To remove paint from windows — Rub with caniphene and sand.
Rub with hot vinegar. If fresh — turpentine.
To clean marble — Solution of HNaC03 plus CaC03 or whiting.
To clean brown shoes — Rub with soft cloth dipped in methylated
spirit. Rub with brown boot cream. Let stand 24 hours. Polish.
Painted Walls — Wash, then rub with woolen cloth dipped in equal
parts of boiled linseed oil and Turp.
Indelible Ink — Soak in salt solution. Wash in Ammonia H20 or
10 grains of Cyanide of Potas. plus 5 grains of Iodide plus 1 oz. H20.
Poison.
REMOVAL OF STAINS.
Fruit — Boiling water.
Tea — Concentrated salt solution
Grass — WTarm alcohol.
Chocolate — Cold water first.
Coffee — Warm naphtha soap solution.
Blood — Cold water, warm naphtha soap solution.
Oil — Naphtha, benzine.
Grease — Gasoline.
Pitch — Lard, naphtha soap solution, turpentine.
Iodine — Turpentine.
Vaseline — Chlorinated soda water.
Paint — Turpentine, gasoline.
Indelible ink — Chloride of copper, hyposulphite soda.
Wax — French chalk paste.
Mud — Dry and brush, cover with salt and flour.
Tar — Lard, oil of turpentine, naphtha soap solution.
TO CLEAN.
Silver — Ag N03 sol.
Brass— 5% HC1 sol.
Copper — Kerosene.
Zinc — 5% HC1 or warm salt and vinegar.
Cut glass — Concentrated HC1.
Marble — Whiting (CaC03) and soda and water.
Polished table — Raw linseed oil.
Mortar on windows — Stiff brush and hot vinegar.
Paint on windows — Caniphene and sand.
White straw hat — 5% oxalic acid followed by thin gum
arabic sol.
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White woolen — Finely powdered rice, applied with a firm
cloth.
Rugs — Sprinkle with salt water and brush hard.
Lace — Fasten lace to thick paper, sprinkle with calcined
magnesia.
Gold and silver lace — Powdered burnt alum. Apply with
fine brush.
Velvet — Dust first, sponge with benzine, stretch right side
up over basin of boiling water. Brush with whisk
broom in direction of nap.
Restore color — Rub with chloroform.
Ivory — Hydrogen peroxide.
White gloves — Put on gloves, wash in gasoline, rinse in second
solution, dry on hands in open air.
Oil cloth, linoleum, matting — Brush first, hike warm water,
naphtha soap and 1 T. kerosene, 1 T. salt. Dip in broom
bag, wring out dry, put on broom, rub floor lightly.
Note — Broom bag made of canton flannel or outing
flan,nel.
HARDWOOD FLOORS (Waxed.)
Scour with steel wool if marred or scratched, polish with beeswax
or paraffin dissolved in turpentine. For light cleaning rub lightly
with gasoline, open windows. Never put water on waxed floors.
To remove all the wax, use 1 lb. sal soda and 1 lb. slaked lime to 1
pail water, dry and wash in turpentine.
HARDWOOD FLOORS (Varnished or Shellacked.)
Clean with ground pumice stone or salt if blackened, brush, rub
with gasoline, turpentine or kerosene till dry, cloth wrung dry out
naphtha soap solution.
HARDWOOD FLOORS (Oiled.)
Brush with soft hair brush, rub with dry mop; wash in oxalic
acid, wipe dry; wash in gasoline, let dry and air one day; reoil in raw
linseed oil, not too thick; rub dry.
JAVELLE WATER— For Removing Stains.
14 lb. chloride of lime.
1 lb. sal soda.
2 qts. boiling water.
Dissolve, settle, decant the clear liquid. Turn hot flatirons on
side to cool; clean with kerosene and fine sand.
TO TEST GREEN WALL PAPER FOR ARSENIC.
Dip a sample of the paper in aqua ammonia. If arsenic is pres-
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To remove paint from windows — Rub with caniphene and sand. Rub with hot vinegar. If fresh — turpentine.
To clean marble — Solution of HNaC03 plus CaC03 or whiting. To clean brown shoes — Rub with soft cloth dipped in methylated spirit. Rub with brown boot cream. Let stand 24 hours. Polish.
Painted Walls — Wash, then rub with woolen cloth dipped in equal parts of boiled linseed oil and Turp.
Indelible Ink — Soak in salt solution. Wash in Ammonia H20 or 10 grains of Cyanide of Potas. plus 5 grains of Iodide plus 1 oz. H20. Poison.
REMOVAL OF STAINS. Fruit — Boiling water. Tea — Concentrated salt solution Grass — WTarm alcohol. Chocolate — Cold water first. Coffee — Warm naphtha soap solution. Blood — Cold water, warm naphtha soap solution. Oil — Naphtha, benzine. Grease — Gasoline.
Pitch — Lard, naphtha soap solution, turpentine. Iodine — Turpentine. Vaseline — Chlorinated soda water. Paint — Turpentine, gasoline.
Indelible ink — Chloride of copper, hyposulphite soda. Wax — French chalk paste.
Mud — Dry and brush, cover with salt and flour. Tar — Lard, oil of turpentine, naphtha soap solution.
TO CLEAN.
Silver — Ag N03 sol. Brass— 5% HC1 sol. Copper — Kerosene.
Zinc — 5% HC1 or warm salt and vinegar. Cut glass — Concentrated HC1. Marble — Whiting (CaC03) and soda and water. Polished table — Raw linseed oil. Mortar on windows — Stiff brush and hot vinegar. Paint on windows — Caniphene and sand. White straw hat — 5% oxalic acid followed by thin gum arabic sol.
White woolen — Finely powdered rice, applied with a firm
cloth. Rugs — Sprinkle with salt water and brush hard. Lace — Fasten lace to thick paper, sprinkle with calcined
magnesia. Gold and silver lace — Powdered burnt alum. Apply with
fine brush. Velvet — Dust first, sponge with benzine, stretch right side
up over basin of boiling water. Brush with whisk
broom in direction of nap. Color restored — Rub with chloroform. Ivory — Hydrogen peroxide. White gloves — Put on gloves, wash in gasoline, rinse in second
solution, dry on hands in open air. Oil cloth, linoleum, matting — Brush first, like warm water,
naphtha soap and 1 T. kerosene, 1 T. salt. Dip in broom
bag, wring out dry, put on broom, rub floor lightly.
Note — Broom bag made of canton flannel or outing flannel.
HARDWOOD FLOORS (Waxed.) Scour with steel wool if marred or scratched, polish with beeswax or paraffin dissolved in turpentine. For light cleaning rub lightly with gasoline, open windows. Never put water on waxed floors. To remove all the wax, use 1 lb. sal soda and 1 lb. slaked lime to 1 pail water, dry and wash in turpentine.
HARDWOOD FLOORS (Varnished or Shellacked.) Clean with ground pumice stone or salt if blackened, brush, rub with gasoline, turpentine or kerosene till dry, cloth wrung dry out naphtha soap solution.
HARDWOOD FLOORS (Oiled.) Brush with soft hair brush, rub with dry mop; wash in oxalic acid, wipe dry; wash in gasoline, let dry and air one day; reoil in raw linseed oil, not too thick; rub dry.
JAVELLE WATER— For Removing Stains. 14 lb. chloride of lime.
1 lb. sal soda.
2 qts. boiling water.
Dissolve, settle, decant the clear liquid. Turn hot flatirons on side to cool; clean with kerosene and fine sand.
TO TEST GREEN WALL PAPER FOR ARSENIC. Dip a sample of the paper in aqua ammonia. If arsenic is pres-