Yellowed Straw Hat
Dear Aunt Daisy, Could you tell me how to bleach a good and expensive Sisal straw hat which has much too quickly yellowed with summer wear? "N.W.," Cashmere Hills. The only hint I have is for Panama straw. It might do. Put the hat on an upturned basin (if you haven’t a milliner’s model head) so that the head will stay in shape while wet. 1. Make a saturated solution of borax and ‘hot water and apply while fairly hot with a soft brush. Brush off the crystals when thoroughly dry. Powdered alum may also be used in this way. 2. Mix powdered magnesia to a paste with cold water, and rub well on with a clean nail brush. When dry, brush off well.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 757, 22 January 1954, Page 16
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127Yellowed Straw Hat New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 757, 22 January 1954, Page 16
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