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> Cover the affected area with a thin layer of salt. > Then pour lemon juice over the salt. > Put the cloth or carpet in the sun for about an hour. > Mild heating (with an iron) may also help. > Then rinse. > > Actually it IS a technical question. > Pure chemistry in action... > I'd heard of salt plus lemon-juice for cleaning brass and copper - I thought it was called spirits of salt, but maybe that's the salts of lemon the reference book mentioned - it effectively supplies the ions of dilute hydrochloric acid. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org