Hello - You may want to check out the following sites: MCI's Tips on How to Handle Antique Textiles and Costumes http://www.si.edu/mci/english/learn_more/taking_care/handletex.html MCI's Textile Stain Removal http://www.si.edu/mci/english/learn_more/taking_care/stains.html There are several other Textile "guidelines" there also. American Institute for Conservation (terrific section on Caring for your treasures) http://www.conservation-us.org Best wishes, Ann N'Gadi Technical Information Specialist MCI -----Original Message----- From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ginger Frembling Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 12:52 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [MUSEUM-L] 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? ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).