[TI] [Fwd: Help]

[Sally Glenn]

Dear Phyllis,
Thanks for your thoughts. I am planning on drying the goods on a wooden 
drying rack.
Sally Ann
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phyllis Grembi" <pgrembi at earthlink.net>
To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: [TI] [Fwd: Help]


> You are definitely correct about the rubbing.
>
> I don't know if this is true, but I was told when I got some "antique" 
> linen that after laundering to take the cloth outside, on a sunny day and 
> just place the cloth on the green grass to dry.  There is something about 
> the sun and the grass that brightens the linen.
>
> Phyllis
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Josie Daly <jotd at myclearwave.net>
>>Sent: Aug 7, 2008 10:56 AM
>>To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
>>Subject: Re: [TI] [Fwd: Help]
>>
>>The thing that one has to remember is that this fabric is extremely 
>>fragile,
>>that is why I chose to just soak it and not rub it.  Josie
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Sally Glenn" <cherju at roadrunner.com>
>>To: "Phyllis Grembi" <pgrembi at earthlink.net>;
>><terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
>>Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 8:33 AM
>>Subject: Re: [TI] [Fwd: Help]
>>
>>
>>> Thanks for the thoughts. The LAVA soap idea sounds great.
>>> Sally Ann
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Phyllis Grembi" <pgrembi at earthlink.net>
>>> To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 8:12 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [TI] [Fwd: Help]
>>>
>>>
>>>> Here is another idea......BORAX....the 20 Mule Team Type!!!  On spots 
>>>> you
>>>> may like to try a bar of LAVA soap.
>>>>
>>>> Phyllis
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: Sally Glenn <cherju at roadrunner.com>
>>>>>Sent: Aug 6, 2008 7:37 PM
>>>>>To: terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org
>>>>>Subject: Re: [TI] [Fwd: Help]
>>>>>
>>>>>Thank you. That sounds like a plan that very well may work.I am goin to
>>>>>try.
>>>>>Sally Ann
>>>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>From: "Josie Daly" <jotd at myclearwave.net>
>>>>>To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 7:04 PM
>>>>>Subject: Re: [TI] [Fwd: Help]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>I had a similiar situation and I soaked all of the material in a 
>>>>>>product
>>>>>> called OXI CLEAN.  I just kept changing the water-some times I would
>>>>>> add
>>>>>> Tide and then continue to soak them.  After about a month all of the
>>>>>> grime
>>>>>> was gone and I had beautiful linens.  Josie Mesi Daly
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>>> From: "Laura Johnson" <rngade57 at madisontelco.com>
>>>>>> To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2008 5:10 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [TI] [Fwd: Help]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> FORWARDED MESSAGE.  ORIGINAL MESSAGE IN HTML FORMAT
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>>>>> Subject: Help
>>>>>>> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:51:34 -0400
>>>>>>> From: Sally Glenn <cherju at roadrunner.com>
>>>>>>> To: <terminiimerese at comunesofitaly.org>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear Termini friends,
>>>>>>> My mother has passed on and I have had to place my 90 yr. old father
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> a nursing home.
>>>>>>> As a result,  I now have to take care of the house and all of its
>>>>>>> belongings. When my mother and her family came over in the twenties 
>>>>>>> ,
>>>>>>> they brought their goods in wooden trunks.  My  mom and her brother
>>>>>>> could never "go into" them because of the memories. I have now 
>>>>>>> opened
>>>>>>> them. They are filled with priceless photos, doiles, tablecloths,
>>>>>>> clothing, letters etc.. The problem is that some of them are 
>>>>>>> mildewed
>>>>>>> and stained from the moisture. (They have been stored in a damp
>>>>>>> basement
>>>>>>> all of these years.) Does anyone know how or where I can take the
>>>>>>> doilies, tablecloths etc. to have them refurbished? I would love to
>>>>>>> use
>>>>>>> some of them in my house. I would appreciate any info that you can
>>>>>>> supply me with. I live near Cleveland.
>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>> Sally Ann Piazza Glenn
>>>>>>>
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