Madame Alexander Lucinda before treatment.

Madame Alexander Lucinda after cleaning with Perk

Perk will safely remove old blood, iodine, food, yellow and brown age stains, water marks, asphalt and most other difficult stains from just about any fabric. Even taffeta cleaned in Perk retains most of its original crispness. Perk is completely biodegradable and will not harm septic systems.

Product  Description				Price		Qty. in your cart
Perk		1 gallon		54.95
Perk		16 oz.		14.95
Perk		64 oz.		34.95

Some fabrics are not colorfast. Please test for color fastness on the inside of a seam or a hem to be sure the cleaning process will not cause color to bleed or be removed from the entire garment. If dye from the clothing colors the diluted Perk solution, remove the garment immediately and rinse in cold water. To make an article colorfast, place it in a bath of half white vinegar and half ice cold water and allow it to stand for about thirty minutes. Rinse in cold water and follow the procedure for laundering. Fasteners on many old (1950s) garments are painted metal. The combination of color fasting and washing can loosen and remove old paint and expose the metal to the cleaning process. The result usually is that when the newly washed garment is drying, the wet metal can stain the garment. Either remove the buttons or quickly dry the garment around the buttons with a hair dryer on low heat to prevent the staining.

After repeated use the diluted Perk solution can be saved for re-use as a first wash for heavily soiled clothing. A garment placed in used Perk will not pick up soil suspended in the solution. Perk has earned an excellent reputation for safely cleaning and removing stains from all types of delicate and antique fabrics. Sometimes Perk needs a little boost to remove really stubborn stains and browned areas without bleach. For those times we have BOOOST.

Special Notes: Trim like ric rac, velvet and velveteen should be removed from a garment and washed separately. Ric rac, velvet and velveteen tend to bleed on drying and they can stain the garment. Washed and dried ric rac, velvet and velveteen can be reattached to the garment after the garment is cleaned and dried. Care and common sense must be used when laundering any garment with any laundry solution e.g., white and red should not be washed together. Flowers and flocking are sometimes applied to fabric with an adhesive. Perk will soften glue. Flocking or any other glued material will be lifted or loosened by Perk. Note that some fabrics that appear to be velvet are really flocked.

Antique doll clothes were almost always made of cotton. Perk is safe to use on virtually all fabrics. However, if the fibers are embrittled as, for example, breakage (even though it might not be obvious) caused by aged sizing (like starch) or the onset of dry rot, then any attempt to wash or in any way clean the fabric will expose broken or damaged fibers. Careful inspection for integrity is advised prior to cleaning.

A solution of one part Perk to three parts of water is very effective for cleaning both natural hair and synthetic fiber wigs. First, style the wig and secure it with a suitable net. Next, squeeze Perk through the hair as though you were applying color. Rinse thoroughly with plain water. Absorb excess water with a towel. Then air dry or use a hair dryer on low heat; remove the netting. Note that prolonged soaking (for hours) of a glued wig in Perk will tend to soften the glue.