Removing Transfer Marks
Dear Aunt Daisy, I have been given a large supper cloth to work, and I am anxious to obliterate some of the design, as the cloth would be improved by doing this. Could you tell me of a method of removing the transfer ink?-"Margaret," (Lower Hutt). There are two ways of doing this, Margaret. The quicker of the two is to sponge the marks with pure methylated spirits, bought from the chemist. Put a folded towel under the cloth, and soak them well, using clean rags. The other method is to soak the marks in glycerine. You could use a soup plate or small dish; and leave the cloth to steep in the glycerine for some hours. Then wash with warm, soapy water. Probably the marks will not seem to be affected by the glycerine until you use the soapy water, which makes effective the work of the glycerine. This method will also take out coffee stains from evening frocks very often, a very good thing to know.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 51, 14 June 1940, Page 45
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171Removing Transfer Marks New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 51, 14 June 1940, Page 45
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