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Thread Number: 93176
/ Tag: Detergents and Additives
Trying to lift stain from vintage silk scarf |
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Post# 1178245 , Reply# 1 4/15/2023 at 18:26 (373 days old) by ea56  (Cotati, Calif.) |
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 How about a paste of baking soda and lemon juice? I would apply it to the stains and let it sit without any rubbing because the baking soda could be slightly abrasive and you don’t want to fray the silk fibers. Let it sit for maybe 10-15 mins.
The baking soda and lemon juice should foam up and work its way into the silk fabric. Hopefully this will lift the stain out. Rinse it well with lukewarm water. If some of the stain remains, repeat the process. If the stain remains unchanged then its clear that this didn’t work and you‘ll need to try something else.
Good luck, and I hope that this helps.
Eddie | ||
| Post# 1178247 , Reply# 2 4/15/2023 at 18:58 (373 days old) by Michaelman2 (Lauderdale by the Sea, FL) | ||
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Thanks Eddie, I’ll give myp the baking soda and lemon juice a shot. I’ll let ya know the outcome! Aganin thank you . | ||
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Post# 1178267 , Reply# 3 4/16/2023 at 01:29 (373 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany) |
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I`d spot treat it with undiluted hydrogen peroxide the type you might find in your medicine cabinet.
I`d check on a small area for color fastness first, but considering what you tried so far you can be pretty sure it is color fast. Anything that has a very high or very low pH like strong acids and bases should never be used on silk and wool. A protein attacking enzyme as found in most heavy duty detergents or in stain removers like Shout is a big no no too. I`m surprised you didn`t end up with holes in the scarf. Hydrogen peroxide is perfectly safe for silk and wool so is Woolite (but only the version marketed for wool) liquid dishwashing detergent like Dawn or any body wash, hand soap or shampoo. | ||
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Post# 1178272 , Reply# 4 4/16/2023 at 08:42 (373 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Stefan, My first thought was 3 vol hydrogen peroxide too, but I thought that the dye in the silk fabric may be lifted by even this milder volume peroxide. Thats why I suggested the paste of lemon juice and baking soda because of the foaming action similar to peroxide that will work its way into the fabric to lift the stain, while at the same time the alkali properties of the baking soda will cancel out the acid of the lemon juice thereby making the paste essentially a neutral PH.
In the end this stain may be impossible to remove entirely, but a neutral PH solution that has no bleaching action is probably the safest route to go in my judgement.
Eddie | ||
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Post# 1178273 , Reply# 5 4/16/2023 at 09:41 (373 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany) |
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Post# 1178275 , Reply# 6 4/16/2023 at 11:08 (373 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Post# 1178288 , Reply# 7 4/16/2023 at 12:57 (373 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Post# 1178301 , Reply# 9 4/16/2023 at 15:22 (372 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Mike, I’m sorry that the baking soda and lemon juice didn’t work. I knew it was a long shot, but I also felt that it wouldn’t damage your Mom’s beautiful scarf either.
If the spot remover that you ordered doesn’t work either you may want to consider perhaps folding the pink border inwards and just framing the lovely white background floral section. This way you could still display it as a keepsake, and no one would be the wiser that there was ever a pink border to begin with.
Eddie | ||
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Post# 1178313 , Reply# 11 4/16/2023 at 18:17 (372 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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Mike, If you were going to purchase this scarf with the intention of framing it and showing it off as a piece of art, the stain might be reason to rethink your plans. However, if you are planning to frame the scarf and show it off as a fond possession of your mother and your fondness of her, don't let the stain cause you to abandon your plan. If it reminds you of your mother, just consider the stain as adding character to the piece and enjoy having it on display.
Just my two cents' worth.
lawrence | ||
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Post# 1178341 , Reply# 13 4/17/2023 at 02:45 (372 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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Post# 1178358 , Reply# 14 4/17/2023 at 09:56 (372 days old) by donprohel (I live in Munich - Germany, but I am Italian) |
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Baking soda and lemon juice... ...just produce sodium citrate and carbon dioxide (you know... the greenhouse effect...) how could that remove any stain? | ||
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Post# 1178377 , Reply# 15 4/17/2023 at 11:54 (372 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany) |
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Well, plain carbonated water has been successfully used for a long time as a "first aid" remedy for all kinds of stains on textiles and sodium citrate is sometimes used as a chelating agent in detergents.
Didn`t have high expectations either, so I can see your objections, but I think it was worth a try. Personally I`d unsew an inch of the seam to get some loose fibers then burn them to see if it smells like burnt hair or burnt plastic. Maybe it`s just something like rayon or acetate instead of real silk. Next I would drop some peroxide on the now open pink part of the hem which would not be visible after stitching up again. | ||
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Post# 1178499 , Reply# 17 4/19/2023 at 07:56 (370 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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Post# 1178681 , Reply# 19 4/21/2023 at 00:54 (368 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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Post# 1178682 , Reply# 20 4/21/2023 at 02:09 (368 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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| Post# 1178700 , Reply# 22 4/21/2023 at 09:44 (368 days old) by Michaelman2 (Lauderdale by the Sea, FL) | ||
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Angus great idea I don’t know why I didn’t think of Madame Paulette’s… they recovered a jacket for me. Fantastic idea. I’m actually headed to NY Saturday. Perfect! | ||
| Post# 1178717 , Reply# 23 4/21/2023 at 15:35 (367 days old) by angus (Fairfield, CT.) | ||
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Glad to help!! I hope they can remove those stains. Good luck and let us know what happens!! | ||
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