I Dyed It
Dear Aunt Daisy, Looking through The Listener I noticed "Don’t Dye It," read it through, and wondered. Nearly three years ago I bought at auction a moquette suite in good order, except that it had faded to a dirty grey. When the carrier deposited it on the verandah, I nearly sent it back. I did find out, away down in a corner, than it had been light green. Next day my neighbour told me that Aunt Daisy had just put over the air how to dye faded suites by painting an English dye on the suite with a clean paint brush. I used about a 3-inch brush. The first two coats were bright green; the last coat, painted on at the end of winter, was dark green; now it is bottle green. The first coat made it like new; friends would not believe that it was not new. I don’t put in salt as required on the packet, because the chesterfield became damp every time it rained. Remember that it dries out lighter, Place newspapers over the floor, in case of splashes and running down.
I.G.
D.
* Devonport.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 668, 24 April 1952, Page 23
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191I Dyed It New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 668, 24 April 1952, Page 23
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