Are you old enough to know what these are?
12-18-2010, 07:02 PM
#211
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Yes when i was a teenager we had a day to wash clothes aaaa hung them out to dry , then put these caps in a drink bottle with water, sprinkled them crumpled them up damp put them in a pillow case then into freezer and ironed them nex t day sometimes we would have two days of ironing your clothes ironed easier and was so neat, anybody else do this ??????
12-18-2010, 08:52 PM
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Yes, used those to sprinkle clothes before ironing. Also, sprinkled clothes and put in fridge and ironed later. I have Mama's old irons that were heated on a stove. Not electric.
Like the old outhouses, brings back memories.
Like the old outhouses, brings back memories.
12-18-2010, 09:05 PM
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Originally Posted by estherblair
Yes when i was a teenager we had a day to wash clothes aaaa hung them out to dry , then put these caps in a drink bottle with water, sprinkled them crumpled them up damp put them in a pillow case then into freezer and ironed them nex t day sometimes we would have two days of ironing your clothes ironed easier and was so neat, anybody else do this ??????
12-18-2010, 09:11 PM
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I remember using them to sprinkle the clothes while ironing, but not particularly the bottle. Not to date myself, but I also remember being paid the grand price of a nickel per ironed piece of clothing to earn my spending money.
12-18-2010, 09:20 PM
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Oh my gosh! They are sprinkler tops for bottles to sprinkle the clothes before you iron them. Thank goodness they are rare! Who wants to iron?! Pressing is another thing but ironing! I remember (boy am I dating myself) my mother "sprinkling" the laundry and rolling it up in a ball and refrigerating it because she didn't have time to iron at the time. My goodness! The memories are flooding back!
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