Cleaning Silk
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A short 1872 household-hints item from People's Friend giving a method for cleaning silk dresses with potato water. It describes grating potatoes into cold spring water, letting it settle for 48 hours, pouring off the clear liquid, dipping the silk, wiping it flat with a towel, and ironing on the soiled side. The writer says the method also works on woollens and mourning cottons.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1872
- Language
- English
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- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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