Washing Taffeta Frock
Dear Aunt Daisy, T have just been listening to you reading a letter from a woman who was in trouble with a teffeta evening frock of het daughter’s. She had washed it, and when ironing couldn’t get all the cresses out. Well, .I have a pale blue taffeta evenins freck that I have washed successfully. It had a nasty water mork round the hem, and a few spots on the bodice. The dry cleaners would not accept responsibility so I decided to wash it mvself. I used a very good soap end irored it when very wet. It came up without a crease. I had to do it twice, as the first time I ironed it I didn’t have the frock wet enough. It must be
very wet.
Midge
Christchurch.
About your inquiry for washing a taffeta frock. We have tried this way and found it most successful-in fact, when a new piece was put into the frock it could not be detected. One dessertspoon gelatine dissolved in 5 pints water as a last rinse. Hang out without wringing and iron while still wet. This frock has been washed and treated this way several times and still looks like new. _ "Interested Listener."
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 650, 14 December 1951, Page 31
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205Washing Taffeta Frock New Zealand Listener, Volume 25, Issue 650, 14 December 1951, Page 31
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