How about getting mold/mildew stains out of a white cotton/linen blend (my beautiful repro. Victorian blouse got left at the bottom of a laundry basket while damp.....). Is there any hope?
Katy On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:04 AM, Margaret Geiss-Mooney < m...@textileconservator.com> wrote: > Good evening, H-Costume'lers - The process for blotting is well described > below. BUT please use liquid 99% isopropyl or 70% isopropyl alcohol and NOT > aerosol hairspray. You do NOT want to be breathing all of the ingredients > of > the hairspray nor leaving all those unneeded ingredients behind in your > clothes. I have found both 99% and 70% isoprop in the first aid aisle of my > local grocery store and local pharmacy store. You need lots of air > circulation and fresh air while using the alcohol as well - ideally, > working > outside. > > If you find that neither of the isoprops are moving the ink in to the paper > towels, try ethyl alcohol (ethanol) - EverClearT grain alcohol is available > in most places at 151 proof (75% ethanol/25% water). In some states you can > also get EverClearT at 190 proof (95% ethanol/5% water) and you should use > that if it is available. I also suggest you wear nitrile gloves so you > don't > dry out your skin on your hands as you are switching out paper towels > (plain, undecorated ones), no matter which alcohol you try. > > Please feel free to contact me off-line if you need further clarification > or > have additional questions. > Regards, > Meg > . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___________ > Margaret E. Geiss-Mooney > Textile/Costume Conservator & > Collections Management Consultant > Professional Associate - AIC > 707-763-8694 > m...@textileconservator.com > > .. alcohol is essential.....how Everex so is a blotted. We used to get > instant out of our nursing assistant uniforms by having loads of papertowel > handy. It is time and materials consuming.it took me 45 minutes and 1/2 > can of gairspray once to get out a staint the size of my fist but it did > come out completely. Put a wad of paper towels under the stain. Have > another > wad handy. Saturated the stain with gairspray. Blot. Keep turning or > changing the town so you dont remain with the inky towels. Keep repeating > the process repeating the sting with the gairspray and blotting it away. > Dont forget to check the underpaid of towels to have always a clean surface > from under as swell! We used to get every bit outof white uniforms, well > enough for inspection which was very unforgiving. ... > > > ...ink is water based and when trying to remove the ink it bleeds making > the > end spots bigger. May husband did this before and I washed the clothes > several times and removed some of the ink but not all. This time the ink > blots are massive and all over my clothes. ... > > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian katybisho...@gmail.com www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
