Need Help Cleaning Salvaged Quilts
#31
I have been giving away some of my quilts to family members and charities. Just mailed off three the other day. Also,give to Quilts Without Borders for overseas children in need......good organization. I too would say wash the quilts several times. good for u for salvaging them.
Last edited by joym; 03-24-2014 at 09:30 AM.
#34
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My thoughts are: They are basically ruined, so wash them. One thing that I use to freshen up towels, sheets, etc. is to add baking soda and vinegar to my washing machine when I wash them. I would use about 1/4 box of baking soda and a couple cups of vinegar.
This is also how I clean the garberator in the kitchen, which seems to get smelly.
Good luck. Let us all know how you make out.
amh
This is also how I clean the garberator in the kitchen, which seems to get smelly.
Good luck. Let us all know how you make out.
amh
#35
http://www.rockymountainquilts.com/index.php--I read about this lady, Betsey Telford-Goodwin in Yankee magazine. She hand washes all the found quilts that she retores. Perhaps you could contact her.
#36
Oh how my heart went out to you in this entry. I have given quilts to my son and his family over the years, and one day when I was over at his house after a move (they are now divorced) there was one of my quilts in the packing quilts pile of rubble......
And then another time when I was accidentally over at "her" house, there were two quilts that I had personalized and made for their two kids in one of her trash piles. Needless to say, my son got a tongue lashing for his half of my discovery, and "she" will never see another quilt of mine at her address. Don't get on my s- - - list, huh?
Anyway, I don't know how I got off on this tear; but I commend you for wanting to clean these quilts up, and it sounds like you are doing the same thing I would do. It breaks my heart to see something like that happen.
And then another time when I was accidentally over at "her" house, there were two quilts that I had personalized and made for their two kids in one of her trash piles. Needless to say, my son got a tongue lashing for his half of my discovery, and "she" will never see another quilt of mine at her address. Don't get on my s- - - list, huh?
Anyway, I don't know how I got off on this tear; but I commend you for wanting to clean these quilts up, and it sounds like you are doing the same thing I would do. It breaks my heart to see something like that happen.
#37
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Wash them by any means above and then hang them outside on your line or deck rail in the sun for at least two days, three is better, if they still smell then do all this again. You can hang them with the pretty side in...
#38
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Oh how my heart went out to you in this entry. I have given quilts to my son and his family over the years, and one day when I was over at his house after a move (they are now divorced) there was one of my quilts in the packing quilts pile of rubble......
And then another time when I was accidentally over at "her" house, there were two quilts that I had personalized and made for their two kids in one of her trash piles.
And then another time when I was accidentally over at "her" house, there were two quilts that I had personalized and made for their two kids in one of her trash piles.
She fooled a relative into paying for most of a house for her and then giving her a right of survivorship. We finally got her out last week. Today a mold remediation guy told us every wall would have to come out. She left a water leak open under the house for years. I'm not the world's best housekeeper, but some people defy belief.
Your story makes me really angry, but I guess decent people should be grateful for the lessons others teach us about themselves.
Sorry if I seem to be turning a forum post into group therapy, but this has been a remarkable experience!
#39
Let's face it... the quilts are ruined now. Nothing you do can hurt them any further. It can only improve them.
I'm surprised if it was a drug house you could have them at all...usually all of that is confiscated and destroyed because of the hazardous toxins in the very fibers of the items. That's why kids and other when taken from drug house can only leave with the clothes on their back and then they are destroyed once the kids are cleansed by social services (we provide blankets for this charity is why I know this).
Unless you have super good ventilation, I don't think I would even attempt to save them. That is harsh but do you really really really want to jeopardize your health for the quilts?
I would not have them in my house or car so the toxins do not leach out from them.
Putting them outside to air won't hurt them at this point either.
Ask a company that specializes in cleaning crime scenes (ask police for names) if they can be saved. It would be worth the money for an expert to do it rather than put you and your family at any risk.
Of course this is just my opinion. I value my current family & health over heirlooms that are currently ruined anyway.
I'm surprised if it was a drug house you could have them at all...usually all of that is confiscated and destroyed because of the hazardous toxins in the very fibers of the items. That's why kids and other when taken from drug house can only leave with the clothes on their back and then they are destroyed once the kids are cleansed by social services (we provide blankets for this charity is why I know this).
Unless you have super good ventilation, I don't think I would even attempt to save them. That is harsh but do you really really really want to jeopardize your health for the quilts?
I would not have them in my house or car so the toxins do not leach out from them.
Putting them outside to air won't hurt them at this point either.
Ask a company that specializes in cleaning crime scenes (ask police for names) if they can be saved. It would be worth the money for an expert to do it rather than put you and your family at any risk.
Of course this is just my opinion. I value my current family & health over heirlooms that are currently ruined anyway.
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