Shine Caused by Ironing

New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 714, 20 March 1953, Page 22

Shine Caused by Ironing

Dear Aunt Daisy, A listener wrote you about her navy silk frock having been ironed on the right side by the dressmaker, making it shiny. While at school I used to remove the shine from my gym frock with a solution of vinegar and water, so this may help. I just mixed a little ina sauces and put it on with the clothes brush. I then pressed my gym on the right side, but with a dry cloth between the iron and the frock, It wasn’t necessary to have a damp cloth as the material was already damp, My mother told me this hint and I have used it on my slacks, too: "Koa,’ Devonport. Dear Aunt Daisy, While listening to your session, I heard you telling about a woman With a shiny collar on her dress, caused by pressing on the right side. You did not (continued on next page)

(continued from previous page) say if it was woollen or silk. If woollen, press ever so lightly with a damp cloth and hot iron, only just touching the cloth with the iron, to cause it to steam the material. If silk, place a dry cloth on the collar and then a damp one, and press with a not very hot iron, again ever so lightly, so as not to cause the dampness to go through. Do not try to dry it out with the iron, leave it to dry out, as ironing a wet or damp spot -on some silks and crepes will cause permanent water marks. The last way with silk or crepe is quite an effective way of removing a hem mark when a frock has been let down.

A Busy Dressmaker