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raccoon

(31,107 posts) Mon Nov 11, 2013, 08:56 AM Nov 2013

I had left a bedspread enclosed in a plastic bag in the attic. Took it down yesterday

and a sizable portion of the bedspread is stained with brown, as if it had been scorched.

Could this have happened just from the heat in the attic? Anyone else ever see this?

More important, is there anything I can do to fix this?

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I had left a bedspread enclosed in a plastic bag in the attic. Took it down yesterday (Original Post) raccoon Nov 2013 OP

Plastic doesn't breathe, HappyMe Nov 2013 #1

Yes, but if valuable or "sentimental", take it to a very reputable professional cleaner... hlthe2b Nov 2013 #2

Oh absolutely. HappyMe Nov 2013 #3

One word, sort of, OxyClean. I use it on old quilts and it works better than anything else in .... marble falls Nov 2013 #4

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)

1. Plastic doesn't breathe,

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Mon Nov 11, 2013, 10:25 AM

Nov 2013

so it may be stained from being damp.

If the comforter is machine washable, try using some of that Oxy Clean stuff on the stain.

hlthe2b

(102,197 posts)

2. Yes, but if valuable or "sentimental", take it to a very reputable professional cleaner...

Reply to HappyMe (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 11, 2013, 10:35 AM

Nov 2013

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)

3. Oh absolutely.

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 11, 2013, 10:39 AM

Nov 2013

It may not be washable or it may be an heirloom. If that is the case then maybe it would be good to look into 'fabric restorers' in the yellow pages.

marble falls

(57,063 posts)

4. One word, sort of, OxyClean. I use it on old quilts and it works better than anything else in ....