My anti-stain shelf includes a bottle of Aunt Ellen's (both for whites and colors, found at JoAnn's) and Oxiclean paste, as well as a "tree product". Aunt Ellen's does have a bleaching element but it took 30 yr. stains out of my favorite teacozy without showing any damage to the linen fibers. A recent rescue mission for my daughter's white damask tablecloth was somewhat successful with a liberal application of Oxiclean. My favorite brightner right now is the non-chlorine product of a company called Mellauca. This is what I am using on my antique laces and other delicates, including silk. It does a great job on the obvious 'age' tints without removing the true antique colors.
Kathleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Partly OT: Stains on table linen > Kate M Bunting wrote: > > > My mother has had to go into a nursing home and I'm clearing her house. I've found numerous tablecloths and napkins, some quite old and interesting, a lot of which have food stains on. I've washed them with Vanish (if you don't have that in the US, it's a new oxygen-based stain remover) but it doesn't get everything out. I don't want to bleach antique or coloured items. Suggestions, anyone? > > > > Hydrogen peroxide is pretty mild, but if the oxy-stuff didn't work you > may not have luck with this either. > > Tried sun-bleaching it? > > > Dawn > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
