Or this : Wash it in clear soapsuds — put no soap on the garment —
or clear water with half an ox-gall dissolved in it, wash on the wrong
side and starch with thin starch with a little gum arabic dissolved in it.
Dry quickly and iron on the wrong side.
Chintz — Make a lather of the best soft soap, add one tablespoonful
of vinegar✪ Washing Light Colored Prints and Cambrics and a pinch of salt to every quart — a larger proportion to
rinsing water; rinse quickly and the colors will be as good as new.
Striped Table Cloths — Soak in clear water for half an hour ; wring
out and put in warm clear suds ; wash quickly, wring as dry as possible ;
put in clean cold water, adding a handful of salt ; let them soak in this
for fifteen minutes ; wring and starch with very thin starch ; hang up as
soon as done and when dry roll in a damp cloth and iron. Colored
clothes can be washed in this way for years and look as well as
new.
To Set the Color — Salt, or vinegar added to the rinsing water will
set the color in prints or cambrics. Put an ounce of sugar of lead into
a pail of water ; soak the material in the solution for two hours ; let dry
before being washed or ironed. Good for all shades of blue. Blue
cambric will not fade if dipped into a solution of saltpeter, using two or
three cents worth to a pail of water. Salt will injure blue fabrics, but
is good for all others. This will also retain the color of a lawn or calico
dress : One tablespoonful of alum, one tablespoonful of salt, dissolved
in one gallon of soft water ; soak the dress ; wash as usual, and rinse
in the salt and alum.
WHITE AND COLORED FLANNELS.
If you do not wish to have them shrink when washed, make a good
suds of hard soap and wash the flannels in it, without rubbing any
soap on them ; rub out in another suds, then wring out of it,
put in a clean tub, turn "on sufficient boiling water to cover, and
let them remain till the water is cold. They should never be put
into hot water first and then into hotter or cooler water, but all the
water should be alike, about medium. Do not let them lie long after
being wet. When they are wrung out the last time shake well, turn
around and shake from every side thoroughly. A little indigo in the
boiling water makes the flannels look nicer. If you wish to have your
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white flannels shrink, so as to have them thick, wash them in soapsuds
and rinse them in cold water. Colored woolens that incline to fade
should be washed with beef's gall and warm water before they are put
in the soapsuds.
To Whiten Old Flannel — Make a suds of hard soap and soft water ;
dissolve a tablespoonful of borax and put in the suds ; put the flannel
in the suds and let it lie a few minutes, then wash and rinse ; have
ready somecloths dipped in melted brimstone, and wound on sticks ;
two will be sufficient ; put them in a candlestick, or anything to hold
them in an upright position ; hang the flannel in a barrel, so that the
smoke can come up through the middle and around it ; light the brim-
stone candles and set them in the bottom of the barrel and cover closely.
If carefully done, they will come out nearly as nice as new.
WASHING COMPOUNDS. ✪ Bleaching White Goods
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Or this : Wash it in clear soapsuds — put no soap on the garment — or clear water with half an ox-gall dissolved in it, wash on the wrong side and starch with thin starch with a little gum arabic dissolved in it. Dry quickly and iron on the wrong side.
Chintz — Make a lather of the best soft soap, add one tablespoonful of vinegar and a pinch of salt to every quart — a larger proportion to rinsing water; rinse quickly and the colors will be as good as new.
Striped Table Cloths — Soak in clear water for half an hour ; wring out and put in warm clear suds ; wash quickly, wring as dry as possible ; put in clean cold water, adding a handful of salt ; let them soak in this for fifteen minutes ; wring and starch with very thin starch ; hang up as soon as done and when dry roll in a damp cloth and iron. Colored clothes can be washed in this way for years and look as well as new.
To Set the Color — Salt, or vinegar added to the rinsing water will set the color in prints or cambrics. Put an ounce of sugar of lead into a pail of water ; soak the material in the solution for two hours ; let dry before being washed or ironed. Good for all shades of blue. Blue cambric will not fade if dipped into a solution of saltpeter, using two or three cents worth to a pail of water. Salt will injure blue fabrics, but is good for all others. This will also retain the color of a lawn or calico dress : One tablespoonful of alum, one tablespoonful of salt, dissolved in one gallon of soft water ; soak the dress ; wash as usual, and rinse in the salt and alum.
WHITE AND COLORED FLANNELS.
If you do not wish to have them shrink when washed, make a good suds of hard soap and wash the flannels in it, without rubbing any soap on them ; rub out in another suds, then wring out of it, put in a clean tub, Turn on sufficient boiling water to cover, and let them remain till the water is cold. They should never be put into hot water first and then into hotter or cooler water, but all the water should be alike, about medium. Do not let them lie long after being wet. When they are wrung out the last time shake well, turn around and shake from every side thoroughly. A little indigo in the boiling water makes the flannels look nicer. If you wish to have your
BLEACHING WHITE GOODS. 241
white flannels shrink, so as to have them thick, wash them in soapsuds and rinse them in cold water. Colored woolens that incline to fade should be washed with beef's gall and warm water before they are put in the soapsuds.
To Whiten Old Flannel — Make a suds of hard soap and soft water ; dissolve a tablespoonful of borax and put in the suds ; put the flannel in the suds and let it lie a few minutes, then wash and rinse ; have ready somecloths dipped in melted brimstone, and wound on sticks ; two will be sufficient ; put them in a candlestick, or anything to hold them in an upright position ; hang the flannel in a barrel, so that the smoke can come up through the middle and around it ; light the brimstone candles and set them in the bottom of the barrel and cover closely. If carefully done, they will come out nearly as nice as new.
WASHING COMPOUNDS.
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