Re: [lace-chat] Cleaning perplexity
Hello Thurlow and everyone Here is my free advice: If the quilt doesn't have the associated smell from the accident, you should be ok with spot cleaning - dampen with plain water and blot, repeat several times, allow to air dry. However I suspect there is a lingering fragrance, and there will be stain residue soaking outwards. The entire piece will need to be laundered. You can soak the quilt in a mild detergent - just use a small amount, enough to notice that it is in the water, and warm water, with washing soda (Borateem, for instance, or even a dash of baking soda into the water bath). Do not agitate the quilt; press the wash water into it. Rinse several times in warm water - lift out carefully between rinses (have a rack handy, perhaps, to support it?) with the wool content, it is important to keep the wash and rinse waters at the same temp. - lukewarm is sufficient. Avoid agitating the quilt or the wool content will shrink. When well-rinsed, to extract excess water you can put it into an empty washing machine on the spin cycle (this is safe to do, even for wool - the centrifugal force will not affect the wool), take out carefully when finished; if the quilt is very large and won't fit in the machine, press out as much water as you can over a drain, and roll any available bath towels around the quilt to wick away the water. If water use isn't an issue where you are, you can use the washing machine as a wash tub - fill, add the cleaning agent, the quilt, press the wash water into the quilt (don't wring it, this causes shrinkage), don't let the machine start a cycle! until ready to change waters - use the spin cycle, remove quilt to fill the tub for a rinse - etc. When excess water is extracted, pat it out to size to dry flat - you might have to corral Kitty in another area of the house during this time. Check the quilt occasionally and move it, reversing, to encourage the wool to loft again, and to facilitate the drying. There is a product called Aunt Beth's Quilt Soap which I have. A large pot will last a lifetime of quilt washing, and I'm sure it is nothing more than sodium lauryl sulfate, aka Orvus - if you'd rather use that than the detergent, it will be ok on the wool, and should remove the odour of kat-pee (although I'm not as certain on that as I am with the mild detergent and soda). Although you can use Woolite, I'm not sure it will get rid of the smell. Hope this helps, and maybe someone else can substantiate ~ Bev On Sun, 11 Feb 2007, Thurlow Weed wrote: The quilt is made of calico (so it's cotton), and it's lined (insulated) with raw unwashed wool. So then, how does one clean this sort of soilage out of this type of quilt, other than carefully? Should I use something like Woolite? Will that work? I don't want to try anything yet for fear of doing something untoward to the wool. I was able to blot considerable excess urine with paper towels immediately after the adventure. -- bye for now Bev in Sooke, BC (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] cleaning the rack from a grill pan?
I always part fill the sink with very hot water and lots of strong thick bleach. Leave the grill in there for about 10 minutes and most of the gunge will just wipe away. The rest you can get off with wire wool. Hope it helps! Dee Palin Gloucestershire To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] cleaning the rack from a grill pan?
I clean my grills, both from the oven and the outdoor barbecue, with spray-on oven cleaner. Lay the grill on some newspaper (preferably outside), spray liberally, let sit and then hose off. It gets all but the worst burned on stuff. Helen wrote: Hi, Has anyone got any ideas about cleaning a rack from the oven grill? unfortunately, it's got legs on either side of it so I couldn't up-end it and leave it in the grill pan itself which is currently full of bicarb of soda and a bit of water ( http://www.recipezaar.com/138100 if you're interested ) I'm not willing to spend hours stood there with a Brillo pad but also am not willing to spend far too much on a bottle of magic Mr Muscle stuff. I'm sure there's probably something in the How clean is your house? book, but my parents are on holiday, so I can't ring and ask Mum (oh, and it's midnight!) Thanks in advance, Helen (btw, it wasn't me who let it get into such a state in the first place - my housemates are fairly good at tidy, but useless at clean!) Helen, Somerset, UK Forget the formulae, let's make lace To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] cleaning the rack from a grill pan?
if you have a self cleaning oven you can put pieces in the oven and then clean it if not then put the pieces in the bathtub and run water and whatever cleaner you need with it hope this helps yours in lace At 07:04 PM 11/13/2005, Helen wrote: Hi, Has anyone got any ideas about cleaning a rack from the oven grill? unfortunately, it's got legs on either side of it so I couldn't up-end it and leave it in the grill pan itself which is currently full of bicarb of soda and a bit of water ( http://www.recipezaar.com/138100 if you're interested ) I'm not willing to spend hours stood there with a Brillo pad but also am not willing to spend far too much on a bottle of magic Mr Muscle stuff. I'm sure there's probably something in the How clean is your house? book, but my parents are on holiday, so I can't ring and ask Mum (oh, and it's midnight!) Thanks in advance, Helen (btw, it wasn't me who let it get into such a state in the first place - my housemates are fairly good at tidy, but useless at clean!) Helen, Somerset, UK Forget the formulae, let's make lace -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/163 - Release Date: 08/11/2005 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dearl Christiansburg, Virginia, USA My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance. Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy, and taste good with ketchup. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cablenet-va.com/~dearlk/ http://photos.yahoo.com/ladearl To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Cleaning
When I excavate and find the writing surface of my 1915-era rolltop, I summon all available members of the family and announce excitedly, I've found WOOD! As this happens relatively rarely, they still manage to pretend they are amused. -- -- Martha Krieg [EMAIL PROTECTED] in Michigan To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Cleaning
Jane Partridge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alice Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes At 08:09 AM 10/26/2005, you wrote: I've been cleaning everything in the house this last month, . I have found:... 1 An ENTIRE CLEAN SHELF The SHELF is what I envy the most of your finds!!! ermm... has anyone seen the floor recently, I seem to have lost it somewhere under his computer magazines :-) I have a table like that, too. I know it must be under there, otherwise all that stuff is just levitating ! Lynn Carpenter in SW Michigan, USA alwen at i2k dot com To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Cleaning
At 08:09 AM 10/26/2005, you wrote: I've been cleaning everything in the house this last month, . I have found:... 1 An ENTIRE CLEAN SHELF The SHELF is what I envy the most of your finds!!! Alice in Oregon -- who needs to do 'shovel out' cleaning too. How did I ever get so much stuff To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [lace-chat] Cleaning
I've been cleaning everything in the house this last month, . I have found:... 1 An ENTIRE CLEAN SHELF You go, Sister!!! Margaret in PA http://bramblelane.tripod.com/yardsale.html Margaret Holsinger On The Wing Mailing Services Presorting List Hygiene [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Cleaning
I've just had a look for the floor in our hall. I thought I was going to find it under the newspapers that never made their way to the recycling bin although it turns out that it may be under the large pile of trainers belonging to my housemate :o) Five to midnight is clearly the time to start a little light housework! Helen At 23:45 26/10/2005, Jane Partridge wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alice Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes At 08:09 AM 10/26/2005, you wrote: I've been cleaning everything in the house this last month, . I have found:... 1 An ENTIRE CLEAN SHELF The SHELF is what I envy the most of your finds!!! ermm... has anyone seen the floor recently, I seem to have lost it somewhere under his computer magazines :-) -- Jane Partridge Helen, Somerset, UK Forget the formulae, let's make lace -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.361 / Virus Database: 267.12.5/149 - Release Date: 25/10/2005 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Cleaning Antique Bobbins/Spangles
Hi Shirlee, I use all my bobbins, be they antique or modern, so I have no qualms about changing the spangling beads!I *do* have a stash of old beads, mainly square-cuts, which I use to re-spangle the antique bobbins - and to clean the beads I have been known to put several at a time in a tea infuser (you know, the thing that looks like two teaspoons held together, with holes in the spoon bowls) and put it in the dishwasher! I do also wrap a piece of muslin round the tea-infuser, so that the beads cannot escape and it cleans them beautifully... Carol - in Suffolk UK Subject: [lace-chat] Cleaning Antique Bobbins/Spangles To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
