Continued from What? Take your wedding dress APART?
I have been trying to clean the fabric, but the bottom edges are resisting all my attempts to get the ground-in dirt out.
(The dress isn’t yellow, but I took these pictures where the dress was hanging in the bathroom after the first soak and wash, so the light gave the pictures a very yellow cast.)
Both the lace edge and the satin edge are still very dirty. I can cut off the satin edge, but the lace is a different story and is worth trying to rescue. If the edge is ruined, the lace is pretty much ruined as well, and I have plans for the lace to be used in the christening gown.
My first soak was in cool water with detergent over night, followed by a wash cycle. Then the fabric was all hung to dry. I just tried again, soaking the fabric and lace in Biz with a good quality gentle wash detergent overnight, followed by a wash cycle, and although it’s better, the dirt isn’t gone.
My next attempt will be in Oxyclean, although my experience with Oxyclean has been good with stains, but I wonder if it will also get out ground-in dirt.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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