TO WASH SILK ARTICLES.
Coloured silk should never ho soaked, but, washed and ironed quickly to preserve tlit; colour. First wash in lukewarm, soapy water, then in as hot as possible. Uinso in cold, to which has heeii added a tablespoon fill of salt and the same of vinegar. White silk is soaked in liora.x water, and washed the same as tho coloured, except in (ho rinsing water, add 0110 tcaspoonful of methylated spirits instead of salt and vinegar. He sure that (he soap is well rinsed out of the. articles. Squeeze gently, shake, and wrap tightly in a clean cloth. Iron with moderately hot iron, under muslin first, (hen without tho muslin.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20306, 13 July 1929, Page 6 (Supplement)
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113TO WASH SILK ARTICLES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20306, 13 July 1929, Page 6 (Supplement)
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