TO CLEAN A CARPET.
To revive the faded colours in a carpet or rug is not a difficult matter. A simple method is to purchase loz of wormwood salts from a chemist, place them in a pail of warm water and well rub the solution over the carpet or rug with a cloth. The carpet should not be made too damp unless the work can be done in the open on a fine bright day when quick drying is possible. Very thin carpets, however, or thin strips of carpet may be scrubbed with the solution if they are much soiled, but they should be rubbed dry. When using carpet soap it is a good plan to shred it the previous day and make it into a jelly. This jelly added to boiling water will make a. fine lather which will take a great deal of dirt with it when it is rinsed off the carpet.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 25 July 1925, Page 17
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155TO CLEAN A CARPET. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 25 July 1925, Page 17
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