[lace] Lipstick stain

2006-02-27 Thread David in Ballarat
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:

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2006-02-27 Thread Malvary J Cole
] 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

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2006-02-27 Thread bevw
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

Re: [lace] Lipstick stain

2006-02-27 Thread David in Ballarat
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

Re: [lace] Lipstick stain

2006-02-27 Thread Malvary J Cole
://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

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2006-02-27 Thread Helen
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

Re: [lace] Lipstick stain

2006-02-27 Thread RicTorr8
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:

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2006-02-27 Thread CLIVE Rice
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.