BLEACHING straw HATS.
While and light-coloured straw hats beI roine shabby long before they have served ; a summer season because, of the yellow- ; tali tint they so soon acquire. Various 1 chemicals ate recommended for bleaching i but the most effective means of all is I to bleach the straw by burning sulphur. j It is quite a simple operation with ' the, aid of a deep box that is abo broad ; enough to take the, hat fixed flat op the '. bottom. It can be either lightly tacked j into position or kept secure by means !of crossed tapes. Place loz. of pow- : doted sulphur in a saucer am] fire, it, with a red hot cindei Turn the box upsideI down over thi., and pack up the bottom i of the box to make airtight. I After ten minutes reverse the hat and | replace. Continue till Ui o li( |, is com l ulelolj bleached.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18897, 20 December 1924, Page 26 (Supplement)
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