i would first try that stuff that fizzes oxiclean. then procede with the carbonne dydmagnet spto treat ment of leaving it soking over the stain and keep wetting it an swtihing it out. i dont think it can hurt a repro and it should lighten the stains some... maybe completely if you do it enough
Bambi (To be named later) TBNL I am made for great things by GOD and walk with Pride!!!! Walladah bint al Mustakfi c 1100ad Twitter: hippydippydncr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HMtOoXtMs0 ________________________________ From: Katy Bishop <[email protected]> To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:08 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Off Topic: Removing ink from cotton blend 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 < [email protected]> 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 > [email protected] > > .. 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 > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian [email protected] www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
