Washing Fabric
#51
Recently read somewhere to use 1 cup white vinegar and 1 cup baking soda in laundry tub to soak one hour to remove cat/dog urine and think it might work in your case too.
vinegar is a natural disinfectant.
then rinse and launder as usual.
Let us know how it goes
vinegar is a natural disinfectant.
then rinse and launder as usual.
Let us know how it goes
#53
Just regular washing and drying will do the trick. The friction in washing agitator kills germs. I would run the rinse cycle twice. I wouldn't put it in the dryer. I would air dry (out of the sun). Don't go overboard on chemicals. Simple detergent will handle the germs.
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I would wash it in warm water at least with Tide, and then in the dryer. To help prevent the fabric from fraying, cut off a corner of all 4 corners of the fabric. For whatever reason it seems to work well and you won't get all those threads, just stip a triangle off each corner. For darker colors, I would add vinegar to the water to set the colors.
#56
Time to update.
First thanks to everyone for all your advice and imput. I aquired this fabric from my 88 yrold. mother-in-law's stash of 50 years or more. The plan is to make a quilt for each of her 29 grandchildren, "like grandma would make." They will be from grandma.
This material was stored in her basement in her "fabric closet." As I was packing it up, I noticed mouse droppings on the shelves. No nests, no large amounts. But just the fact that there were SOME dropping...I decided to wash all the fabric before I use it. After all your help earlier in this post. I went to Walmart.
I am washing it with laundry soap and OxiClean and Downy. (I'll stop using fabric softener as per suggestion.)I am drying it on lines outside at our new house I strung on a gazebo. It's been 110 degrees outside so that, I feel is also adding to the cleansing of the fabric. Then I am folding and stacking it in piles according to color in the cupbords of my office/sewing room.
First thanks to everyone for all your advice and imput. I aquired this fabric from my 88 yrold. mother-in-law's stash of 50 years or more. The plan is to make a quilt for each of her 29 grandchildren, "like grandma would make." They will be from grandma.
This material was stored in her basement in her "fabric closet." As I was packing it up, I noticed mouse droppings on the shelves. No nests, no large amounts. But just the fact that there were SOME dropping...I decided to wash all the fabric before I use it. After all your help earlier in this post. I went to Walmart.
I am washing it with laundry soap and OxiClean and Downy. (I'll stop using fabric softener as per suggestion.)I am drying it on lines outside at our new house I strung on a gazebo. It's been 110 degrees outside so that, I feel is also adding to the cleansing of the fabric. Then I am folding and stacking it in piles according to color in the cupbords of my office/sewing room.
#60
Originally Posted by wraez
Recently read somewhere to use 1 cup white vinegar and 1 cup baking soda in laundry tub to soak one hour to remove cat/dog urine and think it might work in your case too.
vinegar is a natural disinfectant.
then rinse and launder as usual.
Let us know how it goes
vinegar is a natural disinfectant.
then rinse and launder as usual.
Let us know how it goes
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