LAUNDERING AT HOME

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6844, 23 February 1929, Page 15

LAUNDERING AT HOME

Chiffon and georgette and voile undies will wash beautifully if a good mild, white soap and luke-warm water, or soap flakes, according to directions, are used, and great care is taken with the ironing. All white silks wash more easily if steeped in cold, softened water for 30 minutes before washing. Strong heat hardens silk fibres. This causes it to split. Heat also discolours it. Therefore, use only warm water —about 93 deg. F. is tho correct temperature. For ordinary laundry work methylated spirit is used for silk in the last rinsing. Never use this for baby’s laundry. Delicate chiffons, etc., keep their crispness, but remain soft if a little gum arabic is dissolved, in the last Tinsing water. For muslins, too,, .the use of gum arabic is superior to that of starch. Lace that has got very grimy looking may first be washed with suds and warm milk and water, and then, washed in the usual way. 1 . After .rinsing, iron the lace on tthe wrong side- under a piece of calico. ■ Removing stains: Soak immediately in cold water. Hot water “sets” the stain. Then wash in tepid water with soap. To removo tea and coffee stains, place in a basin and pour boiling water over them. Then leavo to soak. Ink and fruit stains can be removed by soaking in cold milk if this is done immediately.