I rusted recently…so I know what you mean about rinsing. Eliazabeth recommend rinsing in soda water and that makes sense to me, so I did. It lightened some. I’m thinking that next time I will leave it to soak longer so there might be more rust before rinsing…..interesting process no matter how it’s done.

beautiful results! I am in love with the lace!!

Beautiful results! I always rinse mine to stop the rusting process. I”ve heard different things work well. Salt water, soda water etc. Otherwise it will eat a hole in the fabric I heard.

LMAO! In my blogroll this looks like a chicken! Thought you might find that funny! Anyways, your rusting turned out fantastic!! Love the results and I would love to see an after picture if you decide to rinse in something!

ooo you and Elizabeth DID inspired me and I’ve just been doing some rusting of fabrics too!

LOVE your results…REALLY wonderful…
I did read that it’s a good idea to rinse the fabric and that it will never be archival and may actually keep rusting…hmmmm
I found that interesting!

I hope to do a post soon…many thanks for inspiring me Halle!
oxo

Your results are amazing! I really love the lace bits. As far as rinsing … Have you googled it?

Maybe rinse a tiny bit of it – see what happens. I love it just the way it is!!!
I can attest that rust does not come off a linen towel – I once left my cast iron frying pan on top of a white linen towel while it was wet- and the rusty circle left behind on the towel – did NOT come out with regular washing!!!LOL

Yes Halle, you MUST rinse to remove the rust buildup. USE GLOVES when you do. Use a cup of baking soda to a sink full of warm water. You do NOT want to put this in your washing machine, but it won’t hurt your sink, which I think is about the size of mine. The final rinse is in cold water.