Unbleached and Mildewed
Deor Autit Daisy. Weuld you advise me about unblesched sheets? I washed and boiled them in the first place and then left them out on the erass for several days and niehts, tugning them each day, to bleach. { noticed dirty marks on them but theveht they would come out in the next wash. Mowever, I find a lot of it
is mildew, and the rest is stain of some kind. They are unfit to use in this con-
‘dition.
A.
E.
Auckland.
Perhaps you'had better begin all over again. First of all, to make unbleached sheets white, you soak them for 24 hours. with a good handful of Epsom salts in the water. Then put them twice through the wringer; and afterwards into a copper of cold water to which has been added 2 tablespoons turpentine. Boil for about 15 minutes, rinse twice in fresh cold water; no blue. Then peg out on line. In this method they won't mildew nor get the dirty marks or stains which | you have noticed After the second wash the sheets should be white-or very nearly. Don’t use blue until they are white. For mildew, try soaking in diluted chlorogene, watching all the time to see the mildew fading out, and rinsing very thoroughly afterwards in cold water either under a swift-running tap or in water to which a little baking soda has been added, to kill the lime. If you make your own chloride of lime solution, use 4 Ib. to one gallon of water. Strain thoroughly so that no small lumps of lime remain.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 772, 7 May 1954, Page 22
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265Unbleached and Mildewed New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 772, 7 May 1954, Page 22
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