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Oh you're going to love me if you give this stuff a try:http://dollspart.com/spgm.cfm?dpt=H&srch=24&item=TP-105-1It's worth the price, promise. I do not use anything else to clean vintage fabrics. You use it as a soak, and then you rinse and air dry by hand, it is the best way to clean anything vintage and frail and still get it clean. I have used this stuff to get stupidly tea-dyed antique clothes back to crisp and beautiful whites. I had a dress that came to me dark grey, that I thought was originally blue become POWDER PINK, and without a single stain left in it. It's really awesome, and I'm using this stuff on clothes that are almost 100 years old or more, if I'm doing bisque head doll clothes, so it should be more than fine on your 80's stuff and any of your other finds. Just watch out for reds, reds can still bleed even on a cold wash. You want to keep any red dyed items separate and in an ICED wash, and then dried very carefully ( not hanging up, or the dye can run! ), flat and with some paper towels in betwixt any layers to grab any wayward dye.
Congrats on your score! That is super exciting A word of caution- wash any of the clothes that have red parts separately. I've had them bleed on numerous occasions even when I soaked them in cold water. If any of the red clothing isn't terribly soiled I might suggest not washing those pieces at all since it may be more of a noticeable issue than dirt. Someone may have a suggestion or secret for this but I never seem to have much luck keeping these pieces from bleeding.