Brands on Flour Bags

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 67, 4 October 1940, Page 38

Brands on Flour Bags

Dear Aunt Daisy, I heard you mention this morning abeut removing brands from flour bags. One method was to rub dripping thoroughly into the brands, after rinsing the bags with water; then to roll the bags up and leave for a day or two, before washing in the usual manner. Here are my two methods, absolutely reliable: For bags with the brand" mixed with oils; you must use the dripping as you say, or better still, kerosene. Roll them up tightly with either of the above smeared well over the brand, and leave for several days. Then boil well with plenty of soap and washing soda in the water. : For bags with the brand mixed with water, simply soak them in cold water. I leave mine about a fortnight for best and quickest results. After I have finished the washing, I put cold water in one of the tubs and leave the bags in until the next washing day; and after that washing, back they go in the tub. Then at the next washing, when I am doing the dusters and like things, I put the bags in the copper, and boil well again with plenty of soap and soda, | Even if every trace of the brand is not out, it will readily come out with a rub on the washing board. I notice that the bags from the,northern mills have brands mixed with water, and those from the southern mills mostly | have the oil brands. You can safely | pass these methods on to the Daisy Chain. VERANDA BLINDS: Some months ago you put over a method for water-

proofing veranda blinds. It was rubber dissolved with linseed oil. We now want to do some waterproofing, and for the life of me, I can’t remember the proportions: moral — write hints down at once.-"‘Bags" (Waikino). Thank you for your help in the matter of the flour bags, and now we can help you, with the method of making the veranda blinds with rubber. I expect a great number of the Daisy Chain saw this being demonstrated in the Women’s Section of the Exhibition, The lady who does it has also exhibited at the Auckland Show. Procure as many 2001b. flour bags as required, and stitch them together with the machine. Be sure to make hems for the rods to go through. Next obtain 3 or 4 old red inner tubes from a garage, and cut them into small pieces. Put them into an old tin, or big dish, and cover with raw linseed oil. Heat carefully on the stove for a couple of hours or so, until most of the rubber is melted. Then spread out the blind on the ground, and paint one side carefully with the mixture, using a brush. Hang the blind on the line to dry thoroughly-it may take 3 or 4 days. Then paint the other side similarly and dry it. All stickiness must disappear. The result is a pretty brickred blind, absolutely waterproof. It may be painted with black stripes if you like.