This is a great site. Instructions I use to clean up my antique & vintage linens.
http://www.antique-linens.com/laundryTips.html |
Lisa Capen (Lisa Capen Quilts) often washes yellowed feed sacks then lays them out to dry on the grass as she says the chlorophyll in the grass provides natural whitening.
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Yes, Cynthia mentions that too. Plus the sun whitens. I do my older white fabric items this way.
I tried soaking in bathtub, but didn't care for the process. The dirty water is difficult to drain well and remove as much as possible from the fabric you're cleaning. I get one of my big plastic bins to place in tub. Makes rinsing with fresh, clean water much easier. Squeeze like a milkmaid then lay out on grass. |
I have used Oxy Clean on several vintage pieces and have had great results. I put the quilt in a laundry basket with open spaces,
prepared the oxy bath in the bathtub, left it in there for a day, but swished the basket around every couple of hours. I was pleased with the product on other problems, too. |
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