Dear Regina, I worked on a neoclassical dress with perspiration stains building a small cilindrical vacuum suction table: "Trattamento di due abiti e due ventagli neoclassici della collezione tessile del Comune di Genova",M.Daniela Lunghi,Loredana Pessa, Claudia Santamaria in III Congresso Nazionale IGIIC -Lo stato dell'Arte Palermo 2005. Best regards Claudia Santamaria >----Messaggio originale---- >Da: [log in to unmask] >Data: 06/01/2013 15.08 >A: <[log in to unmask]> >Ogg: Perspiration stains on silk > >Dear members of the TexConsList, > >I am a student in Textile Conservation from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. This year I am working on my diploma project, the conservation of a silk dress (dated around 1840). The lining is cotton, treated with a starch finish. A main focus in conservation is the degraded silk fabric in the underarm areas because of perspiration stains. Due to the degrading effect on the silk fibre I would like to remove or reduce the perspiration residues, if possible. Has somebody experience in removing perspiration stains on silk without complete wet cleaning of the object? I have not found much literature to this topic during my research. > >Thank you very much for your help, >with kind regards, > >Regina Höllinger >Student from the University of Applied Arts Vienna – Department of Conservation >