LAUNDRYING COLOURED CLOTHES.
Before putting coloured clothes into water, it is best to look them carefully over, and if there are any grease spots they should be washed out first, as they cannot be seen after the articles are wet.
Do not wash in very hot water.
Warm water does as good work, and is not so trying on colours — that is, it will not extract the colours so much.
Rub immediately, and do not allow them to soak long.
Soft soap should never be used for any coloured clothes, except for the various shades of yellow calicoes, for which it is preferred.
Rinse such garments always in soft water, while for the other colours hard water is preferably and rinse them out as soon as they are washed; then hang in the shade.
A little salt in the rinsing water serves to brighten and set the colours of black, green and blue calicoes.
Alum dissolved in the rinsing water is excellent for green colours, while vinegar added will brighten red and pink cottons as if they were new.
Source: HINTS FOR HOUSEHOLDS. (1890, May 9). Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA : 1883 - 1897), p. 4 (SUPPLEMENT TO THE PORT ADELAIDE NEWS).
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