. The launderer. A practical treatise on the management and the operation of a steam laundry . l plan for large quantities ofnew work is to press the work in a damping-box andallow it to remain in these boxes until it is ready forironing. Xew work never should be ironed the sameday it is dampened, as it requires from ten to twelvehours for goods to be thoroughly and fully saturatedwith moisture. Several good forms of dampeningpress are shown in Figs. 25, 26, 27 and 28. The author would recommend the use of a largedampening truck that will hold about 40 dozen truck should be zinc-li
. The launderer. A practical treatise on the management and the operation of a steam laundry . l plan for large quantities ofnew work is to press the work in a damping-box andallow it to remain in these boxes until it is ready forironing. Xew work never should be ironed the sameday it is dampened, as it requires from ten to twelvehours for goods to be thoroughly and fully saturatedwith moisture. Several good forms of dampeningpress are shown in Figs. 25, 26, 27 and 28. The author would recommend the use of a largedampening truck that will hold about 40 dozen truck should be zinc-lined and mounted on rollersor castors. Shirts, when damp, should be folded, theskirt over the bosom, and packed closely in this zinc-lined truck, and they should finally be covered with aclean moistened cloth. Over this cloth there shouldbe a cover that will fit in the truck-box. There shouldalso be some sort of an arrangement into which thetruck may be run and the goods pressed and allowedto remain until ready to iron. A press of this natureis shown in Fig. 29. An arrangement by which a 82. rigr. 26. STEAM SHIRT PRESS. (Nelson & Kreuter.) — 83 —
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