PARAFFIN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20108, 29 March 1928, Page 10

PARAFFIN

A LABOUR SAVER ITS HOUSEHOLD USES. Paraffin makes an invaluable household help, and its use as a “cleanser” will soon lighten this far too often large item of expenditure. Furniture polish will go twice as far if it. is used on a cloth that is already slightly dump with paraffin; also it will have a much more lasting polish, states an exchange. Soap powder can be entirely done away with if baths are given a rub v ith paraffin and warm water and* then well rinsed. There is an added mertt, 'too, in the use of this oil in this connection, for it will not scratch or damage the most highly glazed surface. Brass and metal work genrraity needs cleaning just about one-third the usual number of times if a rub with a ’ ’paraninny” rag is used at tne finish, whilst dull linoleum can be almost unbelievably freshened by a good rub with this useful oik The same might be said of badly stained marbte, and if it is very much discoloured, then it is a good plan to add a little lemon and salt before giving it a final rinse in warm water.

In the laundry, too, paraffin will bo found a great labour saver, and muefl rubbing can be avoided if just a small quantity is added to the washtub. A very few drops put in the copper will whiten the clothes without

doing them the least harm. Similarly, if a few drops are added to tire 'starch when it is made, no garment will stick to the iron and the possibility of ugly marks is eliminated. Trouble with clocks, especially the cheap kitchen variety, which is nearly always due to dirt and steam, can be easily overcome if a little wadding is well saturated in paraffin and, where the case so allows, slipped inside. The fumes will quickly penetrate the clogged and rusty works and the clock will be as good as new inside.

The woman who takes a pride in her hands will see that a convenient-sized :bottle with a sprinkler top—an otd j scent bottle is excellent —is always kept near the kitchen sink. Only one thing must be borne in mind when using paraffin. Its pungent odour makes it impracticable for it to be kept anywhere near food, and the hands should [be well rinsed after using it.