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Originally Posted by Busy Bee Virtual Assistant
I found a product at Kmart that I really like called "Greased Lightning". I use it it all the time for my laundry on spots. The trick is to use a toothbrush & rub it well into the material. Don't know if it will work on your quilt, but it does a great job on oil & grease stains.
#42
Originally Posted by auniqueview
How about dried and set blood? Is there any hope of getting that out of a quilt?
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Get a bar of Ivory soap(not liquid). Wet the spot and vigorously rub soap into spot. Leave in a little while. Rinse with water and dry(can us a hair dryer). If you have a ring type stain after treating - that's a soap ring - just rinse again. I find the Ivory takes out just about all stains even old ones. Old ones may need 2 treatments. On clothes, I rub in the Ivory and leave it on the spot until I get around to washing it. It doesn't hurt to have the soap dry on the cloth.
A friend taught me this many, many years ago and I've always used it with great success.
Good luck. :-)
A friend taught me this many, many years ago and I've always used it with great success.
Good luck. :-)
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Originally Posted by auniqueview
How about dried and set blood? Is there any hope of getting that out of a quilt?
Really rub the stain with the Ivory. With blood, if I rub well with the soap and water I can see the stain come out. An old stain may be a problem, but the soap will probably lighten it at least.
With a stain on a quilt, I put a towel behind the quilt and then work on the stain, rubbing in plenty of soap.
#46
Hair spray works because of the alcohol in it. Alcohol works. The last time I got ink on a white square, I used CVS Instant Stain Remover On the Go. It worked so well that I now keep a tube of it in my sewing room. I do use clear water to remove the stain remover from the fabric. I think it tends to turn yellow in sunlight if not rinsed out.
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