Thread: Cleaning the Linen (Canvas)

When I was on this vintage strop kick I would just soak in hot water with some detergent and scrub with a scrub brush. They came out looking new but lost most of the starchyness they had before. I don't know if that came from paste applied of the way they were treated. Either way they serve their purpose.

I was able to clean my linen by using my left over lather a few times and passed the brush over it. I followed with an clean towel and rubbed the lather in. Th strap cleaned up nicely and extra lather was put to good use.

I have used one as is - yes, it had something and it did work well (maybe ash?) but it is a bit icky, at least to me

So unless they are really fairly clean, I soak and scrub as described already, and air dry (no irons). However, I also add beeswax to some and I do use an iron for this

Cheers
Ivo