Cleaning Troop Flags

[local1400 10]

I have searched the forums but have come up empty handed on the subject. How do you clean your unit flags? In particular, there appears to be rust on the white part of the flag, as well as years of dirt and such. Any suggestions?

[nldscout 18]

Take it to a dry cleaner

[SSScout 1615]

Check the material. Is it the older cotton/wool canvas? or the more modern nylon stuff? Go check with a couple of cleaners before you go with a particular one. You want to ask for new, CLEAN solvent, not the end-of-the-day stuff.

Often rust type stains can be spot cleaned with OTC stuff like "oxyclean".

Perhaps it's time to think about retiring the ole faithful. Maybe a glass case on the wall of the CO? What about all those ribbons? Many years of ribbons would make a heckuva display.

Any signatures around the edges? What's it's history?

 

YiS and Happy Christmas

[infoscouter 11]

I have successfully washed our pack flag in cold water in a home washing machine. It is 40+ years old and looks like it is cotton (there were no content label in those days).

 

I have had less luck with the nylon banner

http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/images/05NDC/images/11112.jpg

even in cold water the fringe ran. So I'd be careful with any newer flag that has fringe.

[donert 10]

Has anyone tried color safe bleach, soaking it overnight?