Removing Wine, Blood, and Wax Stains from Church Linens

Wine, blood, wax, and scorch each call for a different response on church linens, and getting the order wrong can turn a stain permanent. The rule that matters most: never machine-dry a stained linen, and never press it at normal heat, until the stain is fully gone, since heat sets blood and wine into the fiber. Wax is the one controlled exception, a low, indirect heat through absorbent paper is the removal method itself, not something applied after the fact. Scorch, unlike the others, usually cannot be removed at all.… Read more Removing Wine, Blood, and Wax Stains from Church Linens → The post Removing Wine, Blood, and Wax Stains from Church Linens appeared first on Ecclesiastical Sewing.