Tea Stained Blankets
Dear Aunt Daisy, I am writing to you hoping you will be able to help me by telling me a way to remove a tea stain from a blanket. When the tea was spilt I washed the blanket immediately only to find that the stains went very dark. This happened a few weeks ago so that may make a difference to the way I will have to treat the stain now.-Lindy Lou, Otaki. I’m afraid the soap has set the stain. You should never use soap for any stain until you have first tried pure water, in this case warm water. Also a little dry borax rubbed into a wetted tea stain on a blanket with the fingers and left for some hours, keeping damp, and then washing in water softened with household ammonia, is a good idea, Now, however, you must* try soaking in glycerine for 24 hours and then wash in soft water.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 914, 15 February 1957, Page 23
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158Tea Stained Blankets New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 914, 15 February 1957, Page 23
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