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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