I have a small stain on a silk tie. A lot of US-based websites suggest
using "alcohol" to help clean it, but to me that means anything from
Muscadet to methylated spirits.

Any better/more precise suggestions?

Daniele

On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 17:29:24 +0100,
(D.M. Procida) wrote:

I have a small stain on a silk tie. A lot of US-based websites suggest
using "alcohol" to help clean it, but to me that means anything from
Muscadet to methylated spirits.

Any better/more precise suggestions?

Daniele


They mean IPA or Rubbing alcohol. You can buy the stuff by the gallon
at any store over there. Here Ebay is your friend, or persuade your
local chemist to supply but that can cost.

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D.M. Procida writes
I have a small stain on a silk tie. A lot of US-based websites suggest
using "alcohol" to help clean it, but to me that means anything from
Muscadet to methylated spirits.

Any better/more precise suggestions?

I certainly wouldn't use a 20yo single malt or Jack Daniels. However, I
think that isopropyl would be a good bet.
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Ian

D.M. Procida wrote:
I have a small stain on a silk tie. A lot of US-based websites suggest
using "alcohol" to help clean it, but to me that means anything from
Muscadet to methylated spirits.

Would think they mean Isopropyl (rubbing alcohol) available through the
chemists. Explaining to them what it is for may well make the purchase
easier.

What about one of the propriety stain removers?

You could try this :-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_nRz55ZsIM

On Mon, 26 Aug 2013 20:53:16 +0100, soup
wrote:

Would think they mean Isopropyl (rubbing alcohol) available through the
chemists. Explaining to them what it is for may well make the purchase
easier.

But probably not a chain chemist or one that doesn't make up
medicines. A few years ago I had an NEC dot matrix printer that would
skid to a stop every two years or so. The NEC recommended cure was to
clean the affected parts with alcohol. I got a bottle from the local
branch of Boots. Many years on and I needed more so I returned to the
same branch with the bottle (with Boots label affixedl) and asked for
more, to be met by complete incomprehension because none of the staff
knew that they had ever sold it.

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I have a small stain on a silk tie. A lot of US-based websites suggest
using "alcohol" to help clean it, but to me that means anything from
Muscadet to methylated spirits.

Any better/more precise suggestions?

Daniele

It depends on what the stain is, so no one can say.

On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 7:50:42 AM UTC+1, harry wrote:
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I have a small stain on a silk tie. A lot of US-based websites suggest

using "alcohol" to help clean it, but to me that means anything from

Muscadet to methylated spirits.



Any better/more precise suggestions?



Daniele



It depends on what the stain is, so no one can say.

Also depends on th quality and colour of the silk. It can be well nigh impossible to clean properly.