A Spider or a Fly?
Dear Aunt Daisy, Could you please help me with this ‘problem? I have a beautiful taffeta bedspread, old gold in colour, and either a fly or a spider has made many marks just in one patch. These marks have run with the grain of the taffeta, and the patch is unsightly. Could you suggest what to do to remove them?
Constant Listener
(Waverley),
I would try rubbing gently with a soft rag dipped in turpentine. This does remove so many marks, and leaves no stain or mark, It is excellent, too, for cleaning the collar of one’s costume, which is so apt to get soiled with powder, and so on. Another suggestion for your bedspread is to sponge the marks with methylated spirits, leaving it to soak in tor a few minutes. This is a real oldfashioned method of "lifting" stains and stubborn marks. You must afterwards sponge the place with cold soapy water almost as thick as jelly; afterwards sponging well off with clean water. Put a thick layer of .towel underneath the taffeta before sponging, and dry as much as possible between two towels, working the dampness gradually away to avoid a "watermark", as far as possible. Then press with a not too hot iron over a double sheet of newspaper. Do write and let us know how you get on,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 159, 10 July 1942, Page 15
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228A Spider or a Fly? New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 159, 10 July 1942, Page 15
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