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Show Good Laundering Saves Tablecloths and Napkins One of the first steps in making tablecloths and napkins last is good care in laundering. Avoid hard rubbing rub-bing and scrubbing and keep them white by hanging in the sun rather than by using strong bleaches. Washing soda or strong alkali solutions solu-tions in very hot water tend to injure in-jure linen as well as cottons and rayons. Napkins and tablecloths do not need starch. Linen fabrics may crack if starched too stiffly or if they are allowed to freeze while drying. Hang them half over the line instead of pinning them at the corners. When you iron table linens try to have as few folds as possible and fold them in by hand instead of using us-ing the iron. If a center crease is necessary, change the fold with each ironing in order to prevent wear. |