Flower Stains
Dear Aunt Daisy, Could you tell me, please, how to take a stain out of a taffeta evening frock, caused by wearing a flower spray of iris and japonica. The stain is brown. I have not as yet attempted to remove it at all, and it was caused fairly -recently. Thelma, Wellington. Well, Thelma, the way to remove lily and grass stains would, I think, work with your flower stains. Try first, a little pure methylated spirits from the chemist. Dab gently at the marks, with a cloth
underneath, and keep using a clean piece of material. If that does not remove it you will have to soak the stain in a saucer with a little glycerine, and rub it with the fingers. Leave it for two or three hours, then sponge with | warm soapy water, and clear water to tinse. Use a soft cloth folded underneath, to absorb the water, and when you use the rinsing water, shade the moisture out at the edges.so that it will not leave a water mark. Press when dry.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 378, 20 September 1946, Page 26
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178Flower Stains New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 378, 20 September 1946, Page 26
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