REMOVING STAINS
SOME TIMELY HINTS. For tea, coffee, and cocoa stains, pour boiling water through until stains are wet. Soak in a solution of borax. Red ink can be soaked in water and vinegar. For iron mould use oxalic acid, using a bone spoon to apply. Fruit and wine stains may be sprinkled with salt and boiling water poured through while still wet. Use salt and lemon or oxalic acid. If a paint stain is still damp, wash in hot, soapy water, and if dry use turpentine. Then rub with benzine. For tar, scrape off surface and cover with fat and kerosene, and gently rub between hands. Wash in benzine. Grass stains can be rubbed with methylated spirit. For grease, use hot water and soap or benzine. For candle-grease, use a hot iron over blotting-paper. Moisten mildew with soap and sprinkle with French chalk. Bleach in the sun.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 August 1938, Page 8
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