Difficulties with Nylon
Dear Aunt Daisy, I have just smocked a baby’s frock of white nylon but find now that the dots, although on the wrong side, show right through and spoil the effect. Is there any way of removing these without damaging the nylon or taking the colour out of the smocking? Could you please answer in The Listener? Thank
vou.
Worried
"Khree Kings:
Nylon is a little tricky to deal with, as you say. I think carbon tetrachloride would remove the smocking dots without injuring it, You could confer with your chemist. I consulted one here and he thought C.T.C. would be safe provided you sponged it off very thoroughly with clean cold water after, to rinse it off. Put a thick pad of towelling under the place before you work on it,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 896, 5 October 1956, Page 33
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135Difficulties with Nylon New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 896, 5 October 1956, Page 33
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