For grease; dab it with some GOOP hand cleaner, the one used by auto mechanics to wash their hands. Lightly wet it and then dab it if its too delicate the textile, if not just dab it and let stand for some while then rinse. Joe
-----Original Message----- From: Alexandria Doyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:41 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] cleaning problem I've used Oxyclean on silk that my granddaughter spilt soda on, and it was left for years before I got it back to clean. It took several soakings with the cleaner but did come clean. alex On 10/22/07, Sylvia Rognstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I tried spot remover, a laundry pretreater like Shout, and Zout. > Has anyone tried Oxyclean? > > On Oct 22, 2007, at 11:42 AM, Sharon Collier wrote: > > > What things have you tried? Simple Green works well on dissolving > > automotive > > oil My son's basketball got smeared by rolling under a car and it was > > the > > only stuff to get it off. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On > > Behalf Of Sylvia Rognstad > > Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 7:00 PM > > To: Historical Costume > > Subject: [h-cost] cleaning problem > > > > I know this isn't exactly costume related, but since others on the list > > often have problems cleaning costumes and antique clothing, I thought > > I'd > > see if anyone had a solution for a grease stain that has been through > > the > > wash twice and treated with spot removers and other stuff and still > > remains. > > I may have to give up on it but I thought I'd see if someone has had > > good > > luck with some product haven't tried. > > > > Sylrog > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- I can handle anything that life throws at me. I may not be able to handle it well, or correctly, or gracefully, or with finesse, or expediently -- but I will handle it. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
