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Rust, to remove

From The complete Indian housekeeper & cook, 1898

Roth Brooke’s soap and Putz pomade are excellent for metal work.

Presented as published in 1898. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The complete Indian housekeeper & cook (1898) by Flora Annie Webster Steel, page 44. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Rust, to remove. — Take powdered polisher’s putty (or crude peroxide of tin) mixed with a little oxalic acid and water

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