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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clutteredcloset49, post: 74382, member: 85&quot;]DO NOT use bleach.&nbsp; It destroys material.</p><p>If it was organic in origin, you could spot with a little peroxide.&nbsp; And then soak. </p><p><br /></p><p>The neighbor&#039;s boy was 2 weeks older than mine.&nbsp; We both used cloth diapers.&nbsp; When they were about a year old I happened over while she was folding the diapers.&nbsp; Hers were in tatters.&nbsp; I asked her what happened to them. She said she used bleach to whiten them.&nbsp; That is when I stopped using bleach.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still have some of my son&#039;s diapers 29 years later, still white and soft.&nbsp; Used for dust cloths now.&nbsp; I soaked in Borax and used white vinegar as a rinse. (I am not recommending the vinegar for silk)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If the spots do not come out.&nbsp; You can dye the material using either coffer or tea.&nbsp; Simply soak, swishing every so often to avoid crease marks.&nbsp; Line dry when they are the color you like.&nbsp; They do not get very dark - (maybe my coffee wasn&#039;t strong enough).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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