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Flannels, To Wash and Dry, Without Shrinking.
Flan nels should be washed with as little rubbing as possible; or, better still, pound ing without any rubbing at all, and drying rapidly, and pulling freely, both length-wise and across the goods, if you would avoid shrinkage.
9. Washing Muslins, Cambrics, and Calicoes. Stir some of the starch, after it is prepared for use, into the water in which any of these goods are to be washed.
10. Or, soak them a while in water in which you have put 1 or 3 table-spoonfuls of salt to a pail of water.
11. For Black and White Calicoes. —A cup or two of weak lye to a pail of water is best for soaking in.
12. For Pink or Green. —One or 2 table-spoonfuls of good vinegar to the pail of water is best.
13. For Purple or Slue. —Use sal soda, or borax, in powder, 1 or 3 table-spoonfuls to a pail of water; but, now, if you use the washing fluid, above, soak them a little in that, and wash out, as usual, it saves all these troubles with the different colors.
14. Ribbons, to Wash. —Wash ribbons in cold suds—not very strong, 1 and do not rinse.
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