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Cleaning a Wedding Dress in the Bathtub


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Working the soap into the hem

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Can you see the dirt along the hem - it's gone!

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Hanging to dry in the shower

My husband and I have been married for 8.5 years.  Due to living far away, I’ve stored my wedding dress at my parents house.  We finally managed to get it to our house only to find that it was filthy.  We hadn’t bothered to have it cleaned after the last time I wore it (and I did wear it twice – we had a reception about 5 months after the wedding).  Not only was the bottom of it dirty and greasy, but there was some sort of food stain that looked like chocolate sauce right on the front of it.  (more…)