TREATMENT FOR WORN LINOLEUM

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 906, 25 February 1930, Page 5

TREATMENT FOR WORN LINOLEUM

j When linoleum wears badly in places, the pliable nature o£ the composition should be restored by frequent applications of some oily substance. This may be done without taking up the floor-covering. Melt eight ounces of mutton fat in a jar in the oven, add half an ounce j of powdered orris root and stir well. I While still hot, apply a thin coat of | the grease to the linoleum with an old paint brush, working as quickly as i possible so that the fat penetrates j the cork before it has time to set. If a large floor has to be' treated,

do one section at a time. The first' part will then be set, by the time you | have finished the last, and you may I proceed with the ironing. Heat two ] flat irons, place a sheet of brown j paper over the first section, and iron j the part well. Do the same with j each section. If this renovation is carefully car- i rled out, there will be no danger of j : the fat setting on the surface of the j | linoleum. It will permeate the com- j | position, and the floor will take on a j ! polish almost like new. the melted fat j having replaced the dried-up linseed j oil. 1 Badly worn and poor quality linoj leum may be treated by this method, j and its life almost doubled at prac--1 tically no cost.