Removing Dye Stains
Dear Aunt Daisy, Please could you tell me how to remove dye stains from dark navy blue woollen material on a green celanese petticoat? I have washed it several times but the stains remain unmoved. "Worried," Feilding. I’m afraid you will not be able to remove these stains — especially from celanese. J owever, if anything does remove the navy dye, it will almost certainly spoil the green of the petticoat also. I think, too, that it would have been better not to wash the garment first. However, here are some ideas. Get a little ten-per-cent hydrochloric acid from the chemist, and sponge the stain carefully. Lay the stained part over a thick pad of folded towel, and let the acid soak into the stains for a few minutes; then sponge with plenty of clean water with a little ammonia or baking soda in, to kill the acid. Another idea is to soak the stains in a little basintul of methylated spirits and benzine (equal parts); afterwards washing in warm suds. Sometimes soaking in kerosene will remove dye; and kerosene does not stain. As a last resort, you could soak the petticoat in dye remover, and then re-dye whatever shade you like.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 344, 25 January 1946, Page 21
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204Removing Dye Stains New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 344, 25 January 1946, Page 21
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