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How To Make Cool Ties
How to Make Cool Ties
Working hard in those hot flower beds growing
flowers for your wedding?
Keep cool by making a Cool Tie for yourself.
Beat the Heat!!!!

Cool Ties have become a very popular method of keeping cool during the summer heat.  Cool Ties work on the principal of evaporative cooling.  Once the polymer is hydrated, the fabric surface of the Cool Tie draws the moisture from the polymer to the fabric surface, which evaporates resulting in an effective body cooler.  

In areas of high humidity where no wind is present use two or three Cool Ties, keeping one in a refrigerator or ice chest and as soon as the one being worn reaches body temperature, exchange it with the one in the cooler.   Wear the Cool Tie around the neck or head and it will bring great relief from the heat!  

How to Make a Cool Ties or Bandanas
There are several ways to make Cool Ties. Cotton fabric will work best, as it has superior wicking properties.  Let your imagination be your guide.  One method is to take an ordinary bandana and make a Cool Tie  by simply folding over the wide edge about an inch or an inch and a half and stitching the “hem” down to create a tube.  Complete the bandanas as with the following instructions for the ties:
Materials Needed:

 
 Scissors
 Tape measure
 Serger/sewing machine
 4" strip of fabric 45" long (actual length will depend on personal preference)  
Two teaspoons of medium Rainsavers Aqua Crystals.
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Directions to make this project:

1.  Cut one strip of fabric 4" wide from a fabric that is at least 45" wide.   If you want to
have a bow to tie use a 60" wide fabric.
Fold the fabric strip in half lengthwise (the piece should be 4" by 22 1/2").   Mark the
fold.  This is the center back of the neck band.  Open up the fabric and measure and
mark 7" on each side of the center back.
2.  Fold the fabric right sides together the width of the strip (the piece should now be 2" by
 45".)  Using a 5/8" seam, stitch between the marks.  (There should be 14"
stitched--7" on either side of center back.)
3.  The tail ends may be rounded or slanted to give a more finished look.  Finish the
edges and ends of the rest of the band by serging or turning and stitching.  Press.
4.Turn tube right side out and press. At one end of the tube, stitch to close, then double
stitch for stength. At this point you should have one end of the tube open.
5.      Carefully pour the polymer granules into the tube (about two teaspoons). Stitch
the tube closed. Reinforce with another row of stitching.
To use the cool neck band, soak in  water for a 15-20 minutes (hot water speeds the
hydration process).  As the polymer granules soak up the water "mush" them around
so the polymer spreads out equally along the tube.  Tie around your neck for a "Cool
Band."

TIPS--

·         The polymer granules are used in gardening soil for water retention. (Use
          Rainsavers  Medium 1 tablespoon)

·         The cool band can be refrigerated so it is more refreshing on a hot day.

·         It can be soaked in cold water and used over and over.

·         If too many polymer granules are used in the tube, the polymer will ooze
          through the fabric tube.  Two teaspoons is all that is needed.

·         Store in a zip lock bag in the refrigerator, or hang dry.  The polymer will
          rehydrate again using instructions in step 6.

Have fun keeping cool-Nancy Plomaritis Nanplom@aol.com

 

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