Duke Eduard had someone's banner bleed on his and left some dye on it. Apparently they were able to get a lot of the foreign dye out by probably handwashing it gently with synthrapol detergent. Synthrapol is an industrial detergent that is used as a pre wash to remove stuff from fabric before dying and also to help keep dyes color fast after they are set. You can get it from Dharma Trading Company that I know of for sure but I'm sure it's available other places too. I've never had this happen to one of my banners, but as I've stated before letting a banner rest on a pourous damo surface, like another banner or pavilion roof can cause dye to be leeched out so it's possible a banner could get bled on by another banner that way. Just another little problem I've never encountered like the lamp oil thing.
Edit- This works pretty well to remove un-set dye. I've used some watered down synthrapol to fix spots that have bled over into another color or dripped into an unintended spot.
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Hydrogen peroxide will take blood out, too.
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