Originally Posted by jmabby
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
My grandmother always did that and that is the way she taught me to starch after she started using spray starch! after she got a clothes dryer! Before that she dipped the clothes in starch water after the rinse and let dry, then sprinkle with water, put in fridge over night and then iron the next day. Whew! This was done every Monday and Tuesday. Our clothes were were so fresh and crisp. Kids clothes were heavily starched to keep the dirt from sinking in.
When I was growing up thats what we did too, no spray starch around. We had a big bowl of AREO, help me out someone, don't know if that was the name of the starch, but anyway, it took time, and we saved up clothes until we had enough to do a big bag of clothes, put it in the refrig over nite, ironed most of the next day.
The correct spelling was ARGO and later I used NIAGARA to starch clothing. I loved ironing my DD;s little dresses and our own clothes, everything was smooth and neat as a pin. If we saw a wrinkled shirt or blouse, we said it looked like it just came out of the washbasket. TSK TSK! Smooth was in.
My DMI made her own starch with cornstarch dissolved in water. Would be like the sizing recipe I took off of this forum two weeks ago. Still have to make some. In case you missed it, here it is:
12 oz water 3/4 TBS cornstarch 3 drops of lavender oil
Carol J.