Sunday, March 09, 2008

Some of you might know that Jessica wants to wear my wedding gown. However it had yellowed. I took it to the temple and under the lights inside it was very evident that it was yellow. We research and found companies that would restore wedding gowns to their orignal whiteness only to find out they were either way there in their prices - like starting at $500 - might as well just buy a new dress for that OR they could not guarantee full restoration and you were still out the money. SOOOOOO I researched the Internet Googled it as they say and found this one site that suggested that the gown could be washed and/or soaked in a solution of 2 Cups Clorox2 & 2 Cups Cascade Dishwasher Powder. The mixture had to be dissolved first in very hot water and then add to a bathtub full of cold water, then submerge the dress into the water and let soak over night. This we did.





WELLLLLLLL......Jessica and I were very anxious and wanted to see what was happening so we took the dress out....to our surprise it seemed to be lightening up a bit.....we rinsed it and the mixed another batch of the solution and soaked it over night. We woke up about 4:30 (not on purpose) and rinsed the dress and hung it in the garage and now (it's 2PM Sunday) it is hanging on the flag pole in the front of the house in the sun. It really does seem to be much brighter. The arms still have a hint of the yellowing, I am hoping the sun lite will pull out the yellow. I will repeat this procedure again to night and let it hand outside again tomorrow.

Well, gotta run,
Love Ya
Oma.

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