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<p>[QUOTE="ascot, post: 74763, member: 96"]Well, I missed the last 5 or 6 posts as we were out of town. Thanks so much for your responses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday I bought a box of BIZ at WalMart. Using a whisk, I dissolved a cup (the one that comes in the BIZ box) of BIZ in hot water in a plastic container, then added about a gallon of coldish water. Then I added 1/4 cup of Dawn detergent.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wet the bloomers under the tap before putting them in the solution. I let them soak overnight--about 12 hours total. Then I rinsed them--took a LOT of rinsing to get all the soap out. A faint/trace amount of spots remain in the worst area if you look very closely--they may have disappeared completely if I'd let them soak longer. Although it may not look like it in the photos, the area around the top button came completely clean.</p><p><br /></p><p>The undies are definitely silk.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the cleaning and here are the results:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/IMG_1814.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/IMG_1815.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/IMG_1816.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/IMG_1817.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ascot, post: 74763, member: 96"]Well, I missed the last 5 or 6 posts as we were out of town. Thanks so much for your responses. Yesterday I bought a box of BIZ at WalMart. Using a whisk, I dissolved a cup (the one that comes in the BIZ box) of BIZ in hot water in a plastic container, then added about a gallon of coldish water. Then I added 1/4 cup of Dawn detergent. I wet the bloomers under the tap before putting them in the solution. I let them soak overnight--about 12 hours total. Then I rinsed them--took a LOT of rinsing to get all the soap out. A faint/trace amount of spots remain in the worst area if you look very closely--they may have disappeared completely if I'd let them soak longer. Although it may not look like it in the photos, the area around the top button came completely clean. The undies are definitely silk. Here's the cleaning and here are the results: [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/IMG_1814.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/IMG_1815.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/IMG_1816.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/Ascot/IMG_1817.JPG[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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