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Removal of Spots and Stains: Remove
Or make a strong solution of logwood by boiling 1 ounce in 2 quarts of water down to 1 pint. Wash the silk clean, immerse in the solution and simmer with gentle heat for half an hour. Remove the silk, add ounce of copperas to the solution, strain through cheese cloth, and dip the silk in it.
Or save old kid gloves of all colors, and when silks require cleaning cut up a glove of the same color into small pieces and boil it in a pint of water a quarter of an hour. Let it stand twenty-four hours in a warm place, again raise it to a boil, strain through cheese cloth, and add tablespoonful of alcohol. Sponge with this. a Or wash the articles in gasoline, dipping them up and down and rubbing lightly between the hands as in water. Care must be taken not to wrinkle or crease the fabric. This removes the dirt quickly and does not cause the colors to run.
To Remove Wax from Silk. - Scrape off the excess of wax from the surface of the fabric with a penknife.
Apply French chalk made into a paste with water. Lay the silk on a piece of brown paper spread over the ironing board, put another sheet of brown paper on it, and press with a hot iron.
Or toast a piece of soft bread before the fire until quite hot, but not burned, and rub the wax spot with the hot bread until cold. Take another piece, and so continue until the wax is removed. Afterwards rub with the dry bread crumbs until perfectly clean.
Silk-To Remove Paint.-Apply a mixture of 5 parts of spirits of turpentine and 1 part of essence of lemon with a small brush, sponge, or linen rag. Or apply turpentine alone.
Silk-To Remove Tar.-Rub lard on the tar, and afterwards wash with soapsuds.
REMOVAL OF SPOTS AND STAINS.
Silk, Stains of Sea Water.-Sponge with dilute aqua ammonia and water.
Silk, Acid Stains. If the color has been taken out by acid stains, apply aqua ammonia.
To Remove Acid Stains from Violet Silk. First apply tincture of iodine, and immediately afterwards cover the spot with hyposulphite of soda dissolved in water. Hang in the shade to dry.