not hp Riifficiontly nihbctl. Clothea should be wrung from the wash %vater
through the wringer. The screws of tlie ^Tingi^r shouTd he a<^ljusted to
lmni< iUs rolls close together and cJolhing should he folded so ad to give
it aa even thieknetts in passing thr<)Ugh the wringer; for heavier gnrmenta
loosen the screws of the WTinger, Fold In buttons and hooka imd turn the
wringer slowl3\
5. A seeond suds k generally necessary, though it may l>e omitted if
the elothini; has been only slightly siiiled. Shake out clothes wrung from
the first vsuds, look theiii over for sotted parts, turn theui wrong aide out,
and drop \ hem into a second suda. Wash find wring them ready for boiling,
6. Cloth r^ should be clean before they are Hf>iletij iis the Iwiling process
is intf^nded not so much to remove visible dirt tm to df?i;5troy germs and
purify the clothing as well i\s to whiten it. Boiling is omitted when a
naphtha s^iap is um\\, because the suap loses its eflfect in very hot ^vater; it is
livsserteil that boiling is not needed bcejiusii naphtha its^elf is a purifier,
Neverthr^es^, at Iciist once a month, the clothing washed at other timca
with naphtha soap should be hoi ted.
Fill the boiler half full of cold water; if the water is hard, soften it*
Add enough soap solntion to make a light suds. Half fill the boiler with
clothes, wrung and shaken out from the List suds. Use plenty of water
and do not put too many clothes irdo tlie Ixjiler, Bring the water very
gradually to the boding point, and boil it ftir tea minutes.
Kerosene or turpentine is sometimes addrd to the hoiliT water to counter-
act the yellow color given clothing by the UfM* of the dark rt^in soaps.
It lA l>etter to avoid kerosene and turpentine at this point if possible, because
clothing treated by them requires very thorough rinsing to remove the
odor. Each t)oilerful of clothes should be started with t;lean cold water.
Cloths or clothes containing lampblack or machine oil may tie placed
in the hot water left in the boder after the last clothes have l*een wnmg
fmm it. Kerosene or turpentine should then be addeti, since they are the
Sfd vents for such dirt.
7* Rinsing is an important part of the washing process, for if soap or
Bf»me of the strong alkalis an? li^ft in the doth, they may be very detri-
mental in the bluing or starching process.
If water is hard, it should be softenwl for rinsing with either borax or
ammonia and not with washing-scHJa. The rinsing water should l>e hot.
The clothes should be slowly lifted with a clean stick from the lx)iler into
a dishpan, and drained or wrmjg and shaken before Iwing put into the rinse
water. It is not always practicul>le to use more than one rinse water
Itefore bluing the clothes, but better residts are obtained wlien the clothes
are rinsed mnrf than once. With some kinds of bluing, the presence of
Roap or an alkali precipitates tlie blue as iron-rust. If the starch used is
not pure, and atiy lye or W5ishing-.st)d!i or soap has betm left in the rloth,
a yellow color is producetl from the stareh impurities liy the action of those
alkalia* Wring the clothes from the rinsing water, and shake them out.
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not hp Riifficiontly nihbctl. Clothea should be wrung from the wash %vater
through the wringer. The screws of tlie ^Tingi^r shouTd he a<^ljusted to
lmni< iUs rolls close together and cJolhing should he folded so ad to give
it aa even thieknetts in passing thr<)Ugh the wringer; for heavier gnrmenta
loosen the screws of the WTinger, Fold In buttons and hooka imd turn the
wringer slowl3\
5. A seeond suds k generally necessary, though it may l>e omitted if
the elothini; has been only slightly siiiled. Shake out clothes wrung from
the first vsuds, look theiii over for sotted parts, turn theui wrong aide out,
and drop \ hem into a second suda. Wash find wring them ready for boiling,
6. Cloth r^ should be clean before they are Hf>iletij iis the Iwiling process
is intf^nded not so much to remove visible dirt tm to df?i;5troy germs and
purify the clothing as well i\s to whiten it. Boiling is omitted when a
naphtha s^iap is um\\, because the suap loses its eflfect in very hot ^vater; it is
livsserteil that boiling is not needed bcejiusii naphtha its^elf is a purifier,
Neverthr^es^, at Iciist once a month, the clothing washed at other timca
with naphtha soap should be hoi ted.
Fill the boiler half full of cold water; if the water is hard, soften it*
Add enough soap solntion to make a light suds. Half fill the boiler with
clothes, wrung and shaken out from the List suds. Use plenty of water
and do not put too many clothes irdo tlie Ixjiler, Bring the water very
gradually to the boding point, and boil it ftir tea minutes.
Kerosene or turpentine is sometimes addrd to the hoiliT water to counter-
act the yellow color given clothing by the UfM* of the dark rt^in soaps.
It lA l>etter to avoid kerosene and turpentine at this point if possible, because
clothing treated by them requires very thorough rinsing to remove the
odor. Each t)oilerful of clothes should be started with t;lean cold water.
Cloths or clothes containing lampblack or machine oil may tie placed
in the hot water left in the boder after the last clothes have l*een wnmg
fmm it. Kerosene or turpentine should then be addeti, since they are the
Sfd vents for such dirt.
7* Rinsing is an important part of the washing process, for if soap or
Bf»me of the strong alkalis an? li^ft in the doth, they may be very detri-
mental in the bluing or starching process.
If water is hard, it should be softenwl for rinsing with either borax or
ammonia and not with washing-scHJa. The rinsing water should l>e hot.
The clothes should be slowly lifted with a clean stick from the lx)iler into
a dishpan, and drained or wrmjg and shaken before Iwing put into the rinse
water. It is not always practicul>le to use more than one rinse water
Itefore bluing the clothes, but better residts are obtained wlien the clothes
are rinsed mnrf than once. With some kinds of bluing, the presence of
Roap or an alkali precipitates tlie blue as iron-rust. If the starch used is
not pure, and atiy lye or W5ishing-.st)d!i or soap has betm left in the rloth,
a yellow color is producetl from the stareh impurities liy the action of those
alkalia* Wring the clothes from the rinsing water, and shake them out.
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