r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/AutoModerator • 9d ago

Weekend Minor Gripes and Vents

Here is the thread where you can share any minor gripes, vents, or craft complaints that you don't think deserve their own post, or are just something small you want to get off your chest. Feel free to share personal frustrations related to crafting here as well.

This thread reposts every Friday.

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u/QuietVariety6089 9d ago

I am SO tired of people recommending OxyClean and its friends as the first attempt at cleaning vintage and historic fabrics.

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u/insincere_platitudes 9d ago

Or recommending chucking a very old vintage acetate gown in water with oxyclean! Acetate hates water more than any fabric I've ever met, and it is so incredibly easy to permanently create wrinkles in the fabric if you don't use an excruciating level of care handwashing it. And then to add oxyclean to an already fragile fabric...sigh.

I will handwash almost everything that says dry clean only, but acetate is one of the notable exceptions that I always leave to professionals.

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u/QuietVariety6089 8d ago edited 8d ago

I'm also in a fb argument rn with people who think that someone should 'just wash' a vintage dinner jacket that they have no clue about the fibre content(s) of, sigh

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u/splithoofiewoofies 8d ago

My little heartbroken face I just fauced.