Bleaching Sugar Bags
Dear Aunt’ Daisy, I wonder if you can help me once again? How does one bleach sugar bags? I believe there is a method whereby they become a creamy colour and much softer.
Taupo
I had to consult the Daisy Chain about | this, because we have hitherto considered only flour bags. Here are two replies. When I was a young girl in Taranaki my mother used to bleach many sugar bags for use as oven cloths, and scrubbing aprons. As far as I can remember she used no special treatment, but after every wash day she would pop the unbleached bags into the copper, and give them a short boil in the water used for the wash. It used to take 3-4 boilings to achieve the right effect. A good slogan would be. "The longer you boil, the
whiter the bags."
Petone
I can thoroughly recommend this method: Make a solution of 42 oz, washing soda, 4 quarts cold water, 1 oz. chloride of lime. Dissolve soda in half the water, add rest of water to chloride of lime; then the dissolved soda and water. Strain through muslin. Soak the bags (unpicked) in this for 24 hours, moving about at intervals. Take out and wash thoroughly. Leave on line a day or two. The result is a soft towel of creamy coloured hessian, ideal for hand towels in kitchen, scullery, or bathroom, Can be bound with bright colours.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 629, 20 July 1951, Page 23
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241Bleaching Sugar Bags New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 629, 20 July 1951, Page 23
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