THE HOUSEWIFE’S NOTEBOOK

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 114, 16 May 1931, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE HOUSEWIFE’S NOTEBOOK

Hot vinegar will quickly remove paint stains from windows. Dry flour rubbed ou with a dean cloth will remove whitewash spots from wall-papers. If ceilings have become black over gas brackets, dry clean whitening rubbed on with a soft brush will generally remove the mark. Ciae.es or scratches on furniture should be filled in with softened beeswax and then rubbed over the surface with a cloth dipped in equal parts of linseed oil and turpentine. I'urniture washed over with weak vinegar and water before using furniture cream will take a brilliant polish Eight paint should be cleaned with a 'lamp cloth dipped in whitening and rinsed with clean water. One ounce of brown sugar Joz. of beeswax boiled in a qU! , rt of beer, is a splendid renovator of old oak I urniturc. A small handful of alum and a pint Of skim milk, added to even- bucket of whitewash, will prevent it rubbing off on hands or clothes. Indeed, it makes it as permanent as distemper, arid a ivash over with clean water nt the end Of a year wi.l leave it like new again. io clean paintbrushes that have been ■I lowed to dry hard, put a „ ~1,1 ti„ o „ He Stove half-filled with vinegar n „d "hen it boils, work the brushes in it against the sides till so fi. T| le „ wnsh in soap and hot water ami thev Mill'be as new. A simple and effective method in '■'■ping the dust down when sweeping a room is to soak a sheet of newspaper m water, wring out, and gentlv sweep the paper along; it will absorb the dust.