Cleaning Picture Frames.

Otago Witness, Volume 26, Issue 2419, 26 July 1900, Page 56

Cleaning Picture Frames.

""lain polished frames may be cleaned ir „. -"*'■ -+.he same way as furniture — viz., exactly „ " "^H&niois, and afterwards witl with a damp " " o£ polish, a scanty application "dotted and dirty - Oak frames, if much x r "^^4 li( i ni( may , be' sponged with water - : - w ammonia. ,- ~""" • CMVed^anies >Hch have collected dust in the interstices difficult to reach should 00 .cleaned wijh paraffin. Use a small ciean pfcattouab, clip it in the paraffin,'- and I brush the dieftgesvvigoroitsly. Carved sfuri niture should 1M treStk'cl in the same way Afterwards wipe and p^ish in the usuai way. To preserve carved A^oodAvorJc from becoming very dusty, always use dust cloths when sweeping out -a room, and dust wiih a damp duster. A dry duster simply sends the aust into the crevices. English gilt may be cleaned fn various ways. Sponge lightly with spmts of wine or on of turpentine to remove the marks, then leave to dry. Another method is to add a pint of cold water to the batten white of an egg, and apply this mixture to your frames lightly with a spono-e, their wipe dry with a clean flannel, and polish oft with another dry duster. A careful application of hojuid ammonia will restore frames that are much spotted and discoloured. Another good mixture is jPade" of loz of salt, loz of alum, 2oz of purified nitre, dissolved in ai gill of water. German guilding will not clean satisfactorily by any method which' I have tried if you require to rub, for tlien the gilt comes off and leaves an unsightly mark. - The greatest disfigurement to pictureframes is caused by fly-dirt, and it is very difficult to' remove. I have read somewhere that if you brush your frames over with water in which onions Have been boiled, the flies will not settle on them. I have' never tried the preventive,- being afraid that the onion water would not improve the look of the gilding.