Washing Loose Covers
Dear Aunt Daisy, I have some cretonne loose covers (not glazed) which I propose to wash for the first time. Can you tell me of anything
I could put in the last rinsing water, which might restore to the material that. " body " which all those types of material seem to lose when they are first washed. -Otaramarae. I would put them through rather weak, clear, starch after rinsing thoroughly. Do not forget to put a littlé salt in the water to keep the colours from running, and dry them as quickly as possible in the wind. Use fairly cool wate, too, as these covers so often shrink a little, and rinse in water the same temperature,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 172, 9 October 1942, Page 11
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119Washing Loose Covers New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 172, 9 October 1942, Page 11
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