Cleaning a Wedding Dress

How can I remove patches of iron mould marks from a 1930s wedding dress made of very fine satin backed crepe?

By Beth from Bristol, UK

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Cleaning a Wedding Dress

I just cleaned my wedding dress and train. My daughter wants to wear the dress in the future. I used Oxiclean. I just mixed 6 cups of Oxiclean in a large plastic tub. I let the dress and train soak for several hours. No stains, came out like new. The dress and train are 35 years old. There were large brown streaks where the dress and train had been folded in a box for 35 years. When the dress and train dried, looked just like new. (08/03/2009)

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