WaterWaiver, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

Comparing the photos & description:

• ageberry.com/stitch-witchery-tips-how-to-use/
• www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004782211400.html

… I’d say they’re probably similar. “Stitch Witchery” might just a brand of “hot melt web” AKA “spunwound hot glue” AKA “fabric fuse”.

EDIT: They might be identical, but many plastics look identical and all plastics can have their melting point modified, so I can’t say for certain.

ulemmyagain, 6 months ago

laughinglizards.com/…/amp/

Just web searched this, I don’t know anything about it but maybe this would work.

WaterWaiver, 6 months ago

Sorry, this page only has info about pre-made patches. It has nothing that names the adhesive chemical itself or information about how to make your own patches.