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From: ariels@mako.UUCP (Ariel Shattan)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: care of silk-questions
Message-ID: <48@mako.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 30-Mar-84 16:43:05 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 30 16:43:05 1984
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Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
Lines: 24

These are the instructions that came with my silk blouse from
Nordstroms:

Wash by hand in cold water with a very mild soap -- they recommend
Ivory Soap flakes, I used the suds that I rubbed off a bar of Ivory.

Rinse in cold water.

Fill sink with cold water and add 3-5 Tbls of WHITE VINEGAR (I used
about 4 capfuls, I think) (to cancel out the alkalinity of the soap).
Rinse blouse in this solution.

Drain sink and rinse blouse again in cold water.  

Squeeze (don't wring) the excess water out of the blouse.

Press while still damp with a cool (as opposed to hot or warm) 
(non-steam) iron until dry. Pressing cloth isn't necessary.

Wash different colors separately.

If this is too much trouble, or if you don't trust it, I've had good
luck with those $1.50 per garment dry cleaners (TLC) that are springing
up like mushrooms all over the Portland area.