Yesterday's mail included the result of another eBay encounter, and the moment I picked up the box I thought Oh.
Oh. No.
Did I not look for 'from a smoke-free home' AGAIN???
I opened the box hoping it wasn't, but knowing full well it was, the lot of mother-of-pearl buckles I was planning to use immediately. Really, really gorgeous mother-of-pearl buckles. And as we all learned on the weekend, cigarette smoke is much harder to clean from mother-of-pearl than from everyday plastic.
This never happened to me when I was buying vintage tablecloths. Sigh.
2 comments:
Try embedding them in cornstarch. Charcoal works too, though probably not so well on mother of pearl! When we bought our lake house, there was a moldy smell in our bedroom and I know I used charcoal briquettes and cornstarch and vinegar (not at the same time). But for your buckles I'd do the cornstarch; it's much the safest. (So sorry about the smoke thing. I once bought a beautiful marble lamp that was yellowed with cigarette smoke. Took me a long time to clean--and I think I used scouring powder--but I still have, and love, the lamp.)
ohhhh, thank you so much Kate!!! I'll try that asap.
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