pagh starching help

[A.JAGGI]

hey guys Ive starched paghs with Sta Flo but the turlas are not coming out as strong as i want them to be.
any suggestions on other ways to starch them?

 

[mithu]

saturate more. that all i think of.

 

[A.JAGGI]

Ive tried it isnt there something with rice water or something

 

[mithu]

rice water is basically the same thing as sta-flo (well atleast thats what im told). Is the turla not standing up at all?

 

[A.JAGGI]

it not standing very well

 

[Deepi253]

go freaking buy some got 2 b glued freezign spray thats the one and only best product on the face of this planet to help you have a rock solid turla ! use hair dry and use at your own caution!!!!!!!! ive ripped a turla completely with a giagantic hole after a performance cause we put to much dam got2b glued ... soo yea hairdryer helps with the got 2 b glued drying process but i suggest not doing that ...

 

[A.JAGGI]

haha thanks

 

[RAJ22]

i use staflo, and it works great for me, even those darn shiny paags
just soak it like no tomorrow, and then a couple days later soak it again
dont drench it much, just let it be


sta flo isnt bad stuff but experiment with the rice method

 

[rajkaran]

You could also use StaFlo and mix in some (maybe 1-2 hefty tablespoons) of rice-flour into it. I'd say mix the rice-flour with a tad bit of warm water before you add it to the StaFlo so as to avoid clumping in the mixture.

 

[yraparla]

how long is the turla? You don't need it to be rock hard, if you're finding turlas to be floppy you could be starching too much (in terms of length)

 

[A.JAGGI]

my turla is average about 12in what is the rice method Ive only herd about it what do u do

 

[yraparla]

my turla is average about 12in what is the rice method Ive only herd about it what do u do

That's probably way more than necessary. Try reducing it to 10 inches and you'll find the turla will flop a lot less and will be much more sturdy. The "rice" method is called making 'maava' and has been tackled many times on the forum. Just search "starch" "maava/mava" and "pagh turla" and you'll get a lot of threads. Here are two decent threads:

http://bhangrateamsforum.com/discuss/main-bhangra-discussion/mava-(starch)-question/
http://bhangrateamsforum.com/discuss/main-bhangra-discussion/easy-and-simple-way-to-starch-a-turla!!!

 

[PunjAvi]

lol...I hope you guys realize the dude that started this thread is THIRTEEN...and I'm his victim for tying Paghs on.

 

[jasraj93]

it not standing very well

thats what she sed. LOLLLLLl

mix 4 spoons of rice flower into 2 cups of water mix it, keep mixing then boil forand keep mixing and da same time the nlet it boil for 10 seconds then mix and repeat till its a paste than put on ur pagh i make my turlay about 10-12 inch's long hopefully that should make it stand LOLLLLLLLLLLl

 

[A.JAGGI]

thanks man really appreciate it

 

[itsG]

after you tuck just the turla in make sure you have enough kapda at the end to make a decent enough "jooda" shape that will hold the turla from falling backwards

 

[Yankee Saini]

hey guys Ive starched paghs with Sta Flo but the turlas are not coming out as strong as i want them to be.
any suggestions on other ways to starch them?

If the paggs that you have are the "shinny looking ones" then you're outa a luck! anything not desi would not work on em! the only thing that seems to work on those shinny looking soft material paggs is the "rice flour"

We were at a competition abt a week ago and we were having the same problem. We thought sta-flow would work or even those spray starch thingys. lol we starched our paggs like 3 4 times, but NOOOO luck! those things are waste of MONEY for the paggs that are SHINNY! If you have the simple paggs, then those things are def. the easy way out!

so anyways, if your paggs are the shinny ones then you gotta get with the desi METHOD asap! if not, then any starch would work! Have you tried "stify" from Micheals? That thing is mad good! lol no joke!

 

[faysal]

bro the one you tied on me at norcal was shiny too, love starched those with staflo! and you saw how tough they came out loll so it does work :s no idea how many times or how long he soaked them though

 

[Yankee Saini]

bro the one you tied on me at norcal was shiny too, love starched those with staflo! and you saw how tough they came out loll so it does work :s no idea how many times or how long he soaked them though

ahaha ya those were mad good! ;D but idk why couldnt we make ours work! MMMMMM somethings not right here! OO well, we ordered new ones, cos didn't wanted to go through that again! :

N' sorry fellas, i think i might be wrong! N' thanks faysal! dude, i still miss UK

 

[Pavan]

sta-flo works well for us, and we have the shiny ones. I think a lot of teams use sta flo even with the shiny ones, not sure why yours are not working.


like swi said, maybe you should starch less. and also what tends to help from keeping the turla from flopping too much is pinning the turla to the extra cloth you bunch up right behind it. Once you have shaped the turla to how you want, put the pin in, and it should hold throughout the performance.