I found two pretty lace doilies at a garage sale yesterday. I think they are hand-crocheted; but even if they are not, I still really like them. Their only problem was they were badly stained. I dumped them in a tub of hot water and Biz for a good long soak overnight. This morning they were better, but still stained. So I tried out a trick I once read about: spread them on the dewy grass first thing in the morning and leave them in the sun all day. I brought them in just now, and I am very pleased to tell you it worked! One is now snowy white, not a trace of stain remains. The other started out much worse, and I still see a line of pale beige stain. That's really quite amazing since it was a deep brown stain yesterday. I will try the sun bleaching again tomorrow to see if it comes out completely.
A round white one...
and an oblong ecru one. See the trace of stains remaining in the center?
A round white one...
and an oblong ecru one. See the trace of stains remaining in the center?
1 comment:
Those are amazing finds. I like using the sun to bleach. I have to put my porch chairs out for a few days in spring since I made the seats from off-white cotton which has a tendency to get mold and the sun cleans it up better than I ever thought it would.
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