The practical scourer and garment dyer : comprising dry or chemical cleansing, the art of removing stains, fine washing, bleaching and dyeing of straw hats, gloves and feathers of all kinds, dyeing of worn clothes of all fabrics, including mixed goods, by one dip, and the manufacture of soaps and fluids for cleansing purposes (1893)
Brannt, William T. (William Theodore), b. 1844, Joclét, Viktor. Kunst- und Feinwäscherei, Lau, Louis. Praktischer Unterricht in der heutigen Putzfedernfärbarei und Lappenfärberei · Philadelphia : Henry Carey Baird & Co. · leaf 36
DRY OR CHEMICAL CLEANSING. 31 Very woolly articles which have become flat and com- pressed by ironing are finally drawn over the apparatus shown in Fig. 3. This is, so to say, a gigantic smooth- Fig. 3. … ing-iron covered on top with a perforated copper j)late upon which lies a stout felt cloth. On opening the cock B for the admission of steam, a dense volume of steam immediately rises over the entire surface of the smoothing-iron, which is allowed to act upon the back of the stuffs, whereby the…
Cleaning · Dyes and dyeing
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