Silk Stain Removal Help

Hi,

I realize it's a little late, jackobear, but this has been a real help:

http://www.human.cornell.edu/fsad/outreach/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&PageID=47782

It's an academic paper on stain removal from Cornell University Textile Sciences (!!). It's dense reading, but the info in it has already saved a few of my pieces...from me!

That kimono is gorgeous!

 

I'm not suggesting this, it's just an FYI but I had a roommate years ago from Japan and she told me that most kimonos, even the special occasion ones, were washable BUT the process she decsribed sounded incredibly tedious. First the kimono had to be dismantled (that would explain all the the hand stitching since multiple removal of machine stitching would stress the fabric).
Then the pieces were hand washed individually and the kimono was mostly reassembled with hand stitching.

Imagine all that work!

Your Kimono is lovely I would just leave it as is.

Melody