Cleansing Silk.
• In washing silk there "are four things to be avoided—rubbing, wringing, heat and soap. Use lukewarm water, and .if .the silk is much soiled; make a lather with a good white soap, but never rub the soap directly on the cloth. If only slightly soiled, bran water is preferable to soap. Swish the article round and round, but do not rub. When clean, "rinse in water, to which one tablespoonful of vinegar has been' added, for eadh quart of water. : Place; between dry: cloths and squeeze out as much moisture as possible, but do not wring. Iron at once, between paper, with a mediumly heated iron. Sponging with coffee will remove the greasy appearance that especially affects gros grain silks. A good renovating fluid for black silk is a little rock of ammonia and a lump of common soda dissolved in one-half pint of boiling water. Sponge and iron between paper or under black cloth.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 63, 3 January 1908, Page 3
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157Cleansing Silk. King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 63, 3 January 1908, Page 3
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