Try lemon juice and salt. I've had some luck getting rid of rust stains with
that. Also, putting it out in the sun with the lemon and salt might help. Or
just lemon and sun.
Sharon

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Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 3:42 AM
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Subject: [h-cost] Mouldy linen


Hi all,
 I wore my favourite lower class chemise for cooking a feast a few weeks ago
and flung it in the laundry basket. Since the weather's been 
rather rainy here lately it stayed there a while, and it must have had 
something wet up against it. Anyway, the other day I took it out and put it
in the wash and didn't notice until I hung it out that it was mouldy
 - it has big patches of black red and yellow speckles all over the back. 

Obviously washing hasn't done anything. Any suggestions for getting rid of
the mould, or am I just going to have to make a new chemise? The chemise is
actually a linen-cotton blend, a fairly sturdy fabric.

Claire
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