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10-28-2014, 02:10 PM

#21

coopah

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Thanks, Jan, for letting us know that hydrogen peroxide is not recommended for wounds or healing. It used to be the 'go to' at our house!

10-28-2014, 02:26 PM

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suern3

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My mom used hydrogen peroxide to remove scorch marks from ironing. It worked like a charm. If I remember right she would use a white cotton handkerchief for the peroxide. This was back in the dark ages when nearly everything had to be ironed, back when I was a kid

And at that time nearly everyone had the medical strength peroxide on hand to use on cuts. There is a type of hydrogen peroxide that is or was used to dye hair blond which is a much stronger strength than the medical use type and I wonder if that is the product that people used that destroyed their fabric. As a nurse, I also used the milder type on my uniforms without any problems.

10-28-2014, 06:11 PM

#23

bearisgray

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sewnoma

I thought hydrogen peroxide could damage fabric? I seem to recall reading a story on Leah Day's blog about her first wholecloth quilt, and she put hydrogen peroxide on it for some reason and it ended up "burning" it....?

Yeah, here it is: http://www.leahday.com/quilttheduchess/ Look for the "Update: Spring 2012" entry. It's about 2/3rds down the page. This story scared me off of hydrogen peroxide on fabric! It's tragic looking at those photos....so much amazing work.

THAT article was enlightening!!!!!!