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<\/a><\/p>\nAs you know, I am pretty good at screwing things up. For example I have shared here my mishaps about washing gelatin sequins and the fate of puddle soaked suede gloves. Well this time I managed to forget vintage dress soaking overnight. Usually this would not be a major problem. But. This time I decided to save some effort and did not de-attach the cream silk collar and cuffs for washing. I was thinking that it won’t soak that long, so it will be ok. Well whaddya know. Next morning I remembered the darn dress. It was still soaking and here’s the result.<\/p>\n
Cream silk parts were totally pink. And very uneven at that. Quickly I posted a photo of this ruin into couple Facebook groups for help. I received numerous tips from colour removal to chlorine, soaking in vinegar etc. When it is over 80 years old garment in question I didn’t really fancy putting it in chlorine. So I thought my best bet would be to start from the most gentle method and move onwards from that, step by step into more rough methods if there would not be results .<\/p>\n
Ihan ensimm\u00e4inen asia oli ett\u00e4 pilalle v\u00e4rj\u00e4\u00e4ntynytt\u00e4 kangasta ei saa p\u00e4\u00e4st\u00e4\u00e4 kuivahtamaan vaan se t\u00e4ytyy pit\u00e4\u00e4 kosteana siihen asti kunnes k\u00e4sittely on mahdollista. T\u00e4st\u00e4 syyst\u00e4 j\u00e4tin vahingon havaittuani kankaat heti puhtaaseen veteen lillumaan. No sattumoisin kaikkein hell\u00e4varaisin ehdotettu menetelm\u00e4 oli liotus puhtaassa vedess\u00e4. Se ei tuottanut yht\u00e4\u00e4n mink\u00e4\u00e4nlaista tulosta vaikka palaset lilluivat vedess\u00e4 viikon. Saattaa olla ett\u00e4 veteen irtosi hieman v\u00e4ri\u00e4, mutta silmin n\u00e4kyv\u00e4\u00e4 muutosta itse kankaissa ei ilmennyt.<\/p>\n First thing is not to allow the stained fabric to dry. Keep it wet untill you are able to start the stain removal. For this reason I left the cuffs and collar soaking in clean water as soon as I noticed the damage. Coincidentally the first method was just soaking in clean water. That didn’t bring any result even though I soaked them for a week. Maybe some colour came off onto the soaking water, but I didn’t really see any difference on the fabric.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Vesiliotus ei toiminut. \/<\/strong><\/span> Siirryin seuraavaan menetelm\u00e4\u00e4n: liotus piim\u00e4ss\u00e4. T\u00e4st\u00e4 olen kuullut aiemminkin, mutta en ole itse koskaan sit\u00e4 ennen t\u00e4t\u00e4 testannut. Ostin purkin rasvatonta piim\u00e4\u00e4, kaadoin sit\u00e4 reilusti muovikulhoon ja sulloin kaulukset sinne. Purkki n\u00f6k\u00f6tti viikon keitti\u00f6n p\u00f6yd\u00e4ll\u00e4. Sitten huuhdoin osat ja tarkistin tilanteen. No tulos ei ihan ollut sit\u00e4 mit\u00e4 ajattelin, mutta lupaava. Silkit olivat alkaneet vaalentua. Punainen v\u00e4ri oli osin vaalentunut, osin kadonnut kokonaan. Ik\u00e4v\u00e4 juttu vaan oli ett\u00e4 my\u00f6skin kankaan alkuper\u00e4inen kermans\u00e4vy oli paikoin kadonnut. P\u00e4\u00e4tin toistaan piim\u00e4liotuksen, mutta nyt tasossa niin ett\u00e4 piim\u00e4 peitt\u00e4isi kankaan tasaisemmin. Kaadoin piim\u00e4\u00e4 laakeaan vatiin ja asettelin osat sinne sile\u00e4n\u00e4. Lopuksi peitin osat piim\u00e4ll\u00e4. Puoliv\u00e4liss\u00e4 viikkoa k\u00e4\u00e4nsin kappaleet ja lis\u00e4sin piim\u00e4\u00e4.<\/p>\n Onward to the next method: soaking in sour milk. I have heard of this before, but I have never tried it myself before. I bought a carton of sour milk and poured it on a bowl. Then I shoved collar and cuffs in there. I let it do it’s job for a week on our kitchen counter. Then I rinsed pieces and checked result. Well, it wasn’t exactly what I was thinking, but promising. Colour had started to fade. Pink was partially faded, partially gone. Unfortunately soaking had also faded the original cream colour. Result was very uneven. I decided to do it again in flat surface. So I poured sour milk into large tub and spread the silk pieces there very smoothly. Then I covered them with sour milk. Midweek I turned the pieces around and added more sour milk.<\/em><\/p>\n Ensimm\u00e4isen piim\u00e4viikon j\u00e4ljilt\u00e4. \/<\/strong><\/span>Tuota tuota, neh\u00e4n on pinkkej\u00e4… \/<\/strong><\/span>
\nErmmm, they are pink…<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSoaking in plain water did not work.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAfter first week of sour milk.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n