CARING FOR CUTTERY AND PLATE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 23 June 1928, Page 19

CARING FOR CUTTERY AND PLATE.

There are many folk who still prefer a, steel knife that is keen and razorlike to till? stainless variety which save in.hour hut refuses to deal, for instance vith a thick steak. To those a lew hints will not he amiss.

Steel knives will brighten quickly ii heated before they are polished. The best method is to hold the blades for a moment or two in boiling water, and then rub them while hot. Before mrttincr steel knives away for any length of time rub the blades with mutton fat or a. little vaseline, and roll them in brown paper. Thus treated thev wil' never ruftt. Onion, juice will remove rust from steel knives. KNIFE HANDLES. Equal parts of ammonia and olive oil, to which sufficient prepared chalk ftaiS been added to make a paste., mak,'a. good cleanser for the ivory ha.pdliets oi knives. Hub the handles with this mixture, allow to dry. and then brush off. If very stained, repeat the process several times. If the knife has come away from the handle, fill the hollow with powdered resin, make the stalk of the blade red hot and press it into its original place. Bone knife handles may be cleaner by rubbing with a pipc-e cf new flannel dipped in peroxide of hydrogen. _ To remove vinegar and fruit stains from steel knives, rub them with a freshlv cut raw potato, as soon. a,s possible after use. PLATED TEAPOTS. When a, plated tea-pot grows “musty” wadi it. dry it as well as you can, ano put a lump of sugar inside. This will absorb tlie moisture that causes the musty smell. If the pot becomes tarnished on the outside, put it in warm potato water which will quickly remove tlie tarnish. O d gas mantles, crushed to a powder, are excellent for polishing silver. Rinse the articles' in boiling ate** to which: a little, cloudy ammonia has been added, and apply the crushed on a damp cloth. "Finally polish Wth a chamois leather. Put a. coupe of pieces of camphor into the drawer whore you keep your silver. These will keep spoons and forks' I rev from tarnish