. It
does a great job on the obvious 'age' tints without removing the true
antique colors.
Kathleen
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From: Dawn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Partly OT: Stains on table linen
My mother has had to go into a nursing home and I'm clearing her house. I've
found numerous tablecloths and napkins, some quite old and interesting, a lot
of which have food stains on. I've washed them with Vanish (if you don't have
that in the US, it's a new oxygen-based stain remover) but it
Kate M Bunting wrote:
My mother has had to go into a nursing home and I'm clearing her house. I've
found numerous tablecloths and napkins, some quite old and interesting, a lot
of which have food stains on. I've washed them with Vanish (if you don't have
that in the US, it's a new
Sometimes the discoloration is actually a chemical change of the fibers, so
nothing will change it. But, by all means, try sun bleaching. If all else
fails, can you cut around the stained parts to make things--women's
undergarments, for example.
Ann
