Comments on: Removing Smells and Stains from Silk Clothing and Dealing with Moths http://blog.patra.com/removing-smells-and-stains-from-silk-clothing-and-dealing-with-moths/ Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:55:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Patra http://blog.patra.com/removing-smells-and-stains-from-silk-clothing-and-dealing-with-moths/comment-page-1/#comment-15979 Patra Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:51:34 +0000 http://blog.patra.com/?p=529#comment-15979 Dear Ellen, Thank you very much for the tip! If it's been working for twenty years, it sounds like a great method. Thanks again. Kind regards, Customer Services Patra Selections Dear Ellen,

Thank you very much for the tip! If it’s been working for twenty years, it sounds like a great method. Thanks again.

Kind regards,

Customer Services
Patra Selections

]]> By: Ellen MOerman http://blog.patra.com/removing-smells-and-stains-from-silk-clothing-and-dealing-with-moths/comment-page-1/#comment-13564 Ellen MOerman Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:51:24 +0000 http://blog.patra.com/?p=529#comment-13564 For white, off-white, light apricot and light lilac uni-coloured garments that typically "show" my bra (i.e. above and below the bra you can see slightly grease areas), I dissolve a small quantity of Biotex ( a pure biological washing powder) in luke warm water, once it is completely dissolved, I literally pull the garment three or four times through the solution, never allow it to rest!, and then immediately rinse it in luke warm water. The grease will have disappeared and you can then wash the garment quickly and without soaking or rubbing it at all. I have had some of your silk jersey pullovers for over 20 years, and they still have their proper colour. I have not tried this method on darker coloured garments, because they tend not to show the non-grease band caused by hte bra. For white, off-white, light apricot and light lilac uni-coloured garments that typically “show” my bra (i.e. above and below the bra you can see slightly grease areas), I dissolve a small quantity of Biotex ( a pure biological washing powder) in luke warm water, once it is completely dissolved, I literally pull the garment three or four times through the solution, never allow it to rest!, and then immediately rinse it in luke warm water. The grease will have disappeared and you can then wash the garment quickly and without soaking or rubbing it at all. I have had some of your silk jersey pullovers for over 20 years, and they still have their proper colour.
I have not tried this method on darker coloured garments, because they tend not to show the non-grease band caused by hte bra.

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