Comments on: How to Clean Antique Table Linen

By: Beryl

Beryl — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:47:55 +0000

I have a hardanger rectangle doily than is about 125 yrs old. It was saved in an attic, rolled on a cardboard, empty paper towel roll. The paper towel roll has leached into the fabric on about 4″ at one end. How do I get this out?

By: Maureen

Maureen — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:41:03 +0000

I have an antique ivory crocheted tablecloth. Is there a safe way to lighten it to white?

By: Marian Humphrey

Marian Humphrey — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:07:00 +0000

Thank you for your thourough confirmation of what my elders taught me in the day about cleaning linen.

I want to know how you do this with out fading colorful hand painting or embroidery on the piece.

Thank you for your years of a faithful business.

Marian Humphrey

By: Clean Queen

Clean Queen — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:10:51 +0000

Hot hot water will remove grease. Boiling if you can. It will heat up the grease and cause it to leave

By: pamela blevins

pamela blevins — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:54:23 +0000

Does anyone have any ideas on getting car grease out of an 85 year old linen embroidered table cloth….the linen is not white but a sort of beige color. It also has silk fringe!

Pamela

By: Eva Chastain

Eva Chastain — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:49:29 +0000

Thanks for a lot of helpful information. Have to go to work on my old linens.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:58:14 +0000

Did you get an answer back about your bedspread? I have a tablecloth that is crocheted like your bedspread and wondered what response you got back on how to clean it. My tablecloth weighs about 7 pounds dry also with no missing stitches. Any info/insight would be great. Thanks.
lesley.oglesby@yahoo.com

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streak free windows — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:34:01 +0000

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By: Ruth

Ruth — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:42:04 +0000

This is helpful. I do have a question. I found a beautiful bedspread made of heavy cotton thread. It is very closely crocheted, and very heavy when dry. It needs to be washed or cleaned somehow. I would like to use the washer, just not agitate, however, in order to pick it up wet, it would probably weight at least 50 pounds since it is about 20 pounds dry. Can I spin dry it if I only spin it for about a minute or so and remove it immediately? The beadspread was made in the mid 1800′s and is in perfect condition except for the dirt – no tears or missed stitches in the crocheting.