|
|
|
|
|
New Mode of Washing, Saving Time, Labor and Fuel.2
Remarks. —This writer speaks of the " ill effect of soda on linen, " etc.; but the author must claim if soda is properly used in washing, it will not injure clothes, i. e., if it is combined with potash or lime, which give it its causticity, detergent or cleansing powers. Tor, during the past 20 years or more, I think, of my wife's life, she always kept a washing fluid ready for use, made of sal-soda and stone-lime, some of which was always put into the water to soak the clothes in, and also into the water to boil them in, and I never saw a yellow shirt, nor heard of any discoloring nor rotting of the clothing. I will guarantee that by none of the processes here given will they be injured, nor become yellow. Borax, which is particularly the thing used in the next, I know to be an excellent article to cleanse clothing, as well as to cleanse the scalp from dandruff. A teaspoonful of powdered borax, to water enough, washing the head daily, will soon remove the dandruff, and leave the scalp in a smooth and healthy condition.
|
|
|
|
|
|
