Suggestions - not scientific but perhaps useful

try using Amazon for user reviews of products and/or "things".

They post reviews submitted by persons who have order the item or product via Amazon and

do not seem to edit even the bad ones. Many are often very candid.

Fabreeze users report it is temporary, can lead to bad headaches (also might cause a rash) if you are sensitive but is on the whole good. Might not be so good with silk and unknown about the applique.

Epinions.com is also a source of product reviews.

Try and see if the manufacturer (Proctor and Gamble.)would tell you about the applique or make a new applique on similar fabric and try it out.

Best wishes, Barbara, retired librarian

-----Original Message-----
From: Casandra Karl <[log in to unmask]>
To: MUSEUM-L <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wed, Sep 19, 2012 10:38 am
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Febreeze?

What's the current feeling on using febreeze on textiles?  Specifically a cotton 
quilt that has been washed in water several times (so I know it's relatively 
color-fast).  It is my own (not part of a museum collection) and has no real 
sentimental value, but it has what appears to be heat-fused appliqué which I 
fear may fail with frequent washing. There is quite a bit of conflicting info 
online about how safe febreeze is.

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