i'm freaking out over starch...

[Egpt]

ok, before you start flaming me with "use the search button, noob" sentences, i must say that i used it, and read throughout the whole threads about starch in the hope to see something that would help me.

the thing is, i am portuguese, and although i have a degree in english, i have no idea of what starch actually is, and i am not able to find the literal translation to portuguese, mainly due to the fact that the only dictionary that i currently have at home is a quite basic one.

so, i would like the know what is the actual usage of the starch so i can ask for it at a local drugstore or something.

i also considered doing the home made starch, but i dont know what corn starch is either.

anyone here willing to help me out in this language barrier ?

thanks

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[jo3 b]

starch is probably found in the same section as your laundry soap/detergent. its in a pressurized bottle much like hair spray. its made to keep clothing stiffed, just like a new pair of raw denim jeans

[watchman]

used to keep all clothes creased and unwrinkled. Used in denim to increase visibility of honecombs, whiskers, etc

1. [n] a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles. More...

em português:apresto

2. stiffen with starch; "starch clothes". More...

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hope that helps. I speak spanish, not portugese, so thats about all i can do haha.

[greentea]

oi! como vai. bom? hah thats all all i know... yeah its spray starch,to keep those nice creases for your pants/jeans. you will probably find it in the cleaning/home section at your local store.

[Whodinihimself]

Hey, I just asked my Dad who is Portuguese and the way they say Starch is: " Goma "

... you want a Starch Spray or "Atomizador Goma" for your jeans to stay rigid... or "rigido"..

hope that helped

[Whodinihimself]

Hey, I just asked my Dad who is Portuguese and the way they say Starch is: " Goma "

... you want a Starch Spray or "Atomizador Goma" for your jeans to stay rigid... or "rigido"..

hope that helped

[asfberg]

a starch question i would be glad to answer if only i could

[asfberg]

amido in italian

amidon in french

almido in spanish

sound like anything?

[obsessis]

you could make starch by boiling potatoes and then using the leftover water. if you search on google they'd have a nice recipe for you to get the starch out of them to use.

or you could get corn starch from a store and mix it with water. it is used for cooking, to thicken up soups or gravys.

[sybaritical]

^ What he said. Except boiling potatoes sounds like work.

Hats off to you, Sir! You came up with a decent starch question.

( Be advised, you automatically lose 20,000 points if you're wearing STF's, though.)

[SoloC]

After washing my STF, I found that using starch lightly will have better result because the harderned area will stay in shape but other area will also stay which means there will be less crease (I mean the other minor/small crease aside the major one.) . I think it will be probably a good idea to set the initial crease with starch then just wear it without starching it again. Or as well just wear the hell out of it for a year.

Edited by SoloC on May 10, 2006 at 01:23 AM

[horriblyjollyjinx]

you dont even need to starch raw denim, it has starch in it already. just dampen the area and wear the jeans, it will work just as well.

you dont need to do that either, the creases will come with wear.

våran panel tycker att man ska koka pastan i två år

[Egpt]

ahaha , i wanst expecting that much help, but thanks a lot for all your input. i must say that apresto and goma are by no chance the answer im looking for, as apresto is not even a portuguese word and "goma" are candys eheh . but thanks a lot for you help anyway.

asfberg gave me the answer though! amido is the answer ehehe.

thanks a lot for all your help.

gonna buy some starch now

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