Thanks for the Retro Clean tip
11-25-2010, 10:05 PM
#22
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Idaho Panhandle
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I have a recipe that was given on TV years ago by a women who works with antique/vintage christening gowns and fabrics. It's called Maryon's Secret Elixir and can take the spots out of leopard without harming the fabric, so she says. I have used it on baby clothes with spit up stains and it removed them. I gave the recipe to a gal who had a quilt that had cat spray stains and it worked miracles when she used it.
Maryon’s Secret Elixir for Stains
1 Part Clorox 2 Powder
1 Part Dove Dishwashing Liquid but has been sold to Sunlight Dishwashing Liquid(Use the creamy white version only according to the rep at the company)
(example--2 tsp. each for one small item or 1/4cup each or more in a tub for a large piece like a quilt, You may need to experiment)
Mix together in the hottest water the textile can stand. Rinse and repeat if necessary.
I used a small basin to soak a baby receiving blanket that had formula stains on it and it came out clean.
Good luck in saving your textiles.
Maryon’s Secret Elixir for Stains
1 Part Clorox 2 Powder
1 Part Dove Dishwashing Liquid but has been sold to Sunlight Dishwashing Liquid(Use the creamy white version only according to the rep at the company)
(example--2 tsp. each for one small item or 1/4cup each or more in a tub for a large piece like a quilt, You may need to experiment)
Mix together in the hottest water the textile can stand. Rinse and repeat if necessary.
I used a small basin to soak a baby receiving blanket that had formula stains on it and it came out clean.
Good luck in saving your textiles.
11-26-2010, 06:09 AM
#25
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: CA & NM
Posts: 1,120
Amazing the difference. and I remember my grandmother had a tablecloth like that . I think we wore it out, seem to remember a hole in it! But it was that pattern. What memories. Thank you. So glad you have this one and were able to reclaim it so fantastically.
11-26-2010, 07:37 AM
#27
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: McCalla, Alabama
Posts: 143
What a great product. I bet it would work well on stained table napkins as well. That is the one reason I don't use them more. Please let us know where to purchase this miracle product. I know my adult children will want my old linens now.
11-26-2010, 08:39 AM
#29
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 78
Originally Posted by pittsburgpam
I purchased it here. There are before and after letters/pictures and they look great.
http://retroclean.com/home-page.html
http://retroclean.com/home-page.html
11-26-2010, 09:37 AM
#30
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Dayton, TN. but hometown is Rockford IL.
Posts: 1,407
Originally Posted by angelwatcher
I have a recipe that was given on TV years ago by a women who works with antique/vintage christening gowns and fabrics. It's called Maryon's Secret Elixir and can take the spots out of leopard without harming the fabric, so she says. I have used it on baby clothes with spit up stains and it removed them. I gave the recipe to a gal who had a quilt that had cat spray stains and it worked miracles when she used it.
Maryon’s Secret Elixir for Stains
1 Part Clorox 2 Powder
1 Part Dove Dishwashing Liquid but has been sold to Sunlight Dishwashing Liquid(Use the creamy white version only according to the rep at the company)
(example--2 tsp. each for one small item or 1/4cup each or more in a tub for a large piece like a quilt, You may need to experiment)
Mix together in the hottest water the textile can stand. Rinse and repeat if necessary.
I used a small basin to soak a baby receiving blanket that had formula stains on it and it came out clean.
Good luck in saving your textiles.
Maryon’s Secret Elixir for Stains
1 Part Clorox 2 Powder
1 Part Dove Dishwashing Liquid but has been sold to Sunlight Dishwashing Liquid(Use the creamy white version only according to the rep at the company)
(example--2 tsp. each for one small item or 1/4cup each or more in a tub for a large piece like a quilt, You may need to experiment)
Mix together in the hottest water the textile can stand. Rinse and repeat if necessary.
I used a small basin to soak a baby receiving blanket that had formula stains on it and it came out clean.
Good luck in saving your textiles.
Thanks for the recipe, I'm going to try it! :thumbup:
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