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HOME-MADE WATERPROOF

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 5, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 30.

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HOME-MADE WATERPROOF.

To MAKE ordinary cloth waterproof, says an exchange, put half a pound of sugar of lead in a pail of rain water with half a pound of alum; stir at intervals until the water becomes clear, and then pour it off into another pail. Put the cloth or garments into it and let them stand twenty-four hours. Then hang the cloth up to dry without wringing. Garments treated thus can be worn in the wildest storm of wind and rain without the wearer getting even damp. The rain will hang in globules upon the cloth, and when waterproof, is better and more healthful than rubber goods.