TO REMOVE STAINS.

Observer, Volume 9, Issue 532, 2 March 1889, Page 14

TO REMOVE STAINS.

To remove coffee stains, put thick glycerine on the wrong side of Hie atiole and wash out in lukewarm water. Ink stains on clothes, dip in milk and wash as usual. Remove ink stains from silver-plated ware by rubbing on a paste of chloride of lime and water ; then wash and wipe dry. Wash out common oil stains in cold water ; oil stains on carpets can be removed at once by scattering corn meal upon them, also by applying a hot iron through a heavy sheet of blotting paper. Boiling new milk will take out most fruit stains : dip the article in several times ; another way is to dip in sour buttermilk and dry in the sun ; wash in cold water and dry two or three times daily. For raspberry stains, a mixture of weak ammonia and water is best. Eemove stains from the windows by using diluted spirits of salt. To take out iron mould stains, wet with milk and cover with salt. The latter also rubs egg stains from spoons. Wet grass stains on white goods with water, rub in some soft soap and as much soda as will adhere ; let stand half an hour, then wash in the usual manner. For stains on teacup or tinware dip a damp cloth in common soda ; rub briskly, then wash and wipe dry. Stains on marble are the most obstinate. Take ox gall, a wineglass of turpentine, and mix into a paste with pipe clay ; spread this paste on the stained marble and let it remain several days. Mildew is removed by rubbing on common yellow soap, then a little salt and starch. Bub all well on the article, put out in the sunshine ; or after rubbing on the soap, scrape chalk over it and rub well ; put in the sun, and as the stain dries, wet it a little. It will come out with two applications.