A USEFUL CLEANSER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19699, 27 July 1927, Page 7

A USEFUL CLEANSER.

It is much cheaper to buy ammonia from the chemist in concentrated form and prepare it yourself than to buy it already prepared in bottles. Mix one quart of alcohol with one quart of soft water, shake well together, then add one quart of concentrated spirit of ammonia. Half a teaspoonful of ammonia to half a teaspoonful of alcohol, rubbed on with a damp cloth, will remove grease spots. Inlcspots on marble, wood or paper, treated with ammonia, can bo made to disappear. Ammonia will quickly cleanse a hairbrush. After cleansing, rinse well 'in clean cold water. Jewellery can bo cleaned with equal parts of ammonia and water. After rinsing in clear water, dry the article with a piece of silk, and polish with chamois leather. X Glass can be cleaned easily and quickly with ammonia. Spots in clothes can bo removed more easily if ammonia be added to the washing water. Let them soak in it for an hour or two beforo washing. For cleaning the hair ammonia is excellent. A few drops added to the water leaves the hair bright and clean. Rinse well with clear water afterwards. For cleaning silver ammonia is a laboursaver. Put half a teaspoonful into the suds, wash the silver quickly, using a small brush, rinse in hot water, dry with a clean towel, then polish with a chamois skin. No further cleaning is necessary. For washing windows, mirrors, etc., ammonia again saves labour. Add a little to the water, and note the rapidity with which dust and dirt are removed. Ammonia helps to sweeten dish-cloths and floor-cloths if a little is added to the suds in which they are daily washed. Let them remain in the suds for about half an hour, then wash, rinse, and dry in the open air. Grease can be effectually removed from a carpet by using ammonia. Put one tablespoonful. into a pint of warm water, add two tablespdonfuls of ox gall, and sponge the mark very carefully. Rinse off with pure alcohol, and wipe dry with a piece of woollen cloth.