How do I clean my living room sheers stained with soot?
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Marilyn
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My living room sheers have been stained with soot coming from the heat vent in the living room. I've tried a number of things to clean them, including ideas from different cleaning sites. Nothing worked I finally gave up and bought new sheers. I also made sure the vent filters we're clean or new. Same thing happened to the new sheers. Can you or one of your readers recommend ANYTHING. BTW, I have heating vents in both my living room and dining room, so it's five window with double sets of sheer curtains.Thank you in advance for your help.
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There should NOT be any soot in your heating system. Have an HVAC specialist check your system ASAP
What kind of heat do you have? There should not be any soot coming out of the vents!
First of all your ducts need to be cleaned, it’s an expense but well worth it. Imagine all that dirt on your curtains is also entering you as you breathe. Now try soaking your curtains in Molly’s Suds oxygen whitener. Don’t be alarmed that it says whitener, it works on color fabric too.
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Thank you to all that responded to my question. I found out the hard way that my furnace needed to be replaced. I have the furnace checked annually, and no one noticed there was a hole inside, which was spewing the soot. Ugh! Virginia space at all
Well we had to get a new furnace about three weeks ago, ($6000.) I hadn't planned on spending now, but.......
So now, we are good to go!
I really like the sheer curtains I now have and the curtains before, so I'd like to see if I can get them white again. I will try "Molly's Suds". I've never seen that before, so I'll see if I can find it on Amazon.
Again, thanks
Glad to hear you found the problem before you and your family had major problems.
My problem was slow. I just put up my "new" sheers for this past Christmas. I was taking them down to start my spring cleaning. They were new "white sheers", and I was shocked at the dirt (soot}. I am going to try all the suggestions I got to see if they will be usable again. I hope I don't have to purchase new sheers for five windows again. Not so soon anyway.
All the Best!
Chlorax will for sure help but man that is going to be one tough job