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<p>[QUOTE="ola402, post: 4352791, member: 182"]I bought a huge lot of really nice vintage tablecloths recently. They were advertised as still in the original dry cleaner bags. Which they are, but not as nice as I had hoped. Many of them need to be washed and freshened (most are all cotton). </p><p><br /></p><p>My High Efficiency Washer does a great cleaning job, but at the end of the spin cycle, all the contents are twisted up beyond belief. For regular clothing, that's OK. I don't like the idea much for vintage TCs. Should I use the Gentle Cycle? Soak Cycle? Right now, I'm out of OxiClean so I need to get some. Which brings up another issue, in a HE washer it's hard to get really hot water. </p><p><br /></p><p>What do you all do? I can manage the all cotton damask cloths, it's the lacey open work ones I'm concerned with. Thanks for your advice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ola402, post: 4352791, member: 182"]I bought a huge lot of really nice vintage tablecloths recently. They were advertised as still in the original dry cleaner bags. Which they are, but not as nice as I had hoped. Many of them need to be washed and freshened (most are all cotton). My High Efficiency Washer does a great cleaning job, but at the end of the spin cycle, all the contents are twisted up beyond belief. For regular clothing, that's OK. I don't like the idea much for vintage TCs. Should I use the Gentle Cycle? Soak Cycle? Right now, I'm out of OxiClean so I need to get some. Which brings up another issue, in a HE washer it's hard to get really hot water. What do you all do? I can manage the all cotton damask cloths, it's the lacey open work ones I'm concerned with. Thanks for your advice.[/QUOTE]
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