About Army Jungle Shirts
Dear Aunt Daisy, In answer to your appeal about ‘getting the brown and green colouring out of those army jackets, I have boiled two lots of these jackets, and both ere now just perfect. In the first copperful, I put plenty of washing powder, and bottle of turpentine. This water became very thick and rusty, which proves that the brown paint comes out first, I changed the water twice, rinsing thoroughly. After the second time I was short of washing powder, so used painters’ sugar soap, and some ammonia, and the colours came out just as well, It seems to me that the shirts need boiling the three times, because the water gets so
very dirty the first two boilings. I ruined the buttons, though, and would advise the removal of the buttons before all this boiling. Mine cracked and weakened, and will have to be replaced. Thanking you for the help I have gained from you at different times, "Nigger," Christchurch.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 16, Issue 410, 2 May 1947, Page 22
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