Dear Aunt Daisy, I have found, over the years; when on various occasions iodine has been spilled on clothing, that if left along, if simply disappears from the material! I had a lovely green voile frock covered all down the front with iodine, which leaked from a bottle in a first-aid outfit when we were going camping. I thought the frock was ruined, but when I went to show it to a friend on my return, there wasn’t a mark on it! Also, the children spilt iodine on a newly-painted dressing table, I soaked up what I could with cloth and, cotton wool and left it alone. After a few days there wasn’t a trace of it anywhere. "E.T.." Otahuhu. The Home Science Department, Dunedin, gives these two ways: (1) Very fresh stains can often be removed with soap and water or by moistening the stain with water and placing in the sun, or in front of a radiator. (2) If this is not successful, use "hypo" (sodium thiosulphate), obtainable from the chemist. Make a solution of 1 teaspoon hyno crystals to 1 cup warm water. Apply this to the stain, then wash or rinse well.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 740, 18 September 1953, Page 23
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