SALT-WATER STAINS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18897, 20 December 1924, Page 26 (Supplement)

SALT-WATER STAINS.

A holiday by the sea invariably take;-, I a good deal of the beauty from clothes, for sea water stains dresses and shoes, and the stains become beyond remedy it' they are not dealt with in reasonable time, says an exchange. A sea-water stain on a garment thai will be washed within » few days may be left, but on other clothing, particularly black and navy duo. it should be sponged out, as soon as possible by the use of clean cold waLer. Soft water is t" be preferred (clean rain water i:- ex- •.■ Jlent ), and 1 lie stained parts should be h/reacl over a basin, and the water poured again and again an tin: marks. This will wash out the salt, and a subsequent pressing with a warm iron should remove all traCe of the operation. If the stain has been there some lime, and. consequently, i,-, rather stubborn, sponging with vinegar should restore the colour. This sponging should be done with a piece of black or i :ivy material, More definite' materials, obviously not suitable for either treatment, should !»• lightly stretched, and then the stains smartly beaten with a little cane. This has the effect of -king out. the salt. and when the place * has been steamed and lightly pressed, no mark should re main. Shoes stiller very badly under the ef feels of salt, water. It they have been totally immersed, the sea water gets at the stitching and rots it. For llii? reason, it is worth while to give holiday shoes a dressing of renal vanish in hetwoen tin- soles and (lie uppers. White patches appear on hla.k shoos if (he sea water has managed to penetrate the protective covering of shoe polish. Tie v are best dealt with by rubbing with blaeklead slightly moistened with lemon juice I