Quantity: One tablespoonful dissolved in a cup of boiling water to each
gallon of water.
(7.) Add Lye. This method is useful for the hard: waters of the prairies.
Quantity: One teaspoonful dissolved in a cup of boiling water to each
gallon of water.
To Remove Iron from Water.
Collect water in barrels, add washing soda in the above proportion, allow to
stand a week to settle before drawing off water.
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To Remove Organic Matter from Water.
Collectin (barrels, “To-each gallon add one teaspoonful alum and two tea-
spoonfuls borax dissolved in a cup of boiling water. Allow water to stand a
week to settle before drawing any off.
SOAP AND SOAP SUBSTITUTES
Soap is made of fat, water, and an alkali, either caustic soda or potash. The
alkali unites with the fatty acid to form soap, and glycerine is set free and
removed.
Use in Laundry Work. A good soap contains a small excess of alkali suffi-
cient to remove grease, which water will not do, hence it assists water in
cleansing clothing. A poor soap contains too much free alkali, and is hurtful
to hands and delicate fabrics. Soap may be adulterated by the addition of:
(a) Too much water, which causes it to quickly waste.
(b) Too much alkali, which makes it hard on the hands,
(c) Resin. This makes the soap very yellow, but in small quantities resin
whitens clothes.
Care of Soap. Soap should be bought some weeks before it is to be used,
cut up and put to dry, as when dry it wastes must less in the water.
Soap Jelly.
A quarter lb. soap (odds and ends may be used).
One pint water✪ Soap Jelly.
Shred soap, add the hot water, place on side of stove until dissolved. Do not
boil it.
Add sufficient to water to make a slight lather.
Soap jelly for woollens, silks and coloured goods should be made with a mild,
not strong soap.
Soap Substitutes.
(a) Soap Powders are composed of soda, water and soap, probably half ot
most powders being soda. They are easy to use, and quickly lather, but are
expensive when compared with the price of washing soda. These should never
be used where soda is prohibited.
(b) Soap Bark is part of a plant, to be bought at the druggist’s at 25 cents
per lb. It is used for washing black and colored dress material, and other
delicate materials. Less of it is required than of soap to raise a lather.
(c) Oxgall. Procurable from a butcher.
Use. To wash carpets. Dilute well with water before using and dry
articles so washed in the open air.
(d) Bran, rice, potatoes or starch boiled in water may all be used instead of
soap for washing delicate fabrics.
Bran Water, for cretonne and crewel work: ?
Tie a handful of bran in cheesecloth✪ Bran Water, add one quart of cold water. Boil
gently half an hour. Strain and add another quart of water and simmer half an
hour longer. To the two quarts of warm water add a little soap jelly if the
articles to be washed are very greasy and dirty. Bran water cleans and also
- stiffens slightly. Wash the articles by squeezing to prevent colors running.
Rinse in salt and water. Wring and hang to dry.
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Rice Water, for washing cretonne, chintz, and prints:
Boil two pounds of rice in two gallons of water✪ Rice Water for Washing until soft. Pour this all’
into a tub, when lukewarm wash the garments in it, using the rice instead of
soap. Meanwhile boil another 2 Ib. of rice in two gallons of water. Strain off
the water and reserve it for rinsing purposes. If the articles need two washing
waters, wash a second time in plain water, using the strained rice to wash with.
Rinse in the clear rice water, this will stiffen the article so that no dew will
affect it. Hang to dry in the shade.
Iron on the wrong side. If it is glazed material, use a stone instead of an
iron on the right side.
Potato Water may be made as rice water, using pared potatoes.
Starch Water is made in the same way as for hot starch, using more water.
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Quantity: One tablespoonful dissolved in a cup of boiling water to each gallon of water.
(7.) Add Lye. This method is useful for the hard: waters of the prairies.
Quantity: One teaspoonful dissolved in a cup of boiling water to each gallon of water. To Remove Iron from Water.
Collect water in barrels, add washing soda in the above proportion, allow to stand a week to settle before drawing off water.
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To Remove Organic Matter from Water.
Collect in barrels. To each gallon add one teaspoonful alum and two teaspoonfuls borax dissolved in a cup of boiling water. Allow water to stand a week to settle before drawing any off.
SOAP AND SOAP SUBSTITUTES
Soap is made of fat, water, and an alkali, either caustic soda or potash. The alkali unites with the fatty acid to form soap, and glycerine is set free and removed.
Use in Laundry Work. A good soap contains a small excess of alkali sufficient to remove grease, which water will not do, hence it assists water in cleansing clothing. A poor soap contains too much free alkali, and is hurtful to hands and delicate fabrics. Soap may be adulterated by the addition of:
(a) Too much water, which causes it to quickly waste. (b) Too much alkali, which makes it hard on the hands,
(c) Resin. This makes the soap very yellow, but in small quantities resin whitens clothes.
Care of Soap. Soap should be bought some weeks before it is to be used, cut up and put to dry, as when dry it wastes must less in the water.
Soap Jelly.
A quarter lb. soap (odds and ends may be used).
One pint water.
Shred soap, add the hot water, place on side of stove until dissolved. Do not boil it.
Add sufficient to water to make a slight lather.
Soap jelly for woollens, silks and coloured goods should be made with a mild, not strong soap.
Soap Substitutes.
(a) Soap Powders are composed of soda, water and soap, probably half of most powders being soda. They are easy to use, and quickly lather, but are expensive when compared with the price of washing soda. These should never be used where soda is prohibited.
(b) Soap Bark is part of a plant, to be bought at the druggist’s at 25 cents per lb. It is used for washing black and colored dress material, and other delicate materials. Less of it is required than of soap to raise a lather.
(c) Oxgall. Procurable from a butcher.
Use. To wash carpets. Dilute well with water before using and dry articles so washed in the open air.
(d) Bran, rice, potatoes or starch boiled in water may all be used instead of soap for washing delicate fabrics.
Bran Water, for cretonne and crewel work: ?
Tie a handful of bran in cheesecloth, add one quart of cold water. Boil gently half an hour. Strain and add another quart of water and simmer half an hour longer. To the two quarts of warm water add a little soap jelly if the articles to be washed are very greasy and dirty. Bran water cleans and also - stiffens slightly. Wash the articles by squeezing to prevent colors running.
Rinse in salt and water. Wring and hang to dry.
Rice Water, for washing cretonne, chintz, and prints:
Boil two pounds of rice in two gallons of water until soft. Pour this all into a tub, when lukewarm wash the garments in it, using the rice instead of soap. Meanwhile boil another 2 Ib. of rice in two gallons of water. Strain off the water and reserve it for rinsing purposes. If the articles need two washing waters, wash a second time in plain water, using the strained rice to wash with. Rinse in the clear rice water, this will stiffen the article so that no dew will affect it. Hang to dry in the shade.
Iron on the wrong side. If it is glazed material, use a stone instead of an iron on the right side.
Potato Water may be made as rice water, using pared potatoes.
Starch Water is made in the same way as for hot starch, using more water.
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