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I've never used an iron on a B18, but I have had success ironing out wrinkles on 1940s pennants in my collection. Similar to what your wife suggested, I placed a slightly damp, clean tea towel on each side of the pennant and gently ironed the creased area at the lowest setting. I did it for only about 10 to 15 seconds at a time -- and very lightly! I'd suggest using white towels to avoid the risk of any color from the towel transferring to the blanket. It's unlikely this would happen, but better to be safe than sorry. I think using something thicker (a thin towel as opposed to a sheet) ensures you'll protect the blanket from possible damage. Again, this has worked for me on pennants. I can't guarantee the results on a B18. |
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Thanks, Rob, for your own experiences with pennants. At least I know light ironing has worked with those.
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Please give us an update on what you end up trying and the results...thanks in advance
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OK, so here's what I tried....so far: Light ironing.
Deciding not to (yet) work "moisture" into the equation, I put the blanket between two white sheets, made sure it was flattened & stretched out, then ironed lightly over the blanket several times. I had the iron on the lowest heat setting, and only ironed for about 7-10 seconds at a time. The result?? Better, but still some wrinkling (see pics below). Any further advice? Should I try a very light spray of moisture? Leave it alone? Burn it in a ritual to excise Gandil's sins? I forgot to take "before" pics (duh), but here are the "after" pics. (make sure to look at the last few, where I get down to "eye level" and with no flash. That is where you can see the wrinkles that still exist.) ***I should note for the record that the light staining/soiling was already present. The ironing did not do anything to alter the color/brightness/condition** Last edited by MjEj; 02-26-2012 at 12:00 PM. |
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I would think
I haven't tried it but steam sometimes takes wrinkles out of fine clothing without hurting the fabric. I still think a tiny bit of moisture (light mist) then ironing on low between sheets (as you did) could work. Just some thoughts ....
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Even with the wrinkles, it still looks nice enough to me to have on display.
Ritualistic burning sounds very intriguing but the possibility of summoning demonic spirits would scare me out of going through with it |
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I wouldn't use any moisture . . .
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. . . My experience with the red borders is that the color will run when damp. Not sure where "moist" ends, and "damp" begins. I think that some of your soiling is actually some transfer of red color from another blanket. I learned the hard way. I've got a Walter Johnson blanket that was folded in quarters. I wanted to remove the quartering creases, so I used light steam, and ironed the blanket between clean, off-white dish towels. The red borders ran, and now I am sorry I did not leave it as I found it. Still kicking myself for not accepting a perfectly fine, vintage item as I found it. Last edited by HexsHeroes; 02-27-2012 at 04:13 PM. |
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