[lace] Lipstick stain
Dear Friends, Can someone please tell me the best way to remove an extenisve dark burgundy lipstick stain (like 6 foot square) from a pure white cotton vintage bedspread. Don't you just love 2 year olds? David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lipstick stain
David - if you look up lipstick stain on Google, there are lots of remedies. Can't speak for how any of them will work. Malvary in Ottawa - Original Message - From: David in Ballarat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 8:38 AM Subject: [lace] Lipstick stain Dear Friends, Can someone please tell me the best way to remove an extenisve dark burgundy lipstick stain (like 6 foot square) from a pure white cotton vintage bedspread. Don't you just love 2 year olds? David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lipstick stain
wh-oh that's a stain! First you've got to find out what dissolves the lipstick (alcohol? carbon tet?) and get rid of the lipstick, then you've got to find out what dissolves that. Detergent will work for the alcohol. The other might be too dangerous, supposing you can get it. I'm not sure what they use in drycleaning now. If the greasy part is removed but the dye remains, would the bedspread withstand bleaching? This will be a cleaning project that requires space! On 2/27/06, David in Ballarat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Friends, Can someone please tell me the best way to remove an extenisve dark burgundy lipstick stain (like 6 foot square) from a pure white cotton vintage bedspread. Don't you just love 2 year olds? David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bev in Sooke BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) Cdn. floral bobbins www.woodhavenbobbins.com blogging lace at www.looonglace.blogspot.com - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lipstick stain
Dear Bev, wh-oh that's a stain! First you've got to find out what dissolves the lipstick (alcohol? carbon tet?) and get rid of the lipstick, then you've got to find out what dissolves that. Detergent will work for the alcohol. The other might be too dangerous, supposing you can get it. I'm not sure what they use in drycleaning now. If the greasy part is removed but the dye remains, would the bedspread withstand bleaching? This will be a cleaning project that requires space! Many thanks for your input. Thank goodness it's not MY bedspread, but that of my cousin who knew to phone me straight away to ask Arachne!! :) It was her 2 yr old grandaughter who had a ball with the lipstick. My first thought is always to go for the solution of soda bi-carb which might do the job and certainly wouldn't do any harm. You're right though - there are 2 main aspects to this stain - the colour of the dye + the fatty ingredient of the lipstick. Personally I'd be tempted to call it a work of art and frame it and be done with it! So what do you reckon should be tackled first - the fat or the colour? Surely it will require some sort of heat and absorbent talc to remove the fat. Then after that I reckon pure cotton should stand a good bleaching. I'm forwarding your replies as they come, so please - any little lateral thought might help David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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One website says attack the lipstick with denatured alcohol first (presumably that attacks the grease element) Another site recommends using a pre-wash stain remover to attack the grease. Someone tipped over a dish of salad dressing on my Christmas tablecloth - white with a red-checked cloth over the top. I just put neat dishwasher liquid on it and rubbed it in before putting any water on it. The white cloth took some of the red from the top cloth, and I did the same thing with that and all the red dye came out. This one seems to have a comprehensive list of how to http://www.fabriclink.com/fabricstains/Lipstick.html Malvary - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 1:48 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Lipstick stain From: David in Ballarat [EMAIL PROTECTED] So what do you reckon should be tackled first - the fat or the colour?Surely it will require some sort of heat and absorbent talc to remove the fat. Personally, I'd avoid any heat treatments till the dye was out. If we don't know what (chemically) the dye is, we don't know if it'll be heat- set. That's the real trick to this--being sure what is done to one aspect of the stain won't interfere with what needs to be done to the other, all the while not harming the fibers! Glad it's not my bedspread, and *really* glad it's not my 2-year-old! Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA (formerly Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lipstick stain
I'm fairly certain that denatured alcohol (methylated spirits) is to get rid of the dye. Washing the item in laundry detergent afterwards will remove the fat. Helen At 19:47 27/02/2006, Malvary J Cole wrote: One website says attack the lipstick with denatured alcohol first (presumably that attacks the grease element) Helen, Somerset, UK Forget the formulae, let's make lace -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.1/270 - Release Date: 27/02/2006 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lipstick stain
What a mess. Reminds me of some parallels from my own family's experience. Those little ones really know how to beef up life's little challenges on short-order. A little philosophizing probably won't really help, but FWIW, I got this in the mail today, and thought I'd pass it along, fwiw: Daily Quote: Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words remain. -- Thorndike If you can't get it out completely (which is always a possibility), and don't want to wait to see how long it takes for the color to fade out completely, you could always try some applique over it, or put some embroidery or some other decorative elements around/on top of it, and try to make it look like part of the design! Regards, Ricki Utah - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Lipstick stain
I would remove the lipstick just so it wouldn't smear or smudge on other things (neutralize it?) then keep it as a loving remembrance of my dear 2 year old grandbaby. The story about the stain can be passed down through the generations and the lovely grandbaby can inherit it with the story. Grandma's love will transcend a stain; it *is* a piece of art! David is right. My now 18 year old granddaughter painted Papa and me sweatshirts when she was about 4 years old. There is not enough money in the world to buy those shirts, and I shall never wear them out. Loving Grandma Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA If you can't get it out completely (which is always a possibility), and don't want to wait to see how long it takes for the color to fade out completely, you could always try some applique over it, or put some embroidery or some other decorative elements around/on top of it, and try to make it look like part of the design! Regards, Ricki Utah - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
