Get the yellow out
09-26-2011, 07:23 PM
#31
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Originally Posted by bluteddi
YEP.... I use only POWDERED oxyclean.. the spray stuff doesn't works as well to me... and I let it soak minium of over night..... if not several days
What I was going to say - soak for DAYS! Put it in a bucket in the laundry tub and forget about it for a while.
09-27-2011, 04:34 AM
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Originally Posted by theresa.redington
Originally Posted by np3
I have never been able to get it out. I am interested in what others have to say.
09-27-2011, 08:19 AM
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I'd be interested to see if any of the colors fade or run. I have a X-stitched quilt top with mildew and rust stains. I don't want to ruin the stitching.
Same here :?
I ordered the retro clean and it should be here sometime this week. Depending on the weather I'll try it this weekend. The instructions say it's best to soak it for 2 days in the sun but it can be done inside. I recently bought a 20 to 30's quilt and it has some stains and yellowing. I'll take before and after pictures and let you know how it goes.
Originally Posted by romanojg
Originally Posted by theresa.redington
Originally Posted by np3
I have never been able to get it out. I am interested in what others have to say.
09-27-2011, 08:21 AM
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Right now I'm working on peroxide with a printed table cloth. I'm just putting the peroxide on the stained area. The small stains seemd to have disappeared. I'm working on a larger stain now. I don't know if they'll reappear when I wash it.
09-27-2011, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by thrums
I'd be interested to see if any of the colors fade or run. I have a X-stitched quilt top with mildew and rust stains. I don't want to ruin the stitching.
Same here :?
I ordered the retro clean and it should be here sometime this week. Depending on the weather I'll try it this weekend. The instructions say it's best to soak it for 2 days in the sun but it can be done inside. I recently bought a 20 to 30's quilt and it has some stains and yellowing. I'll take before and after pictures and let you know how it goes.
Originally Posted by romanojg
Originally Posted by theresa.redington
Originally Posted by np3
I have never been able to get it out. I am interested in what others have to say.
09-28-2011, 09:29 PM
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Hey yall. Oxyclean worked wonderfully. I soaked all of the pillow cases and they are all pristine white and none of the embroidery thread faded at all.
Right now I am soaking some old hankies I bought for a quilt. I also soaked an old chenile bed spread with some stains on it. I don't know what the stains were but it ate right through the fabrics and left big holes in the center of the quilt, but the rest of the spread turned out beautifully. I will be using it as a cutter for other projects. I see a Chenile teddy bear in my future. Maybe a throw pillow or two.
Right now I am soaking some old hankies I bought for a quilt. I also soaked an old chenile bed spread with some stains on it. I don't know what the stains were but it ate right through the fabrics and left big holes in the center of the quilt, but the rest of the spread turned out beautifully. I will be using it as a cutter for other projects. I see a Chenile teddy bear in my future. Maybe a throw pillow or two.
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