Water Spot on a New Dress
Dear Aunt Daisy, While pressing a rust-coloured silk crepe frock I accidentally spilled some water on it, I tried to wipe it dry, and re-pressed; but alas, the result is a large watetmatk. As I’ve only worn the frock once, I do hope you will have a solution to my problem. Many thanks in anticipation. . "Alice," Heawera. With some of these modern materials, they weave a large quantity and get several different materials by the way they
finish them-such as pressing with hot rollers while damp. Let us hope that your frock is not altered like that-I don’t think so. But it is always best to let these marks be quite dry before pressing. Now take apiece of the same material, if you have any, damp it with water, and rub the mark. Go with the weave of the cloth, and shade the moisture out all round the mark, so that it gradually merges into the rest of the material. When quite dry, press. Or you could hold it in the steam from a kettle for a few seconds, and let it dry. Or perhaps. sponging it with a little ether would remove the mark. The chemist would let you have 6d worth, no doubt. And dry-cleaning, of course, would take it out-and tell the cleaner what the mark is. When taking any garment to be dry cleaned, point out any special marks, and what has caused them, and then they will know how to treat the garment.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 384, 1 November 1946, Page 26
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254Water Spot on a New Dress New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 384, 1 November 1946, Page 26
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