FoodNet

A manual of home-making

1919

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Presented as published in 1919. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
5. Lemon jtjiee and sunlight. Keep the stains moist with lemon juice and cjqxwo them to the sun for a day or two. They will Ik: i>nictically rernovod, Toharco. One of the following agents may be utilized in removing tobac*co-jaioe stains: 1- Soap and water (ordinary laundering). Sponge materials which cannot l>c wanhcd. If a stnin on washable materials canncit Ih« roinplpt<?ly removed by wa^^hing, bleach it in the wun. Moistening it with lemon juice makes it disapppar mon* quickly. 2. Wood or grain alcohol. Trarea of color remaining upon wiwjI fabrics after sponging with wat^r can be removed sometimes by »|K3nging with alcohol. 3. Potassium permanganat-e, for stains which washing will not remove (p. 286). 4. Javelle watej, for st^ns which washing will not remove, Tofrialo ntw. One of the following agents sh*)uld Iw uspfi in removing such staina: 1. Lemon juice and 8un!ight. First wai^h the .stains C4irefully» then moisten them with lemon juice and expose them to the sun f«»r several days if necessary. This is satisfactory for stains on whit^? witHhabb ma- terials. 2. Alcohol (wood or grain). Sponge the stains with alco!iril, which removes the green part of the stain, Stains on wool or silk are practically removed by this treatment. 3. Potassium permanganate. First w^h the stains with soap and water or sponge with alcfihol, 4. Javelle water. First wash the stains with soap and water or spouse with alcohol. Turtueric. Turmeric is a constituent of many pickles and of curry powder, to which It is added for it^ yellow color and aromatir flavor. To remove such stains, one of the following agent j$ may Ix' Killed: I . Dilute ammonia. Remove frv^h stJiins on white materials by i in this reagent. I I STAIN REMOVAL 2. Alcohr>l (grain or wood). Apply in the same way as No. L These agents art* vpo' Hwtisffu"tt»ry on old Blains. 3. Javello watxT, 4. Pofikssium iRTiimnganiUL'. VantiAh . See ** paint and varnish/' page 299. VajietiTir. Dne of the following reagents may he employed in removing vaseline <itains: 1. Turpentine'. Sponge fresh stains with this og^^nt. Old atains, even those which have hwn wajshed an<l ironed, TiKiially (*an \h^ removed hy Boaking ill tiiqientine, if rtire is taken ttt inimers^e them eomplelely, 2. AgenU iiH*'tl in Noa. 2, 3, and 4, tinder "grc^nH**/' page 2112, for fresh stains. Ordinary wa-shing (No, 1, under "grease/') is not usually sufficient to remove the stains, Wn/tV/m. Thf liltK^grtx-n tarnish on copper, brass, and bronze, consisting of liasic copper carbonate, m known coinmonly as verdigris. In n'inoving it from textilen use the following agents: 1. Soap and water (ordinary laundering). Stains thai are mert-ly on the Kurfane of the nmterial can sometimea be removeil in this way, 2. Dilute acids, such aa vinegar, or lemon juiee. Apply one of these to the stain and rinse off as aoon as it has dissolved the verdigris. Vinegar, See *'acid/* page 287. Wnhutl, hincL Fre.Hh stains^ whieh are still moist, usually can l:w^ removed, provided the material is strtuig enough to stand the treatment, but old stains or stain« on delicate fabrics hi many cases cannot be removed by any of the reagents tried. The following reagents are Hatisfactory in some cases: