Consumers
Want to Know
' by MARGARET SPADER
Director of Consumer Affairs
National Association of Manufacturers
I’ve always believed that the
freezer compartment in a re
frigerator was for short term
storage. What has changed
this?
There are some models of
refrigerators that have only
one door. An inner door sep
arates the freezer from the
refrigerator compartments.
It is difficult to maintain low
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temperature in such models.
The use and care books advise
short-term storage which is
two or three months.
What happens to operating
costs when the freezer tern
pet aha e is incteased?
The lower the temperature
the higher will be the operat
ing costs. Reducing door
opening, organizing food
packages so they can be lo
cated quickly and keeping the
freezer as full as possible
helps to moderate cost of
operation.
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H’/mt's the best way to get
rid of an old refrigerator ?
The Association of Home
Appliance Manufacturers has
prepared a leaflet that offers
some suggestions for prevent
ing accidents with discarded
appliances. It comes with the
use and care books of new re
frigerators It is important to
remove doors on refrigera
tors and freezers before dis
carding them. If a refrigera
tor is still in good condition,
it might be used in a vacation
home, or in the recreation
room or basement for addi
tional storage. Occasionally,
a church or a social agency
would appreciate a gift of a
well cared for appliance.
What’s the best way to iden
tify real leather from syn
thetic leathers?
Read the label to find out
what you’re buying. Gar
ments that look like leather
but are not should be labeled
“imitation leather,’’ “not
leather,” or “synthetic leather
made of (whatever
material is used). Real leath
er need not be identified.
I’ve noticed washing instruc
tions on leather clothes in
some stores. How come
leather is washable now?
A new tanning process al-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 9,1972
lows leather to retain its soft
ness and prevents shrinking
after washing. However, all
leather clothes are not wash
able. Before buying and
washing leather, read the la
bel for washability and wash
ing instructions
Why don’t manufacturers
standardize directions for the
use of fabric softeners?
Formulas for these prod
ucts are so varied that direc
tions for their use must be
tailored to fit the product.
Basically there are two types
of fabric softeners: one type
is added in the rinse cycle, a
newer type can be used in
either the wash or rinse cy
cle. It is very important not
to add other agents such as
bluing, water conditioner, etc
when using products formu
lated to use with the rinse
cycle. That’s why it’s impos
sible for manufacturers to
standardize directions for
fabric softeners as well as
many consumer products on
the market today
Is bluing supposed to clean
or bleach clothes?
Bluing does not clean or
bleach. It counteracts yellow
ing Many of today’s deter
gents and laundry aids con-
Steel Module Home
Community Planned
A new planned community
of 183 single-family factory
fabricated steel homes is be
ing developed as a part of a
100-acre residential complex
near Canton, Ohio, Republic
Steel Corp. has announced
The company, in a joint ven
ture with local developers,
Raymond N. Malcolm and
William C. Mattevi, is em
ploying the concept of planned
unit development.
Called the Perry Hills Col
ony, the housing complex will
be zoned as a total site rather
than as individual lots of uni
form size. Cluster housing is
then used to create common
use land and still maintain
individual privacy. The single
homes are to be moderately
priced and are grouped along
cul de sac streets or along
looped, winding roads. About
30 per cent of the land is to
be preserved and the natural
ecology protected.
With the area will be gar
den apartments, town houses
and a small shopping com
plex The latter, situated a
long a major highway will act
as a buffer zone between traf
fic and residential sections
The Republic home uses
galvanized and pre-pamted
steel sandwich panels and
components,which lend them
selves to efficient erection on
site, according to the builders
MuhTir.
tain bluing agents 01 bugbt
eners If the label strest.es
brightening action, jou can
assume it contains “optical
bnghteners” When using
such products, jou don’t need
bluing Bluing is a\ ailable in
granules, liquids, cubes and
pellets It’s important to lead
the dncctions befoie adding
to find out if it should be dis
solved and diluted before use
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