Dyeing Kid Gloves
Dear Aunt Daisy, ; While listening to your session one morning, I heard you say that you thought it was impossible to dye kid gloves successfully, I had just decided to experiment with a pair (brown kid ones, quite too shabby to wear) so I thought I would carry on. First of all I sponged them over with methylated spirits to be sure there were no greasy spots, and then I painted them over very carefully with a well-known hat-dye. It was evening, so I put them aside until morning, doubtful ‘of the effect; but in the. morning I was delighted to find a perfectly good pair of gloves-black kid, with every part beautifully covered and not even a perspiration ‘mark showing! I am wearing them now with a new black costume. They certainly did not smell very nice at first, but I overcame that by putting them aside for a few days with a block of scented soap in each glove. With kindest regards.-"Elizabeth" (Pt, Chevalier). Splendid! I think it depends partly on the kind of skin,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 60, 16 August 1940, Page 46
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180Dyeing Kid Gloves New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 60, 16 August 1940, Page 46
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