Two Questions
Dear Aunt Daisy, I wonder if you could help me with this problem, putting the answer in The Listener. Last year I bought a stiffened nylon circular petticoat, but with repeated washings’ it has gone quite limp. Do you know of any way I could stiffen it? Also, do you know of any way of getting rubber solution off a garbardine raincoat?-Gran, Devonport. Here is a recommended stiffening method. Dissolve a tablespoon of gelatine in a cup of cold water, pour into a basin and add 4 cups hot water. Then soak petticoat in this for a few minutes before hanging out to dry. For your second question, we must hope for a reply from the Daisy Chain. The only idea I have is the one for removing rubber dress-preservers from frocks by using ether or carbon tetrachloride.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 929, 31 May 1957, Page 23
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140Two Questions New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 929, 31 May 1957, Page 23
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