Ditto on the soap and water. On a particularly discolored one I used
Oxyclean, it took out a lot of yellowing with no apparent damage to the
straw.
Beth Chamberlain
"A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life" Henry Ward
Beecher
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----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] cleaning a straw hat
Jennifer: I attended a workshop several years ago taught by a milliner who
specialized in straw.? She just dunked the whole hat in a bucket of water
and reshaped the wet hat over a form followed up by judicious use of a
regular steam iron.? I didn't know until then that straw was so
forgiving.? I have had great luck with my straw hats in tems of cleaning
them just using soap and water and following up with a little steaming to
reshape them.
Cheryl Odom
College of Santa Fe
-----Original Message-----
From: Avien <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 5:08 pm
Subject: [h-cost] cleaning a straw hat
Hello,
I just purchased an old straw hat that is rather dusty. The decorations
are
all trashed but the straw still seems to be good to my very much untrained
eye. Any ideas on how to clean it up and get it ready to be worn? I find
conflicting info when I google it and I don't want to ruin it. Also the
straw is a bit darker than I like and I'm hoping that just cleaning it
will
lighten it but in case it doesn't, is there any way to lighten it?
Thanks!
Jennifer
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