LAUNDRY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4803, 1 February 1936, Page 3

LAUNDRY.

■WASHING BLANKETS. The great secret in washing all woollen things is to remember that if the fibres of the wool are damaged, either by heat, soda, strong soap or wringing, the texture of the garment will become close, hard and inelastic. Before being washed a blanket should be shaken well; it should then be worked about, not rubbed, in a good warm '(not hot) soapy lather, and when clean the soapy lather squeezed {never .wrung out) as much as possible, then rinsed in several changes of clean water, the same temperature as that used for washing. For white blankets, a little blue in the last rinsing water is an improvement. As much water as possible should be squeezed out or the blanket could be put through a rubber v/ringer, but on no account must it be twisted. Hang out to dry in a good breeze. When you put your blankets away for the summer, beware of moths. Naptlialene is effective to use as a preventative, but if the smell is really unbearable, as it is to some people, camphor balls are equally good, if they are renewed once during the summer. Napthalene is a good deal cheaper and remains effective much longer than camphor.