The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-03-18

after getting sud not to let it "gc
back" In using hard water sud
will raise very quickly, and if more
soap is not added at the right time
it will go down again, and that has q
) tendency to "set" the dirt in the
goods. If the goods are extra dirty
it will. sake good while to get them
clean with soap alone. In quite a
varied experience have found that
"turpentine" is about as harmless and
quick dirt exterminater as could
be found. To get dirt out of the
goods that has been ground into them
by long wear, use about two ounces
of turpentine to twenty-five gallon Of
water, in the first suds afterwards
giving them good boil to take the
scent of turpentine off. Turpentine
is perfectly harmless to the finest of
fabrics, and any one who has ham
died it knows how readily 1t cuts or
,oosens dirt. After getting enough
soap in the first sud it should be
warmed up gradually, until just be-
fore drawing the sud off it is pretty
warm temperature, then let it off and
put on the second sud, using very
warm water, not so warm but that one
could hold their hand in it. Put in
enough soap to make good sud,
then heat it up gradually until just
before drawing it off it is almost to
the boiling point. Let off the sud
and give good hot rinse and put
on a hot water to bleach them. There
are number of bleaching chemicals
used in different laundries such as
Chlorizone, Oozone, Tri-chlorine and
a number of Others, but all bleaches
are based on Chlorome. We make
our own bleach here of Chloride of
Lime and Caustic Soda, then we
know what it is and how to handle
it, and it is perfectly harmless if
handled properly. We make our
bleach as follows: Dissolve one
pound each of Chloride of Lime and
Caustic Soda to one gallon bot water.
Use about one quart of this solution
to fifty gallon of water, which will
bleach about sixty shirts. There are
number of other bleaches which |
are claimed to be perfectly harmless,
but we know from our own personal |
experience that a solution of this
kind is perfectly harmless. We
were once employed in a laundry
where by accident shit was dropped
in a solution of this kind and not
found until next day. laying in the
solution about twenty hours. When
found We took it out washed, stafched
and ironed it, and gave the owner
81 so for it ard put 1t in a clean case
to keep for proof that the solution
would not harm the fabric under any
So one can readily
see that if it would not eat up one
shirt in twenty gallon of the pure So
luton it would not be possible to
sixty shirts with one quart
diluted in fifty gallon of water.
After bleaching the goods should
nave lot of water put ON them and
boiled very hard for few minutes,
which takes all the Chloride ont of
hem. After boiling they should be
thoroughly rinsed. If one, two or
hree waters are not enough to rinse
hem thoroughly they should have
more. Then give them blue rinse.
The blue we use is an. aueline blue.
which costs S. per pound. We have
llways found it best to use the best
This blue should be used
n a luke warm water with little
our acid, to make it take. In chang
ng water one should snever put hot
vater On cold goods or cold water
N hot goods, but they should be
'eated up and cooled down gradually.
We have a washing done and are
eady to wrlng, but we will have to
ell you about wringing, starcLing
nd ironing the next time, if you are
interested to want to read
t. However must tell You what
ind of soap we use. 1t is what we
all a "chip soap" not put up in
ars or cakes but in thin, dry chips. p
he basis of it is the same as all other
oap, ie. tallow and alklli, but it has 4
ute good deal of borax and tur
entine in it. You can use it on
our hands just the same as toilet
pap.
The Logan Steam Laundry likes to =
ave visitors, and would be glad to 4
ave you come in and see how and in .
hat kind of place your laundry is
one. Go in and see them. They
ont throw vitrol in your eyes and
i'll talk to you so that you can un- =,