Natural Flax Matting
Dear Aunt Daisy, Although I’m running late this morn- | ing, I must take a few minutes off to | lend a hand to the woman with the nat- | ural flax matting on her floors which gets so dirty. I wonder if she knows it can be scrubbed with a handful of common salt to three parts of a bucket of warm water? It comes up like new, but. , of course! if she has underfelt under- | neath she may not be able to do that. This is what I did to the same type | of matting in my girl’s bedroom: I dyed | it a lovely shade of green. Make up a large amount of dye (follow the direc- | tions on the packet). I laid the matting | on the back lawn and put the dye on with the scrubbing brush. When the first | side was dry I turned it over and. did | the under side. If you pick a good day, sunny and windy, it can be done in the | one day. The girls were thrilled with | their new carpet-‘"Just like moss | Mummy," they said.
Big Wyn
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 768, 9 April 1954, Page 23
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188Natural Flax Matting New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 768, 9 April 1954, Page 23
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