[h-cost] re: Partly OT: Stains on table linen

2006-03-02 Thread Cin
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

Re: [h-cost] re: Partly OT: Stains on table linen

2006-03-02 Thread ruthanneb
- From: Cin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mar 2, 2006 2:19 PM To: h-cost [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [h-cost] re: 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

Re: [h-cost] re: Partly OT: Stains on table linen

2006-03-02 Thread AnnBWass
In a message dated 3/2/2006 2:26:58 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I havent dared use it, but if I do, it's to serve white wine, dry foods with brush-away crumbs, no grease and it goes to the pros afterwards. grin I would stick to sparkling water--even white wine

Re: [h-cost] re: Partly OT: Stains on table linen

2006-03-02 Thread Elizabeth Young
Cin wrote: To prevent or postpone future foxing, line your linen storage in buffered papers. I just use an old cotton sheet as the bottom layer in my cedar closet. I have two hopeless linen table cloths that I use to wrap the non-hopless ones in while storing them. liz young