Cedar chest stains on bed linens- How to remove?

[good-shepherd]

I picked up some vintage white Cannon muslin sheets at an estate sale, they are new and unwashed but were out of the packaging and stored in a cedar chest. They have some rust colored stains that I assume were from the chest.

Can these stains be removed and if so how?

-Thanks

 

[launderess]

Those storage stains are fairly common to vintage linens.

You can either send them out to a professional textile restoration service, or do the work at home.

It involves lots of soaking (sometimes days or for weeks) with perhaps chemicals.

https://betweennapsontheporch.net/restoring-vintage-linens-welcome-to-the-77th-metamorphosis-monday/

https://2beesinapod.com/clean-vintage-linens-fabric/