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A New Shine Remover for Fabrics e c e n t advertising has (worth about 80c a pound) is R prominently featured a present in such very minute ; new product called Shyn-.qOu- antity, and since disodium cWay, "the laboratory tested phosphate is a very inexpen 4 formula that permanently takes sive material (worth at whole the shine off your clothes." It sale rates perhaps 10c a pound is advertised to remove the at the most), it seems that shine from woolens, overpress Shyn-O-Way, priced at $1.50 ed rayons, children's clothes, a pint, must be included in pants, skirts, jackets, shabby that fairly long list of chem upholstery. Shyn-O-Way is ical products of which the bot said to be the invention of a tle, label, costs of selling and university professor of chem- advertising, and transportation < ical engineering. According to to the dealers' stock might cost the laboratory tests mentioned a good deal more than the prep in the advertising, Shyn-O-Way aration itself. The ingredients : is said to do its work without cost for a pint bottle of Shyn- injury to the fabric, provided O-Way would figure out to be the fabric is not one that would something like 1/16 cent. be affected by wetting. Tests were made on crepe Prior to the advertising of rayon and on wool suiting us Shyn-O-Way, the recommend ing Shyn-O-Way and also for ed method for removal of shine comparison a 1/5 percent solu from garments was sponging tion of Ivory soap. Both of with ammonia (one tablespoon these were effective in remov of ammonia to one quart of ing shine, particularly with the water) or hot vinegar. After rayon, ,but they were not so sponging, the garment was cov efficient- with the wool suiting, ered with a dampened cloth and little difference was noted and pressed on the right side. in the action of Shyn-O-Way Another method sometimes sug- and the soap solution when gested was brushing against the used according to Shyn-O-Way nap with a stiff brush or rub directions. bing very lightly with 00 sand paper or very fine emery paper, using a circular motion. In another study, practical comparative tests were made on wool garments of the use of Analytical data received on Shyn-O-Way and of the hot Shyn-O-Way indicate that the vinegar already mentioned. manufacturers of Shyn-O-Way Both methods had the same "have a good thing" from the effectiveness initially, and with profit standpoint, since Shyn- both methods the shine return O-Way turns out to be 99% ed after five days of wearing of percent water. Its other prin the garment. A 0.2% (a fifth of cipal ingredients are disodium 1%) solution of Lux flakes (ap phosphate (1/5 of 1 percent) proximately 1 level teaspoon and synthetic sulfated organic ful per gallon of water) was also detergent, a product of char tried and this was found to do acter similar to the well-known as good a job of de-shining the Dreft, but only 1/20 of 1 per seat of the gentleman's trou cent of this material is present. sers as Shyn-O-Way. This lat Since the synthetic detergent ter treatment would seem to be fairly closely equivalent to Shyn-O-Way since that prep aration has chemical properties similar to those of a weak solu tion of soap, the function of the disodium phosphate in the mixture being apparently to make the liquid moderately alkaline. Trousers that had been deshined with soap solution, like those treated with Shyn-O-Way or vinegar, resumed their orig inal shiny appearance after five days of use. The experiments indicated that the three meth ods of treatment (Shyn-O-Way, vinegar, and soap solution) gave pretty much the same results, and none of the methods ap peared to have any particular advantage compared with the others. srris^oraois rjrr Tr^onocss: Cumulative Index of Previous 1944 Issues Consumers* Research Bulletin ..WO--... Anti-freeze testers! and solutions!. Jan., 21, 22 Batteries, charging, testers!................" 8 Hand soaps, protective creams!. ..." 5 Heating plants, thermostats, etc........ " 16 Mechanical pencils!........................... "26 Motion pictures!.................................. "27 Observation post....................... .. . " 3 Oils, winter automobile!................... "23 Phonograph records!........................ "31 Process cheese!................................... " 10 Tooth powders!.................................. " 13 Vitamins.................................. Jan., 3,12,25,26 ! (dagger) in tke above indicates that brand listings are included. CONSUMERS' RESEARCH BULLETIN. FEBRUARY 1944 23