Caron Watercolors

Well, she did it, Mika my parrot finally got a poop on my work. She flew over and dumped one when I wasn't looking. She doesn't normally poop everywhere, so this isn't a huge problem. The problem is, this is a gift for my MIL and I think I should wash it before I frame it. I am using the following colors:

Black Forest Cinnebar Emerald Midnight White

On flax raw linen, would anyone advise me to wash or buy a Dryell sheet thing for the dryer and try to launder it that way...

The poo is off now. When it dries it just falls off, but I don't think I should leave it.

Any ideas?

Reply to
Jangchub
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Cold water with white vinegar. Rinse until the water runs clear.

Elizabeth

Reply to
Dr. Brat

thanks, but if it bleeds won't it change the white fibers to pinkish? Or is that what the vinegar helps stop?

The Winter Sampler has been on scroll rods for over two years! I want it OUT of here.

Get back to stitching what I love, lifelike animals. I have a Kustom Craft Macaw design I can't wait to dig in to.

v
Reply to
Jangchub

That's why you keep rinsing it and rinsing it. The pink should wash away.

Elizabeth

Reply to
Dr. Brat

I've read that vinegar is an old-fashioned recipe for setting dyes (not allowing bleed) but several years ago here on RCTN there was quite a discussion about this (and I've read it elsewhere). Seems the new dyes don't take kindly to vinegar. If I remember correctly, DMC warns against its use. But my memory isn't what it used to be.

Dianne

Reply to
Dianne Lewandowski

Well, a body could always use plain water or water with a little Orvus. The trick, as I understand it, is to keep the piece wet until the excess color has rinsed out. If it bleeds and you let it dry, you're done.

Elizabeth

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Dr. Brat

Dishwashing Shampoo !!! make a bowl with some soapy water , dip towel into it and with light touches , soak the dirt away !!! mirjam

Reply to
mirjam

You mean dishwashing detergent? EEEeee. I would use hair shampoo first. I really need to buy a bottle of...brain drain...the quilt stuff...oh, I know wh ORVIS. Yeah, I need to buy a bottle of it.

Thanks for the help.

v
Reply to
Jangchub

Not the dishwasher detergent. That's too harsh. What is very good for hand washing is the dish detergent for the sink, like Dove or Ivory liquid. I've used that on my knits for years.

Lucille

Reply to
Lucille

And Johnsons's Baby Wash is good. It's pure soap with no fragrances or colours and works fine for needlework (it washes babies pretty well too!)

Reply to
Trish Brown

Sorry, I couldn't resist it -

Bruce

Reply to
Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkn

You should have resisted it! lol

I said and I meant Knits as in sweaters. The other kind need harsher treatment then dish detergent and they definitely don't belong in my sink.

L
Reply to
Lucille

I thought that kind was spelled 'nits' - never mind, it's moths you don't want around knits.

Reply to
lucretia borgia

It is and I would rather have liver, which I don't like, then nits in my hair.

I will remember forever when my mother would comb through my thick, curly hair with a "Derbac" ( picture a metal comb with teeth only wide enough for

1 hair at a time to go through) for what seems to me to have been hours when I came home from school with nits.

I know they have chemical shampoos now to get rid of them, but in the olden days that was the cure of choice.

Not fun at all.

Lucille

Reply to
Lucille

You are Quite right Dianne !!! Vinegar IS NOT for washing out stains ,,,, mirjam

Reply to
mirjam

Both Shampoo and Dishwasher detergent are good ,,, The Hair shampoo is good for most things , the dish wash detergent for the More dirt ones ,, Sorru i ,eant to use the Dishwash detergent and put it in a bowl and make it into some `soapy` mix ,,, mirjam

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mirjam

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