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Re: Quilt/Textile Preservation
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Anne Lane <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:01:07 -0500
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Dear Ginger 
 Quite aside from the question of OxyClean, subjecting a quilt to the stress of spinning in a washer is not a good idea. 

Anne
Anne T Lane, Collections Manager
The Charlotte Museum of History
3500 Shamrock Drive, 
Charlotte NC 28215
704-568-1774 X110
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-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ginger Frembling
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 12:52 PM
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Subject: Quilt/Textile Preservation

I did a presentation on textile preservation this week to a quilting guilde.  Afterwards a lady came up and asked me about cleaning an  antique quilt.  We talked about surface cleaning and hand cleaning with our old standby Orvus.  But she had apparently talked with an antique quilt "expert" (non-museum) about cleaning it earlier and that person told her the following:  Fill up her washer with cold water and add Oxyclean.  Soak the quilt without aggitation and then spin the water out.  Have to be honest.  I cringed.  But my question to you is....is Oxyclean safe for historic textiles?  Maybe I need to update my conservation knowledge, but I haven't heard anything about using it.  Any thoughts?

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