WASHING AN EIDERDOWN.
First shake the eiderdown well to remove any loose dust, then mend any holes. Prepare some hot water; make it soapy with soap flakes, but do not use any soda. Squeeze the eiderdown in this, but do not rub soap on it. When clean, prepare more -soapy water and repeat the process. Then rinse well in three changes of warm water and in the last rinsing water add four tablcspoonfuls of vinegar to every gal lon of water. This will freshen any faded colours of the eiderdown. Put through a wringer, loosening the ten sion, if necessary, then hang out of doors to dry. Shake from time to time. Choose a fine breezy day for the washing.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18189, 23 June 1927, Page 12
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120WASHING AN EIDERDOWN. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18189, 23 June 1927, Page 12
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