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Page 14 — Halton Hills This Week, Wednesday, September 29, 1993 af d. /' = IG pio PAC as Every drapery in your house is falling apart right now. You may think that draperies receive little actual wear, and that they could never wear out, But the “life expectancy” given for unlined and sheer drapes is only three years; for lined drapes, five : eet sTI The cause of this ruinous attack is sunlight. As it beats against draperies for hours a day, it is actually deteriorat- ing the fibers. Silk drapes hanging in a sunny window can become rotted in three months. You will see evidence of the sun’s powerful effect if you notice draperies that have become stre: lowed or faded along the ~ yel- the drape hanging over the wall will show almost no chi ange. Sun-deterioration is the biggest danger of drapery drycleaning. When those “fold edges” of the fabric become weak enough, they can’t withstand the agitation Don’t trust just anyone with your fine curtains and drapes! 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You might want to change to paler, light-reflecting colors in summer, Coated Drapery Fabrics Some draperies and some dr. linings are coated to give them desirable charac- teristics while hanging. Substances used include acrylic resins, rubber glass, or polyurethane plastic. . The coating permanence depends on temperature and time. Unless your drycleaner uses quality control, the coating may peel and stick resulting in loss of coating. Even in a few area, this loss will allow light to pass through the fabric and give it a stained appearance. Drapery fabrics, though coated, are affected by sun- light and atmospheric gases. Rugs — choose a’cleaner Cleaning a carpet the Drapery sunburn wrong way makes it dirtier. The most important step in carpet-cleaning is removing all the soap, as well’as the dirt, from the carpet. Any " Soap residue left in the carpet will attract dirt, and make the ¢arpet look worse than before. Most carpet-cleaning methods begin with high- power vacuuming, or beat- ing, to remove dust. Then the Tug is treated in one of sever- al ways to loosen soil: sham- Ppooing by rotary machine; - foam absorption; or soil extraction, often called “steam-cleaning.” In the lat- ter method, jet streams of water are forced into the pile, and the same machine then » by brushing special, pow- dered solvents into the pile. The solvents absorb soil, and then the dirty powder is vac- uumed away. It is important with rugs to also wash their undersides. Otherwise, the dirt washed down from the pile will embed itself on the rug back. Rugs should be wrung, then hung to dry in warm, mild, air currents, When a stain occurs on carpeting, immediately blot up as much as possible. Oil and grease stains should be wiped with a very small amount of non-flammable solvent. Professionals sug- gest using a mixture of mild detergent and a teaspoon of vinegar in a quart of warm water on most spills. 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