Be very careful when cleaning vintage items of clothing.
I had gotten a Pleasant Peasant outfit from AAAA, and dunked the whole thing in a cup of warm water with a smidge of detergent along with Oxy-clean, on account of the white top being dingy from age.
It got clean all right, but the blue flowered skirt faded a tad. The white top came out nice though.
I also had gotten the white Dinah mite wedding dress, as well as the black and white cocktail dress, both of them dingy as heck.
The white dress will never be that again, I fear. The yellowing is just too ingrained, even though it came out somewhat with the help of the detergent. The black and white was a bit better off, and now the skirt is a nice shade of white.
A word to the wise people, if your going to wash a small item like a costume or outfit, make sure it's color fast, and use maybe about a shot glass of detergent and lukewarm almost cold water.
DON'T leave it to soak for more than an hour or two at the most, and DON'T agitate it with a nail brush!
Blot dry with a CLEAN hand towel, and place to dry thoroughly on a sunny windowsill on top of a paper towel folded in half, or two of them placed together.
And remember, just cuz it's vintage, doesn't mean it has to look like crap.
I had gotten a Pleasant Peasant outfit from AAAA, and dunked the whole thing in a cup of warm water with a smidge of detergent along with Oxy-clean, on account of the white top being dingy from age.
It got clean all right, but the blue flowered skirt faded a tad. The white top came out nice though.
I also had gotten the white Dinah mite wedding dress, as well as the black and white cocktail dress, both of them dingy as heck.
The white dress will never be that again, I fear. The yellowing is just too ingrained, even though it came out somewhat with the help of the detergent. The black and white was a bit better off, and now the skirt is a nice shade of white.
A word to the wise people, if your going to wash a small item like a costume or outfit, make sure it's color fast, and use maybe about a shot glass of detergent and lukewarm almost cold water.
DON'T leave it to soak for more than an hour or two at the most, and DON'T agitate it with a nail brush!
Blot dry with a CLEAN hand towel, and place to dry thoroughly on a sunny windowsill on top of a paper towel folded in half, or two of them placed together.
And remember, just cuz it's vintage, doesn't mean it has to look like crap.
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