CARPET PROBLEM

NZ Truth, Issue 1213, 28 February 1929, Page 10

CARPET PROBLEM

Great Care Should Be Taken .

If you give special care to perfunctory attention with whic selves, you will double their li penditure. The carpet questio the home, it is easy of solution.

CARPETS m rooms seldom used are generally attacked by moths. To prevent these ravages, "sprinkle some salt. round the edges and well under the carpet before it is put down, and as often as possible give the room as much air and light as can ,be admitted. When equare carpets are employed, occasionally turn them round, so as to ensure even wear. Strong \siinshine is apt to fade even the best of carpets, so on very hot days draw the blinds. Do not discard a- very worn carpet altogether. If cut into strips it will make a splendid under-covering for stairs, doing away with the necessity of felt, and adding ; to tile life of the upper covering. Or it can fulfil the same duty under thin rugs, where it will not only provide extra thickness, but will lengthen the usefulness of the rugs. Pieces of worn carpet will make an excellent basis for home-made rugs for bedroom floors. These' are made by sewing strips of material neatly over the worn carpet, and finishing the ends with fringe. All kinds of carpets are quickly cleaned if rubbed over with a flannel with a good ' lather of common soap, then rinsed with water containing a tai/lespoonful of ammonia. Change the water frequently. If the soiled spots are caused through grease, use a paste made of bran and petrol. This will be found most efficacious. To brighten a dingy carpet,'-, first sweep it thoroughly, then go over with a clean cloth and clear salt and water — one cupful of salt to a large basin of water. To clean very dirty carpets, resort to the old-fashioned plan of

carpets, rather than the merely ih most housewives content themives and save unnecessary ex--11 is one of the big problems m

using ox gall. Buy it fresh from the butcher.

Mix half a pint with two pints of warm water, and apply with a flannel cloth, doing only a small part at a time. Go over the same piece again with another cloth wrung out of cold water, and dry well with a linen cloth.

Leave doors and windows open until the carpet is quite dry.