Two Troubles
Dear Aunt Daisy, I've had the misfortune to have a small hole burnt through my new dress, which I was wearing for the third time. It is a navy ahd white patterned silk. I was wondering if there is something with which I could stick a piece of the material underneath. It is a dress I would not want to be washing. The other question is about my aluminium kettle. I have been using water from a bore during the dry spell, and it has left a coating inside. Is- there something that would remove it without damaging the kettle? VA at Sa The frock first-that is quite a frequent accident, having a small_hole burnt | in a frock. You can stick the patch: on | with clear nail varnish-use it sparingly, and press the patch on neatly from be- _ hind; or you could dip the patch in cold |
water starch, lay it on, and press with | a hot iron. The starch goes clear with | the heat, as it does when you starch | anything with a cold water starch. | Woollen materials with a wee hole can | usually be neatly darned with threads | pulled from a loose edge in the seam. The kettle can be fixed quite easily. | Boil up the kettle full of water, with a teaspoon of lime in it. Or dissolve 2 | teaspoons of borax in the kettle full of hot water, and boil 1 hour. This loosens the fur, which can then be thrown away. Instead of lime, you may try using some crushed egg-shells.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 422, 25 July 1947, Page 23
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258Two Troubles New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 422, 25 July 1947, Page 23
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