Jud, If it is smooth linen scrub the [bleep] out of it with a green scotch-brite and soapy sudsy dawn, then polish with Ren Wax. If it is beaded or sanded linen or roughened canvas use 600 grit sandpaper, or best, pop it in the bead blaster...
You can no more tell someone how to do something you've never done, than you can come back from somewhere you've never been...
