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Washing—The Use of Borax in Washing Linen, Flannels, etc.
The following suggestions as to the use of borax in washing is from a correspondent of the Western Mural who had tested them. She says:
" For an ordinary washing, use 1 teaspoonful (the author would say 2, for borax is a neutral salt and it has no excess of alkali, nor acid, and therefore does not injure clothing) of borax to 5 gals, of water and 2 ozs. of soap (it would have to be soft soap, else dissolved); soak the clothes in this over night; give them a thorough boiling, without wringing before the boiling. When the clothes are very much soiled, see that the water is made soft with borax. [Made to feel soapy. ] 2 tablespoonfuls to a pail. Clothes thus washed will dot turn yellow. "
In washing flannels, use 1 table-spoonful of borax to 5 gals, of water, without soap. It will not shrink them. For starching linen, use 1 tea-spoonful of borax to 1 pt. of boiling starch. For washing and bleaching laces, put 1 teaspoonful of borax to 1 pt. of boiling water, leave your articles to soak in the solution for 24 hours, then wash with a little soap. For cleansing black cashmeres, wash in hot suds with a little borax in the water; rinse in bluing water —very blue—and iron on the wrong side while damp. "
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