TAKE CARE OF YOUR MATTRESSES
To remove stains f rom a mattrcss make a paste of starch and cold water and spread this over the stains. Allow it to become dry, and then brush' o1E the starch, and if it is not clean re--peat the process. A hair mattress which has becorue' flattened by continual use will regaia its former .buoyancy if it is plaeed in front of a good iire and tlioroughly warmed all through. , Turpentine rabbed over wire ' matresses twice a year will pfeyent them from becoming -rusty. If a wire mattress has become rusty apply a. coat of aluminium paint and this will prevent any further difficultj'. To clean spiral bed springs use an ordinary dry washing mop, kopt solely for this purpose. Sprinkle a little furniture-polish on the mop and the dust will cling to it instead of flying about.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 50, 22 November 1937, Page 5
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144TAKE CARE OF YOUR MATTRESSES Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 50, 22 November 1937, Page 5
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