Regarding time honored methods for dealing with stains, I was at a Thai restaurant and the waiter spilled some oily substance on my silk blouse. The restaurant staff felt terrible and the hostess ran to get some seltzer, which they applied to the spot, assuring me that all would be well. I wasn't terribly concerned about the blouse because it had been successfully dry cleaned in such cases before, but I let them put on the seltzer because it seemed to make them feel better. When I took the silk blouse to the cleaner he shook his head sadly saying that the oily spot would have been removable but the seltzer had ruined the blouse. The cleaner tried to get the seltzer spot out, but it remained. I had to throw the blouse away. I guess the lesson from this is, restaurant staff are not experts on stain removal. Of course, as restaurant staff their greater aim was to project the image that they had solved the problem they had created, so they got high marks for that. Costly for me, though. Devon
- To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
