A while ago I was asked to do some alterations on a wedding dress, when I got the dress it was badly stained. I wasn't asked to clean it, but I knew I had to help. So I did the alterations and when I completed my work I decided to give the dress a good cleaning as I knew taking it to the cleaners was not only going to be expensive but the price would be too high.
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So I got out my tub of oxi clean, I would be without it. No this is NOT A COMMERCIAL for the product but I am a believer on how good this stuff works. You can buy it at any grocery store or other stores such as Lowe's Home Depot, even Walmart if you must.
Next I took the dress into the bathroom to the tub, got the water very HOT
Filled the tube enough to submerge the dress.
Mixed my Oxi Clean into the tub.
I placed the dress into the tub of very HOT water
and proceeded to rub the stains
Then I let it soak 30 minutes
more gentle rubbing on stains
turned the dress and soaked an hour.
Again I rubbed the stains and could see much improvement
This is an answer to many problems. rubbing soaking in Oxi Clean and soaking more.
In as hot of water as possible.
Here are results
From the first look at this it seems impossible to get clean
it went from this
to this
one tiny spot on the very bottom
The train was badly stained underneath too
The veil had seen better days as well
but saving an heirloom is important
Just needed a good steam pressing before the wedding here.
This dress turned out to be absolutely beautiful
restored to perfection
the customer was amazed and very surprised
also she was speechless and very appreciative to my extra work and success at cleaning this beautiful dress for her wedding day.
Using OXI CLEAN to clean fabrics is very beneficial and money saving not to mention how it can bring heirloom pieces back to life and restoration.
**It is advised to test on a piece of the fabric before doing the entire garment
to both see if hot water is safe and this cleaner**
I have had great success with several items.
