FRESHENING COLOURS
How gratifying it is when your coloured garments come out of the tub looking washed, but not washed out! It is always worth while taking a little trouble to keep them fresh and bright, states an exchange. To prevent the colours running, soak your1 coloured laundry in strong salt water for about an hour before washing. Add some vinegar to the final rinse (a teacupful to two gallons of water).
It is a good plan to tint the water with which starch is mixed when doing up coloured garments. Use strong tea to get an ivory or ecru shade, ordinary washing blue or red ink for blues and reds respectively, and a solution of saffron for yellows.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 14, 16 July 1936, Page 19
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119FRESHENING COLOURS Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 14, 16 July 1936, Page 19
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