OT: Removing Marshmallow
Suzanne Root
I need some help/advice on removing marshmallow cemented onto a linen
project. It is not on the part already stitched, but also not on the
edge. This is what happened: Since it has gotten chilly at night, our
family has taken to having nighttime fires in the big kitchen fireplace.
The kids enjoy roasting marshmallows. I just discovered one of them has
flung bits of charred melted marshmallow goo onto a linen project I had
sitting 15 feet away from the fireplace. Silly me, I thought it would be
safe 6 feet off the ground. Now I don't know how to remove this stuff.
It is from a marshmallow that was roasted, got too close to the flames,
flamed up, was blown out, tasted, was found too hot and was waved
frantically at the end of a 4 foot stick to cool it off. The walls I
washed, the curtains go to the dry cleaner this Saturday. But what to do
with my project? I have only invested about a week into it, but I was
wondering if I could save it. The stuff has sort of hardened into a
sticky black and white mess. Should I run it through the washer? I
haven't done anything yet. Help!!!!!!!!
Suzy =:-(
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running discussion on the cooking newgroup a year or so ago, smile).
I would try cold water first, of course, to try and get it to solidify so you
can scrape it off, but IF you think you have colorfast materials that can take
it - the whole mess should, theoretically, dissolve in hot to boiling water.
I think if I were you, Id search for a scrap of the fabric, and work a melted
marshmallow into it and experiment a bit.
Carol
Keith Carter
toasted coconut covered marshmallows. Even better now when dipped in
chocolate!
Found these at our local super Wal-mart, same place that Angela found
that great no-fat cheese. (Wave~~~~ to Angela)
~Delfi
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SopranMom1
>can scrape it off,
Try rubbing an ice cube on it -- but I don't know how hard marshmallow actually
gets. I agree with Carol -- try to scrape off what you can and then try hot
water (or even washing it) for the rest. Good luck!
ewm
egg whites, loosen most easily when soaked in cold water. Sugars are
best removed by soaking in hot water. So, it's a question of what comes
first -- the sugar or the egg?
I don't have a definitive answer to this question. However, after many
years of trying to remove one or the other kind of gunk from pots and
pans, I think the eggy kind is more stubborn -- hot water just seems to
glue it down harder. The sugary kind of gunk is easier to dissolve, at
either temperature. IMHO, I'd probably try the cold water first to get
rid of the egg stuff and then follow up with hot for any remaining
residue.
Just my 2-cents' worth.
Emily M.
Suzanne Root
>
> > would try cold water first, of course, to try and get it to solidify so you
> >can scrape it off,
>
> Try rubbing an ice cube on it -- but I don't know how hard marshmallow actually
> gets. I agree with Carol -- try to scrape off what you can and then try hot
> water (or even washing it) for the rest. Good luck!
Well, it came out. I picked most of it out with a pair of tweezers and then
boiled some water and dipped the messed up part in it for awhile. No actual
stitching went in the water, so everything looks good. It sort of
melted off. Thanks for all the suggestions!
Suzy
Suzanne Root
>
> IIRC, marshmallows are mostly egg whites and sugar. Proteins, such as
> egg whites, loosen most easily when soaked in cold water. Sugars are
> best removed by soaking in hot water. So, it's a question of what comes
> first -- the sugar or the egg?
>
> I don't have a definitive answer to this question. However, after many
> years of trying to remove one or the other kind of gunk from pots and
> pans, I think the eggy kind is more stubborn -- hot water just seems to
> glue it down harder. The sugary kind of gunk is easier to dissolve, at
> either temperature. IMHO, I'd probably try the cold water first to get
> rid of the egg stuff and then follow up with hot for any remaining
> residue.
>
> Just my 2-cents' worth.
>
> Emily M.
>
> >
> > > would try cold water first, of course, to try and get it to solidify so you
> > >can scrape it off,
> >
> > Try rubbing an ice cube on it -- but I don't know how hard marshmallow actually
> > gets. I agree with Carol -- try to scrape off what you can and then try hot
> > water (or even washing it) for the rest. Good luck!
Thanks, I got most of it off with tweezers and then the rest in boiling
water. It took awhile but it came off. Thanks for all the suggestions.
Suzy