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8A THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, April 29, 1966 Draperies, Curtains, Covers Washable -- So Cleaning Easier This is the season when dya- peries, curtains, slipcovers, and rugs are due for a complete change-over or a_ thorough cleaning. Today, many of these items are washable -- a fact which gives the homemaker consider- able satisfaction, especially with the help of a new detergent product designed for both cold- and-hot-water laundering. A file of manufacturers' instruction fags should be your specific guide in cleaning them. And here are some general sugges- tions -- and short cuts. | 6) A fabric softener and a gentle shaking will do wonders ifor a fluffy bathroom rug. 7) Launder shower curtains | and their liners at a cool setting. | Air dry. 8)Don't damage siraw rugs | with hot water. Do them with a solution of the cold-water de- a oat Sponge suds on, in, and off. 9) Pre-spot and cean uphol- stery with a dry foam of de- tergent and cool waiter. Re- move suds with a dry sponge. Avoid below-surface dampness. It ean produce stains. 1) When in doubt about fabric | or color fastness of washables, use cold water. A _ detergent such as Cold Water Surf, which | works in all water tempera- tures, is ideal for pre-spotting and for the actual laundering. Use a short, cool cycle on your machine unless you are abso- luiely certain of fabric reac- tion. If results are not all that you desire, repeat the process. Two shorts are easier on the fabric than one long. 2) Curtains, draperies, and slipcovers should be given a good shaking first to remove smoke, surface dust and grime. Small washable rugs should be pre-cleaned, too. 3) Use of the tumble cycle on your dryer can save ironing. 4) If you are going to put slipcovers back on, do it when they are slightly damp. They will "give' to fit the furniture. (The exception is with com- pletely shrinkproof and stretch fabrics which dry). 5) Items to be stored should not be ironed. It's a waste of time, and pressed-in felds are hard to remove. But do wrap and Jabel them. Wallpaper Is The Answer Ready to remode: -- but the budget isn't? Wallpaper can be the answer. Quality colors and patterns are now available for as low as 50 cents a roll, and many pat- terns are iactory trimmed and pasted for quick, easy "'do-it- yourself" application. For those who have never put up wallpaper before, local deai- ers will be happy to give simple directions. However, many wallpapers on the market to- day include hanging instruc- tions in each roll. There's variety, too, in the ways to remodel with wal)pa- per. For instance, many old- er homes and some newer ones have bad walls. No amouni of plastering will hide cracks, and with dry wall construction, seams are bound to show. Wallpaper is one way to dis- guise these faults. Since most modern' wall- papers are washable, and col- ors won't fade, the decorating is dene for as long as the fam- ily likes to keep a pattern. When plaster walls are rough and uneven, one solution is to use a heavier paper, such as a paper-backed vilyn or a plastic- coated paper. These papers come in a wide variety of patterns especially designed for bathrooms and kil- chens. In a bath, the choice might be a design with butier- flies, fish, mermaids, zodiac signs or even one with poodles. For a kitchen, there are herb patterns, and others with tiles, irivets, siained giass_ bottles and spice shelves. Florals this year come in bright, clear colors and tone- on-tone effects that can be used in any room in the house. They are found in modern, traditiona] or provincia] patterns. If walls of living or dining room have a one-color effect, consider a complete change of background color, with a scenic wallpaper to give added dimen- sion to one of these rooms. should be bone: | | CLEAN UP AIDS CAN BE DANGEROUS, TOO | Take a careful look at some | of the harmless looking contain- ers. on your kitchen and bath- room shelves. They contain kil- Jers! Some 250,000 common house- hold products are harmful -- even deadly -- poisons, when used improperly. Commonplace detergents, furniture polish -- even certain houseplants -- can cause severe illness or death when swallowed. Other -house- hold products, including paints, | insecticides and gardén chem- icals ¢an be. harmful when in- haled. For even young visitors have a way of finding the harm- less looking cans and bottles where danger lurks. Here are the safety measures: Keep high out of -reach or Jock up all medicines, paints, cleansing agents, . chemicals, furniture polishes and other po- tential poisons. Read the label before using the product properly. Post physician's name prom- inently near telephone. If the possibility of poisoning has occurred, cal] your physi- cian immediately. and decorative color advantages it has over other types of fenc Solid Fence en | ing. Fences constructed with fi- | La Fl | berglass reinforced sheets re ets OW sire a minimum of framing and the use of ordinary tools. | There's more te building a| The Sheets offer superior wea- ifence than just staking your | 'ering characteristics, and re- | ground. ii may inierest you io | @T® only Bs ae amount know, air movement behind a | ° UPkeep. No whitewashing is solid fence is greater than be-|ecessary, and the material is 'hind a partially open fence, ac- | "leaned simply by occasional cording to tests conducted by | hosing. jan Engineering Experiment sta- tion. The test-report observes | 'that a solid fence will stop | breezes, but currents set up be- | | hind the solid fence allowed for | | greater air circulation in the en- | closed area. | Although solid fencing is high- 'ly desirable for privacy, some people 'have been reluctant to use it for fear of stopping air | movement. 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