Madiera Fire Fighter Thread, Backings and Bobbins

[edr]

Just went to www.madeirausa.com to log into my Madeira account and saw a new banner saying that they just opened a new location at 525 East 70th Avenue, Unit 3-E, Denver, CO 80229. Is this the old melcomart, new madeiramart?

Anyway, some firemen want me to embroider their names on their fireman uniforms and gear and I knew for several years that Madeira has specialty Fire Fighter thread, Proban 85/FR-7A 8.5 oz backing and 100% Aramid with Nomex Fiber Fire Figther bobbins are made just for firemen. Anyone use any of these?

Well I thought I bought my XT for my expensive sewing and quilting hobby. Guess now without even advertising, I'll use it for a business too! I want another one of these!

Edmund aka Ed the Thread Guy

[Steve]

525 East 70th Avenue is the old MelcoMart which is a couple doors down from Melco

[The Embroidery Authority - OLD]

Actually, according to Google Maps, this address is over 8 miles away from Melco's main location which is where Melco Mart's phone command center was located. I guess it's possible for Melco to have had additional wherehouse space specifically for Melco Mart but I wouldn't think so with all the wherehouse space they had available at their main location.

[djames]

I have used all three products from Madeira. We have a customer that works at the top of the wind generators and are now required by OSHA to wear all fire retardant gear. It gets pricey as the thread and bobbins are thicker and doesn't go as nearly as far as poly thread does. I can only get 7 runs of a 6,000 stitch design out of each bobbin. I just made sure that the customer knew that they had to pay for ALL of the backing, bobbins and thread that I was required to buy for their job.

[edr]

Hi djames,

Good point about having to pay for all of the fire retardant material. I told my customer yesterday, that I would not have any use for them otherwise.

I noticed too that these materials cost roughly five times much as the regular polyester thread, bobbins and backings, and there is less per spool. My customer said they are only required to have their uniforms fire retardant, but that their gear bags did not need to be embroidered with fire retardant threads and backings. I told him that if they wanted the fire retardant material, they'd have to pay more for it.

I gave my customer some stitched out font samples, along with printed descriptions from the Madeira site of these products so he could check back with his squadron.

Do you need to provide special documentation? Is there something that you put on your invoice that certifies fire retardant material was used?

I did not imagine my hobby would turn into a business, but with this opportunity and another embroidery request for a law firm which company logo I digitized, it looks like I'll have to put my personal projects aside.

Thanks,
Ed Roux

[cmack]

Make sure it is worth it. Meaning make sure the garment is fire retardant also.
I am a full time firefighter and our unifroms are not fire retardand or resistant , so there is no use to spend the extra money on the thread.