TO CLEAN FURS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 136, 11 June 1927, Page 24

TO CLEAN FURS.

To clean dark furs, warm a quantity! of bran in a pan, taking care that it does not burn. When well warmed, rub it thoroughly into the fur with" tha Repeat this two or three times; then •hake the fur and give It a sharp brush, ing until free from dust. When it is to strip the fur articles 'of their stuffing and binding, lay them as M P£ Ml . b1 ®- Then brash with a stiff clothes brush. After tM» any moth-eaten parts may bo cut out! •nd be neatly replaced by new bita fur to match. To clean light fm* ermine, lay the fur on a table and rub it well with dry flour or wifh bran made moist with warm water; rub until qnits dry, and afterwards with dry bran. Ths wet bran should be put on with flsnnel, and the dry with a piece of book muslin. The ljght fum, ta add? W 2?n. *' Bbtrald be wefl rubvth magnesia or a piece of book "us 1"" after the bran pnxST Rubthe way of the fur.

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