Stained Sheets
Dear Aunt Daisy, ,Can you please tell how to remove flea marks from sheets? I have recently come into possession of four good bed sheets, but unfortunately they are badly marked as outlined. Ordinary washing methods have failed
to be effective.
Grateful
Auckland.
I think I would try peroxide for the unsightly flea-marks, although they are probably now of too long standing t6 be (continued on next page)
(continued from previous page) fot rid of. Just soak them in a saucer of peroxide to which a few drops of cloudy ammonia’ have been addedbeing very careful to rinse out the bleach afterwards. Or you might try the oxalic acid method-a dessertspoon of these crystals dissolved in a breakfast cup of water, and the solution dabbed on the marks with a ‘piece of clean cotton-wool. Have a_ thicklytolded towel placed under the piece of sheet being tréated, and watch it all the time as you work, The stains may lighten and begin disappearing after a few minutes, when you must be sure to rinse the acid out of the place, preterably under a running tap. Or you may have to continue dabbing on the solution several times; so just watch carefully. This method also works very well with rust-marks on white towels or sheets.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 506, 4 March 1949, Page 22
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