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Vintage Clothing
How To Remove
Stains From Vintage Clothing
It is not surprising and odd that
vintage clothing could have multitude of
different stains. Such
‘dirt’ could have accumulated through
years of journey. The items could be
second-hand, and could
have been owned by many other people
before landing to your wardrobe. Do not
worry about those
undesirable blemishes and stains. If the
garment is still resilient and durable,
you could still
proceed to washing them like any other
clothes you have. However, specific
measures could be
taken to deal with any form of stain.
Here are several guidelines that would
help you remove different kinds of
stains in your vintage
clothing. Take note that these tips are
apparently based on natural methods and
products
available. These procedures would also
not cause any damage to the fabric of
any vintage garment.
Before you resort to chemical dry
cleaning, it would be better if you
would first try out these
recommended measures.
To remove bloodstains, rub the affected
area with toothpaste (plain or white)
before rinsing very
carefully and well. Avoid using
toothpaste products with gels or
artificial colors for this
method. Such colors might create
additional and worse stains on your
vintage clothing. A little
amount of toothpaste would do. For
makeup stains, it would be effective if
you would rub the
surface of the stain with a white bread
slice. It really works.
Perspiration marks could leave unlikely
stains especially on the armpit area. To
remove such
stains in vintage clothing, prepare a
paste from a mixture of water, salt, and
baking soda. Rub
the mixture into the perspiration stain
before rinsing carefully and well. As an
alternative, you
could create a paste made of cream of
tartar, water, and crushed aspirin. Rub
the paste into the
stain and leave it for at least 20
minutes. Then, rinse the garment. Take
note that perspiration
stains are always permanent in vintage
clothing made of linen and silk so it is
not safe
attempting to remove them.
For rust stains, stretch the clothing
while immersing it into a pot full of
boiling water. Then,
sprinkle the garment with fresh lemon
juice before rinsing well. Repeat this
procedure for
several times or until necessary. Try
not to use pre-packaged lemon juice
because such products
contain preservatives and additives that
could post unlikely effects to the
fabrics. You could
also alternatively steam the stained
surfaces using a kettle or steamer.
Cover the rust stain
areas with cream of tartar as you do so.
Immediately rinse the garment.
If there is ring around the garment’s
collar, rub it with very mild shampoo.
Leave it for a few
minutes before rinsing. Yellow-colored
stains could be removed more effectively
using bluing
shampoos that are used typically for
gray hair. If there is grease, apply
enough water without
using any detergent. The grease would go
off after a few minutes of soaking the
garment in
running water. There are also several
specific grease-removing products in the
market.
For unknown stains in vintage clothing,
rub the affected area with hydrogen
peroxide (diluted)
before rinsing well. It would also help
if you would rinse the area with a
mixture of glycerin
and diluted ammonia. For unlikely
mildew, just let it stay there. Mildew
could not be possibly
removed in any garment, specifically
vintage clothing.
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