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Valance for Drapery 5 & 6
Cleaning
Hepa-Vacuum
Aug 30, 2019
Vacuumed front 4/5ths of valance
Hepa-Vacuum
Sep 5, 2019
Vacuumed last 1/5th of valance
General Cleaning
Sep 5, 2019
Picked insects from drapery fibers
Hepa-Vacuum
Sep 9, 2019
Vacuumed back side
Surface Clean
Sep 9, 2019
Used 3:1 Isopropyl: Distilled H2O. Sprayed surface and brushed using windshield wiper motion and 2 drafting brushes.
Hand Sewn Repairs
Sep 9, 2019 - Sep 12, 2019
Restrapped tassels: 1 drop sewers aid on fingers, run over 6” length of yarn. Tie knot, trim close to knot. Start yarn in lining, then through tassel, then into lining, and knot. Trim frizzy yarns of tassel. Applied Jade R (diluted with distilled H2O) to strapping knots to prevent them coming undone.
Hepa-Vacuum
Sep 12, 2019
Vacuumed front and back again thoroughly
Conditioner/Moisturizer
Sep 12, 2019
Conditioned valance with cyclomethicone + silk aminos + lanolin, shaking container often to distribute silk aminos (Front/velvet side only). Sprayed, then brushed with drafting brushes. Sprayed tassels and brushed with brown Japanese style brush.
