Thankyou Clay and Lin! after the initial shock wears off i will take your advice using the upholstery brush on the vacuum and placing in a box with rice in the bottom to keep the humidity down, i might give it a spritz with diluted vinegar just to be sure if spots are still appearing in a weeks time and let it air outside if we get a sunny day. i was a bit worried the mold may have gotten into the stuffing or have originated there and grew because of the damp as we do get periods of very high humidity, but as there isn't a smell as far as my nose can tell and it brushed off with a microfibre cloth far more easily than i'd expected leaving no trace except a few finger sized marks on the roller that may be unrelated. how long would seem like a suitable test time to see if anything reappears? i'm a little weary of it being near to where people eat and sleep if there's anything growing knit that there shouldn't be!
백 서라 > On 30 Jul 2017, at 9:01 PM, Clay Blackwell <clayblackw...@comcast.net> wrote: > > The first thing I would do is vacuum it using a attachment with a brush that > you can brush the velvet. I would repeat this every few days, noting whether > the spots reappear. I would also thoroughly vacuum the brush after each use! > Are you able to detect a musty odor? In that case, you may want to spray a > cloth with mildew cleaner and place in a closed box with the pillow. Be > careful not to let this cloth touch the pillow. It took a while for the > problem to develop, so it may take a while to rehabilitate your pillow. But > with some TLC, I think you can save it. > > Let us know how it goes! > > Clay > Clay Blackwell in Lynchburg, VA, USA > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jul 30, 2017, at 11:35 AM, 백서라 <waterfall4...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi there, this is my first posting and it's an emergency!!!!!!!!!!!! >> i'm just starting to get back into lace after a long break and to my horror >> when i went to unpack my favourite roller pillow from it's what i believed >> to be safe and secure storage, i was horrified to see it covered in white >> spots of mold! i believe at some point in its storage it had been moved and >> its waterproof crate lid left askew letting damp in. nothing else in the box >> appeared to have been affected. >> it's wood dust filled and covered in a dark velvet fabric, the mold brushed >> off easily, leaving only a few slight marks on the roller itself but because >> mold is so hard to get rid of completely i'm rather wary and don't really >> know how to clean it if it can be saved at all and being effectivly bed >> bound i also have to be careful its clean as i'd be using it sat up in bed >> and it would be a rather big problem bringing that into my rather confined >> living quarters. >> >> does anyone have any ideas on what if anything can be done to save it? i'd >> be very grateful for any advice or guidence that could help as right now i'm >> a bit stumped and quite angry at myself for letting such a thing happen in >> the first place! >> >> 백 서라 >> >> - >> To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: >> unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to >> arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ > - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
