does anyone use an apron when cleaning and cooking

Pennylane

By coincidence, just this morning I have had lovely feedback from a customer who bought an apron from me. He says it makes him feel so girly!! Ah well, another satisfied customer!:D

Chris25

I've been given a new pinny made of recycled plastic cups (not that anyone would know, just looks like fabric). It seems as though it's going to be hard wearing and it isn't as thick & rigid as PVC but has water-resistant qualities.

It's very similar to the Cath Kidson tesco carriers and it's going to be good for the garden (my old one, although still useful had bleach spilt down and looks a real mess ) but unfortunately it doesn't have pockets either .

louise_P_2

Rummer wrote: »

I have been hunting for just the right apron and I have yet to find the perfect one for me, but you have inspired me to keep on looking! I want a really pretty one that is PVC.

I have a traditional style english rose print pvc apron which is quite pretty, I see them for sale on ebay all the time.
It is not really my thing though, my mother gave me it. It is a bit too (perfect houswifey) for me.

Ninja79

louise_P wrote: »

I have a traditional style english rose print pvc apron which is quite pretty, I see them for sale on ebay all the time.

Example

buxtonrabbitgreen

My ds has just finished year 11. So now I have cmandeered his tech apron. It has a few stains on but never mind it is nice thick cotton.

Pennylane

They're great aren't they BuxtonRabbit - usually nice & big and with a pocket! You could of course, lay it on some material you like and make youself a spare one! Since this is a money-saving forum!!;)

My Mum recently found my pink/white gingham school apron I made when I was about 14. I absolutely hated making that, every stitch would have been hell for me then and there would have been blood stains all over it from pricked fingers. Funny how we change, because I can turn my hand to just about anything now, I just hated the way we were taught.

Mind you I can still reel off the "7 methods of disposing of fullness" which, like everything else, we had to learn off by heart. Tucks, pleats, darts, shirring, elastic, smocking, gathering!! Ta da!!:j:j

louise_P_2

Ninja79 wrote: »

Yes similar but mine is blue with a different neck tie. The apron i have the neck tie is part of the apron rather than a separate cord.
It is pretty but I am not into pretty aprons.

andy1968

louise_P wrote: »

I can think worse things than having to wear a pvc apron for work, I think a nice clean pvc apron can look quite smart and professional looking for a hairdresser to wear, it is kind of what I would expect to see if I walked into a nice hair salon. Nylon tabbards are what you expect from a little old fashioned village salon doing old lady perms and blue rinses.

That is exactly what I think, unfortunately some of my colleagues working in the salon do not agree. There is 3 older stylists which have worked in the salon for over 10 years and they insist on wearing the nylon tabbards rather than the pvc apron. All of them are stained from splashes of perm solution and they look awful.

louise_P_2

andy1968 wrote: »

That is exactly what I think, unfortunately some of my colleagues working in the salon do not agree. There is 3 older stylists which have worked in the salon for over 10 years and they insist on wearing the nylon tabbards rather than the pvc apron. All of them are stained from splashes of perm solution and they look awful.

Sounds to me like the ones wearing the tabbards should be using the disposable aprons over there tabbards not you.
Don't you get hot being aproned and then aproned again? I know I get a bit hot when I am wearing a pvc apron around the house especially when cleaning.

andy1968

louise_P wrote: »

Sounds to me like the ones wearing the tabbards should be using the disposable aprons over there tabbards not you.
Don't you get hot being aproned and then aproned again? I know I get a bit hot when I am wearing a pvc apron around the house especially when cleaning.

One my tabbard wearing colleagues does use a disposable apron over her tabbard when perming and colouring.
The salon is fully air conditioned so no I do not get too hot at work even if I have 2 aprons on. The temperature is kept quite cool because the clients are often wearing plastic gowns or such what.
However when I am at home wearing a pvc apron I too get hot and sweaty but I prefer that to getting my clothes ruined.