# Yuck, my embroidery’s covered in mould

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 22, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuck-my-embroidery-s-covered-in-mould/300575 "2005-04-22T10:01:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fortean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@Fortean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fortean)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuck-my-embroidery-s-covered-in-mould/300575/1 "2005-04-22T10:01:49Z")

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Because I haven’t touched my little embroidery project (not exactly embroidery, but the one in which the cloth has large holes in and you use wool) for eons it’s good a load of green mould over it. And I still haven’t finished it.

Anyone got a good idea about how I can clean it?

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**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuck-my-embroidery-s-covered-in-mould/300575/2 "2005-04-22T14:05:02Z")

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Is the backing material that plastic stuff, or actual cloth loaded up with sizing?  
If the former, I’d be tempted to soak it in a bleachy (depending on the yarn dyes) soap solution, and blow drying . If the later 😕

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**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuck-my-embroidery-s-covered-in-mould/300575/3 "2005-04-22T15:01:47Z")

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Just don’t scrub it, whatever you do, or the fibers will get all fuzzy. Whatever you end up cleaning it with, soaking (and maybe holding under a running faucet) will have to do the trick.

Try soaking it in detergent and water first… then maybe try Oxy-Clean?

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**Author:** ![Fortean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@Fortean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fortean)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yuck-my-embroidery-s-covered-in-mould/300575/4 "2005-04-22T15:56:05Z")

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Thanks! It’s the stuff I can’t quite describe – fibrous with a very big weave. I shall try soaking it maybe with a bit of Flash. It’s gross and made me v. guilty. I started it about three years ago and still haven’t finished it.