HOW TO CLEAN

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1613, 28 January 1903, Page 27

HOW TO CLEAN

Paint. —Wash with plain yellow soap and water, using a flannel. Dry with 'soft .cloth. Do not- use soda and a brush. Strong soap, such a.s Brooke’s or Hudson’s, should not be used for paint. Paint and Varnish.—Use a damp cloth to remove marks, etc., but on ordinary occasions only a dry duster. Stained and Varnished Wood Work. — " Remove marks with a damp cloth. Polish with beeswax and turpentine. v Parquet and Stamen or Oak Floors.— Rub with beeswax and turpentine. Jackson’s camphorated wax polish or Ronuk. Be sure that the polish is thoroughly well rubbed in,, and use it sparingly. Polish with a rag or pad, which can bo bought for the purpose. For large floors labour is much lightened by using a weighted pad on a long handle. Windows. —Wash with a leather and warm water. Use a soft cloth to dry with, and then polish the panes with a dry leather.

To Wash Leathers. —When dirty, the leathers should be washed, and not used until black and then thrown away, as is the practice of many people.Stair Hods. —If brass or copper, polish with Globe polish. Sinks and Lavatories. —Rinse out well •with hot Avater, and dry Avith a cloth. Use soft soap and sand once a Aveek. Housemaids’ Pail.—Scald once a day after use, and, if possible, leave to drain in the open air. Scrub out once a week with strong soda and water, or Sanitas and Avater. Water Cans. —Put to drain upside doAvn, and on no account le£iA T e Avater standing in them. Water Bottles. —Clean out once a Aveek with vinegar and salt. Rinse out Avith warm, then cold, AA'ater. Baths, either Porcelain or Painted.— Rub lightly Avith a soft flannel and Monkey brand, rinse Avith warm water and dry thoroughly. Clean every day, for if left the dust hardens and becomes difficult to remove. Hair Brushes. —Dab up and doAvn in cold Avater in Avhich soda has been dissolved; Avhen thoroughly cleansed, rinse with cold Avater and dry, first Avith a cloth, and then in the sun, or sloAvly before a fire. Be careful that the backs of the brushes do not become wet. Brushes (house). —Wash in soda and water, AA'hisking Avell, scrub the handles, dry out of doors, or near a fire. Stains in Table Linen. —Remove at once by Avashing in hot Avater." If soaked and rubbed at once the mark will vanish. Do not use soap; it fixes the stain. If a very bad stain, rub Avith poAvdered borax, holding over steam, and rinsing afterwards. Bruit and Wine Stains.—Rub at once with soft soap in boiling milk, and after send to the Avash. Iron Mould. —Hold the mark over a cup or basin of boiling Avater, and rub gently into it some salts of lemon AAfith your finger. Rinse out very Avell in cold Avater, as this is a poison. Ink Stains.—Soak at once in cold milk, and rub gently. If the stain is set after* being Avashed. treat as for an iron mould with salts, of lemon. Ink Stains on Carpets.—lf not too bad, wash Avith warm Avater. Wax on Carpets.—Take a hot iron and hold over the spot, putting a piece of broAvn or blotting paper between; this will absorb the wax. Grease or paraffin marks on wall paper may also be removed in the same way. To Wash a Carpet.—Wash vfith hot ~ water and Scrubb’s ammonia,. using a cloth dipped in the ammoniated water, and wringing out. Wash a small piece at a time, and rub it thoroughly dry with a clean cloth. Plated Candlesticks. —Wash in very

hot water to remove the wax. Clean the same as silver. Brass. —Bowls or trays should be washed to remove any grease or dirt, and rubbed well with Globe polish, a soft, dry cloth being used to remove it, and a final polish given with a leather. Articles on which the lacquer is still intact should only bo washed. Door handles, fenders, and fireirons, coal scuttles, etc., should be treated in tlio same way, omitting the washing. Copper Lamps.—lf the lacquer is off the copper, use Globe polish and a leather for polishing, otherwise use a leather only. .Popper Kettles—Use bathbrick and colza oil, rubbed on with a flannel, for the outsides- If small kettles, nothing makes them brighter than Globe polish. Trays.—Wash well, rub with Globe polish and leather. Coal Scuttles. —Clean same as kettles. Steel Grates. Fenders, and Fireirons.— Powder some bathbrick finely by rubbing two blocks together, keep in a saucer or old jar. Have ready a saucer in which is a small quantity of colza oil. Dip a piece of flannel lightly in me latter, then in the bathbrick. Rub all the bright parts °f the grate and the fire irons with the mixture. Next rub with a soft cloth and polish with a leather. To Clean Glass Tumblers, etc. —Wash in warm waver with soap lather, rinse in cold water and dry with a soft cloth. Glass Decanters.—lf stained with wine, cover the bottom inside with used tea leaves, vinegar, and a teaspoonful of salt. Let this stand for some hours. Turn out and rinse with warm water, then with cold, and turn upside down to drain. Leave until dry. Bread Boards, etc. —Scrub with a brush kept for the purpose, using yellow soap, rinse well, and dry out of doors if possible.