Hogskin Gloves
Dear Aunt Daisy, I wonder if you or one of your readers could tell me, through The Listener, if I can safely wash or clean a pair of hogskin gloves at home, or should they be sent to the cleaners?)-"F.H." (South New Brighton). A glove specialist has told me ‘the proper way to wash hogskin gloves at home, At the same time, they are such expensive things, that I should feel safer in sending them to the cleaners. Yet it is possible that these may use benzine, and my specialist says that hogskin once cleaned with benzine, can never afterwards be washed! So I leave it to you. She tells me that you can safely wash hogskin gloves in soft warm water, and with a soap containing olive oil. I cannot give a trade name on this page, but the soap I mean is well known for preserving ‘a schoolgirl complexion, The soap must then be thoroughly rinsed out in water of the same temperature. This is just the opposite to what must be done with ordinary washing-kid gloves, which are never rinsed. After thoroughly rinsing the hogskin gloves, hang them to dry in a sheltered spot, out of both sun and wind. I hope you will let us know what success you have. Has any other Link in our Daisy Chain been able to wash them satisfactorily?
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 65, 20 September 1940, Page 44
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230Hogskin Gloves New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 65, 20 September 1940, Page 44
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