Washing Tinsel Frocks
EVENING dresses and dance frocks are often ornamented .with silver ni gold linsel threads. Tinsel threads are not made of gold or silver; they are usually made mainly of a copper alloy. Ii is for this reason that ammonia should never be brought near tinsel, since it causes rapid tarnishing. A good soap does not harm linsel, so thai dressfs containing tinsel threads can be washed in warm soapy water without any fear of causing tarnish.
If, in spile of all precautions, these threads do tarnish, sponge Ihe frock with a solution of one spoonful of potassium acid oxalate dissolved in hall a cup of boiling water. This substance, is poisonous, so wash your hands after using it.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19070, 18 July 1936, Page 10
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121Washing Tinsel Frocks Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19070, 18 July 1936, Page 10
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