TAR STAINS
HOW TO REMOVE THEM. If tar-stains, made on wood, enamel, linoleum, etc, have become hard and oily, rub a little butter or lard well on to them and leave for a few hours to act as softening. Then rub with some turpentine on a cloth, and the marks should come off readily. Usually, however, the turpentine alone should be sufficient to take the tar off these substances entirely; or a mixture of equal parts methylated spirit and benzine may be used instead, and is very good, too. If a brownish stain still remains on the woodwork after one of these treatments, rubbing with a little ammonia should take it out.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 September 1938, Page 8
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112TAR STAINS Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 September 1938, Page 8
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