if I remember correctly, silk has the same chemical make up as human hair. that being the case, I might try a product for whitening grey hair that has yellowed. perhaps you can take a few snipets from an inside seam allowance to experiment with first before sacrificing the entire piece to experimentation..this is advisable anytime one is searching for a chemical to solve a problem.
Bambi (To be named later) TBNL I am made for great things by GOD and walk with Pride!!!! Walladah bint al Mustakfi c 1100ad see me dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HMtOoXtMs0 --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Maggie <maggi...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Maggie <maggi...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [h-cost] Yellowed silk To: "Historical Costume" <h-cost...@indra.com> Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 11:59 AM Are you sure they're silk? I'm surprised they survived the bleaching at all! MaggiRos Maggie Secara ~A Compendium of Common Knowledge 1558-1603 Available at http://elizabethan.org/compendium/paperback.html Get related Elizabethan goodies at http://www.zazzle.com/popinjaypress On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 7:13 AM, Hanna Zickermann <h.zickerm...@gmx.de>wrote: > Hello, > > I have a pair of pongé silk tippets, which turned from white to yellow > (like unbleached muslin) after I put them in chlorine bleach. Yes, I know, I > shouldn´t have done that, but it was my last try to remove a nasty > linnseed-oil-spot... Anyway, does anybody know any trick how to get them > white again? I wear them with a blue dress, so they still look like white, > but it would be so nice to have them really white again. > Any ideas? > > Hanna > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
