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Remove Towel Lint After Showering?How do I remove all this lint off my body and back? I dried off with a new towel that hadn't been washed yet. Lint is all over my body.

 

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Keeping Sheets from Getting Tangled in Washer?I wash my top and bottom sheets and two pillow cases in one large load. I don't know why the sheets end up all twisted like a piece of rope when I go to take them out. Any suggestions?

 

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Removing Nail Polish from Bedding?I spilled nail polish on my bedding. I have tried everything to get it off. Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

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Removing Wrinkles from Ruffled Bedspread?How can you take out winkles from a ruffled bedspread after washing rather than ironing?

 

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Cleaning Stains on a Knit Tablecloth?How do I get egg and coffee stains out of a knit table cloth?

 

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Cleaning Mattress and Pillow Covers?How and when do you wash the micro fiber mattress and pillow covers? I had a problem with bug infestation and bought the covers that zip over the complete mattress and pillows. Do I wash these in the washer and put in the dryer like ordinary sheets? How often?

 

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Cleaning a Featherbed Topper?Does anyone have a estimate price for getting a down feather topper (full) dry cleaned? I'm not confident in my ability to wash it myself and I've had it for almost 10 years. Just trying to get an estimate before trying to take it to the dry cleaner. I'm a college student so I only work part time.

 

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Cleaning a Microfiber Pillow?I have a body pillow from Walmart that I got a couple of months ago. It's 100% microfiber. I'm not sure how to clean it. My only worries are that it will either flatten or separate and bunch up and lose its shape. Any tips would be great.

 

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Easily Removing Cat Hair from Bedding?I've had several surgeries on my back and shoulders. I have two cats that sleep with me. My bedding, especially my comforter, is always covered with tons of cat hair. Every other day I try to use the hair/lint remover brush on the comforter. By the time I'm done, my back is killing me.

 

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Washing Feather Pillows?I have some feather pillows I love, but they need washing. Does anyone have

 

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Cleaning Dried Cat Vomit Off a Micro-plush Blanket?I have an (amazing) JC Penney 100% polyester queen micro-plush blanket. Of course, my cat puked on it. I *thought* I'd managed to rinse out everything before tossing it in my front-load washer. I put it on the most hard core soil cycle, and ran an extra rinse.

 

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Removing Fabric Softener Odor from Down Comforter?When I washed my goose down comforter I used fabric softener. Now it has an odor. What do you recommend?

 

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Removing Cat Spray from an Electric Blanket?My cat just started spraying and of course he sprayed my uncle's expensive electric blanket and I can't wash it. What do I do?

 

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Cleaning Antique Crochet Bedspread?I have an antique crocheted bedspread that has been in storage. It has several rust colored stains on it. It is ecru in color, not white. Can I get rid of the stains without hurting the color?

 

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Removing Set in Red Wine from Sheets?I need to know how to remove red wine stains from a sheet set that (I already laundered).

 

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Removing Cat Hair from Bedding?I have a long hair cat that thinks my bed is hers. Every time I wash and dry the comforter her hair is left like pills that one may see on a favorite sweater. What do I do outside of getting rid of the cat?

 

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Drying Pillows in the Dryer?Can I use white tennis sneakers with leather tops in the dryier to dry pillows?

 

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Washing a Down Comforter?What should the water temp be?

 

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Removing Pilling from Fleece Sheets?After several washes my fleece sheets have gathered large balls of the same material. Could someone tell me how to remove them? I have tried using a razor, but it doesn't work. Help!

 

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Sheets Are Making My Skin Burn?I bought new sheets from Target and washed them before putting them on our bed. I could not even sleep on them, because my skin felt like it was burning when it was in contact with the fabric. I had the same problem with my last set of sheets from Target, too.

 

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Cleaning a Down Pillow?How do I go about cleaning a down throw pillow?

 

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Removing Crayon from a Down Comforter?How do I remove crayon from my down comforter and cover?

 

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Removing Dark Nail Polish From a Duvet?Can I remove nail polish from a cotton duvet cover without ruining it?

 

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Removing Wrinkles from Drapes?I just bought some new drapes made of 100% cotton and lined. The directions say to iron very little or not at all on the fabric side. They arrived in a very wrinkled state. Can I use a fabric steamer on them or would that cause shrinkage?

 

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Cleaning a Polyester Filled Comforter?What is the safest way to clean a white comforter with polyester filling?

 

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Removing Permanent Marker from Bedspread?How do you get rid of permanent marker on a bed spread?

 

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Color Bled on Comforter in Wash?I read through the bleach + boiling water idea and other posts. I'm concerned about the color bleeding more on my daughter's comforter. Has anyone tried this method at a lower temperature with success? Has anyone tried this method with a partially dried item with success?

 

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Can I Machine Wash a Microfiber Pillow?How do you clean a microfiber pillow that's been thrown up on/ It does not have a removable cover. Can it be put in a washing machine?

 

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Removing Sharpie from a Comforter?I have a brand new comforter from the Cindy Crawford collection that I had my eyes on for about a year. Within the first week, my boyfriend had a Sharpie (black) in his pocket and it bled on it.

 

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Down Comforter Smells Burnt After Drying?I have goose feathered down duvet. I wanted to put it outside to air out, but it was raining. So instead I put it in the dryer. I never washed it, just the dryer and now it smells burnt. What do I do? I love my comforter, but I think I ruined it.

 

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Sheets Stored in Under Bed Container Smell Musty?We store our sheets in a plastic container under the bed. Lately we have noticed that the sheets have a musty smell to them. I don't think that this is a humidity issue since the container has a cover. Any suggestions?

 

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Mold on a Down Comforter?How do you remove mold from a down comforter?

 

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Repairing Bleach Spots on Sheets?I have a question on dyeing sheets. If Clorox has spotted or whitened high thread count dyed sheets, then how do you rectify this problem and get the sheet back to original color?

 

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Cleaning Old Down Pillows Left in Storage?I'm cleaning out my mom's attic and found about 5-6 down pillows. The attic is closed up and hot and these pillows have been up there and unused for 15 or more years. Some feel really nice, none really look dirty.

 

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Removing a Dried Blood Stain on a Bed Quilt?I have had a blood stain on my bed quilt for a quite a while now. It's dried, but I'm sure there's still a way to get it out. Does anyone know any cheap and easy ways to get it out? And yes, unfortunately, my bed quilt is white. I hope somebody can still help me though!

 

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Removing Ink from a Comforter?I need to know how to get liquid roller ball ink out of a comforter?

 

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How Do I Wash A Feather Blanket?How do you wash a feather blanket?

 

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Cleaning Down Filled Pillows?Is it possible to effectively clean down and feather pillows using a carpet cleaning machine (not a true steam cleaner)? I have a top loading washer and cannot get these pillows to sink, so they do not get effectively washed in there.

 

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Ink on a Washed and Dried Tablecloth?How would I get ink out of a white tablecloth that has been washed and dried?

 

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Washing a Down Comforter?What temperature should the water be for cleaning a down comforter?

 

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Yellow Stains on Sheets?My husband leaves a yellow stain on the sheets, the full length of his body. It takes awhile to show up on new sheets but after awhile it is definitely there. It also shows up on the pillowcases and seeps into the pillow. Other women have told me they have the same problem.

 

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How Often Should Sheets and Mattress Pads Be Washed?How often do you change or wash your bed sheets and mattress pads?

 

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How Can I Remove Silly Putty from Polyester Fabric?I have silly putty melted into a polyester comforter, any solutions for removal?

 

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Removing a Mold Stains on Cotton Quilt?How do you get mold out of a quilt? It is cotton fabric with different colored butterflies on it. It has a water stain and mold where the roof leaked in my closet. Thanks for your help. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

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Removing Nail Polish From Comforter?My 3 year old daughter got into a purple bottle of nail polish. I would like to know what is the best way to remove it from my bed comforter.

 

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Ballpoint Ink on Cotton Polyester Fabric?My daughter is 1 year old. She scribbled on her baby blanket with a ballpoint pen. It's Mother Care brand and it says the material is 80% cotton and 20 % polyester. I was hoping I could show the picture, but it's not loading.

 

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Lumpy Comforter?My son recently washed my queen size comforter. Long story short, it is now a very lumpy comforter. Is there any thing I can do to save it, make normal?

 

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Removing Odors from Linens?I would like to know how to get rid of body oil smell from linens. It is not mold, but body oils.

 

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Color Bleeding When Washing a Quilt for the First Time?I made a quilt from squares of blue flannel (with white dogs in the pattern) and white flannel. I washed it and dried it first. When I was done sewing it I washed it again and the blue ran in to the white squares.

 

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Removing Cat and Dog Hair from Bed Sheets and Blankets?I have two dogs and a mink blanket, and with it becoming summer, they are still shedding profusely. I have washed my blanket several times and dried it. The dog hair remains, not nearly as bad, but there is still plenty there.

 

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Washing Down Comforters?Can you safely wash down comforters?

 

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Massage Oil Stains on Sheets?Any suggestions on how to get massage oil out of sheets?

 

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Washing Flannel Backed Plastic Tablecloths?Can I wash a fuzz-backed plastic tablecloth in a machine?

 

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Re-fluffing Pillows?What is the best pillow to buy? I love sleeping on fluffy pillows but every time I buy one, they always seem to go flat after a few months. I have bought the cheap ones for $2.50 and also the more expensive ones for $10. All of them seem to loose shape and go flat. Do you have any suggestions?

 

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Body Oil Stains on Linens?Does anyone know how to get body oils out of sheets and towels? My husband has very oily skin and the oils seems to set in our white sheets and towels. I have tried soaking and bleach to no avail. They still have a noticeable yellow cast to them.

 

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Removing Red Sharpie From Bedspread?I was writing a philosophy paper on my bed, and was using a red sharpie highlighter to highlight my quotes.

 

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Getting Rid of Sour Smell in Bed Sheets?Does anyone know how to get rid of daily sour smell in bedding without having to change sheets every day. Febreze does not work on it. Thanks.

 

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Washing Bed Pillows?Tips for washing bed pillows. Post your ideas below.

 

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Candle Wax on a Down Comforter?How do you get wax off fabric? It is down comforter and it is pink wax.

 

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Blood on a Mattress Topper?How do I remove a blood stain from my down filled mattress topper. I do not want to have to wash the entire thing because last time I did it I had to take it to the laundry mat to dry and it took over 3 hours to dry.

 

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Grease Stains on a Tablecloth?I have tried oxy cleaner, dawn, simple green and I still have food and grease stains on table cloths and napkins. Does anyone have any other ideas?

 

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Stains on Stored Linens?Does anyone know how to remove an unknown type of stain. I stored a bedspread, sham and curtains that I made for my youngest child almost 18 years ago in one of those plastic bags that bedspreads come in.

 

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Mold on a Tablecloth?I had a New Year's Eve party and l did not wash straight away because it was raining for a few days so my cotton tablecloth with a design on it now has mould on it.

 

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Marking Pen on Sheets?Marking Pen on Sheets. I have orange marking pen on new sheets.

 

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In Stains on Sheets?In Stains on Sheets. How do you remove ink stains from sheets?

 

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Blood Stains on Sheets?Blood Stains on Sheets. How do I get blood stains out of white sheets?

 

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Getting a Featherbed Professionally Cleaned?Where can I take my down featherbed to be professionally cleaned? My child had the flu and vomited on the featherbed and also had a diarrhea accident on it.

 

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Mildew Spots on Sheets?Thanks to all for the hints posted to my last question (re: mildew oder), But what I should have said was mildew SPOTS! How do you get mildew spots off sheets? Anymore help out there?

 

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Washing a Heated Polar Fleece Blanket?I have a heated polar fleece blanket. It plugs into cigarette lighter. How can I wash this? Is it safe to wash in the washer and then dry in the dryer or do I line dry?

 

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Water Marks on Curtains?I have water marks from rain water on curtains. They are cotton fabric with cream colour. Any ideas on how to remove the marks?

 

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Cleaning a Quilt?Somehow when I washed a handmade quilt a red shirt or something red got into the washer also. As a result, the quilt is tinged with red. This happened a while ago and I forgot about it.

 

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Nail Polish on Bed Linen?While we were away for the entire summer, my daughter confessed she spilled blue nail polish on her bed linen. Months later we returned to the scene of the crime but the polish won't budge.

 

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Can you put wool blankets in the dryer?Can you put wool blankets in the dryer?

 

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Cleaning a Down Sleeping Bag?How should I clean my feather down sleeping bag?

 

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Cleaning Linen Napkins?How do I launder linen napkins, yellowed with age?

 

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Cleaning a Yellowed Linen Tablecloth?I am trying to clean a linen tablecloth that has become yellow thru non-use.

 

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Nail Polish on a Quilt?I need to get nail polish off quilt.

 

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Wrinkles in My Sheers?Wrinkles in my sheers won't come out either using a hot steam iron, or hanging wet and stretching, or wetting then ironing. I'm out of ideas. Anyone know a better way to de-wrinkle sheers?

 

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How do I get sour milk odor out of a down comforter?How do I get sour milk odor out of a down comforter?

 

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How can I get crisco oil stain and odor form my sheets?How can I get crisco oil stain and odor form my sheets? I used them to "sop up" spilled oil, and I laundered them 2x's and they still smell oily and are heavy like its still soaked with the oil.

 

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New Cotton Thermal Blanket Is Shedding?I recently purchased a queen/king size 100% cotton thermal blanket from Wal-mart. It is heavyweight and the price was reasonable -- under $20.00. The problem I am having is that it is shedding terribly.

 

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Cat Urine Stains on Sheets?How do I remove cat urine stain on sheets when I'm not sure exactly where they are located? I can't use the enzyme remover on the spot because I'm not sure exactly where it is. Is there someway to mix the enzyme remover with water before I wash the sheet?

 

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Sweat Smell on Bedding?How can I get the smell of sweat out of bedding. They have been washed many times with poor results.

 

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Starching a Tablecloth?What do I use to starch a tablecoth?

 

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My Feather Bed Smells Like a Wet Dog?I washed and dried (with tennis balls) my king size feather bed at the laundry mat and now it smells like wet dog. I have hung it to dry in the sun, placed it in the dryer again, and used Febreze. The smell will not go away.

 

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Removing Starch from Doilies?I'm looking for a way to remove starch from a doily. This is a crocheted doily that was heavily starched. I would like it to be pliable again. I've soaked it in hot water, have laundered it several times. Nothing has worked so far.

 

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Removing Fuzz Balls From Sheets?I would like to know how you get the little fuzz balls off of bed sheets?

 

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Mascara Stains on Sheets?What is the best method for removing mascara form sheets and pillowcases?

 

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Cleaning Stains on Crocheted Items?I received a hand-crocheted baby blanket as a gift. Somehow it has this brown spot on it. The blanket itself is white. I'm not sure what this spot is, as it was there when I received it, but I was wondering if anyone could give me an idea how to clean it without ruining the beautiful blanket?

 

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Pet Urine on a Quilt?Does anyone no how to remove pet urine from a Quilt?

 

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Melted Rubber Stains on Tablecloth?My husband placed an electronic keyboard, which had been in the truck of his car for few days, on my good table cloth. When he went to pick it up it was stuck to the tablecloth.

 

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Urine Smell on Linens?How can you remove the urine smell from sheets? My grandson wet the bed and even though we washed the sheets and blankets they still smell like urine.

 

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Sharpie on a Pillow Case?Can anyone suggest how to remove black sharpie marker from BRAND NEW pillows that my four year old decided to decorate?

 

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Kerosine Smell on Upholstery Material?I have four yards of regular (cotton blend) upholstry material that absorbed kerosine when it was placed at the top of a closet. Any suggestions on how to get the smell out? There are no visible stains on the material.

 

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Mildew Stains on a Cotton Tablecloth?Looking for something to get mildew stains out of a cotton hand made crochet tablecloth.

 

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Tree Sap on a Sleeping Bag?I have a sleeping bag that has tree sap in it. How do I get it out.

 

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Musty Smelling Linens?I have a small closet where I keep bed linens. The closet smells okay, but the linens smell musty or moldy after just a few days, and I must wash them (again) before use.

 

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Smelly Down Comforter?I have washed my down comforter recently at home and even used downy fabric softener and dryer sheets and it smells really bad, I guess like damp feathers. How can I get the smell out? I've washed it twice!

 

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Removing Rust From a Baby Blanket?I've had my baby blanket for about 20yrs or so and it now has rust on it in different spots. I would like to no if anyone has any ideas on how I would go about removing it.

 

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Red Candle Wax on a White Tablecloth?How do I remove red candle wax from a white tablecloth?

 

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Coffee Stains On Crocheted Tablecloth?I have a 4'x6' hand-crocheted tablecloth that has set in coffee stains (from many years ago). Is there any way I can remove the stains safely without damaging the crochet? I have washed it in bleach but the stains did not even lighten.

 

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Makeup Stains On Sheets?I have been trying to clean old make-up stains (concealer) from my favorite green sheets. I tried a number of stain-removing products but without any result.

 

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