HINTS AND IDEAS.

Auckland Star, 2 September 1933, Page 3 (Supplement)

HINTS AND IDEAS.

THINGS WORTH KNOWING. POLISHING LINOLEUM. Scrape loz yellow soap for every 2oz beeswax. Place all in a pot, cover with a little turpentine, and stand on the stovo till all is dissolved, stirring with i a stick occasionally. Be very careful it is not too near the fire, as it is very inflammable. Place a little of this on a flannel and rub tho linoleum; afterwards polish with soft dusters. HANDY WRINKLES. To make imitation ground glass wrap a piece of putty in muslin and dab over the glass; repeat when dry. A sachet for wardrobes can be made with half an ounce each cloves, cassia, nutmeg and lavender flowers, and 2oz of powdered orris root. Bruise well and fill little bags. When, a spring blind will not catch when pulled down, let it up, take it off its bearings and brush the ends with the black lead brush—dry. To remove oil paint from windows rub the paint spots with sal ammoniac; and then with chalk or salt. The salt i will grate a little, but it is not hard enough to cause scratches in the glass. Then wash with warm water and ammonia, or methylated spirits. When mixing mustard, add a saltspoonful of salt and the same quantity of moist sugar, and mix with boiling water. It will be found to keep moist much longer, and have a better taste. Crush some ordinary salt with a mortar, and to one pound of salt add a quarter of a pound of fine ground rice. Mix well. Steel that is rusty should be cleaned with a cut onion and left for a day. Afterwards it can be polished, either I with emery powder and paraffin or with a paste made with brickdust and turpentine. If a steak is feared to be tough, rub it over with a cut lemon, then brush over with olive oil 10 minutes before cooking. It will then be succulent and tender. Add a few drops of ammonia to the water in which rubber articles are to be cleaned. If this method is adopted there will be no danger of the rubber becoming hard.