TAR STAINS
In hot weather, when tarred road surfaces become soft, carpets are liable to be badly damaged by stains from tar that has stuck to shoe soles. To lessen the risk of such damage extra doormats or spare pieces of old carpet may be laid in porches and entrance halls. When stains are noticed they should be treated as quickly as possible to prevent the tar from becoming deeply embedded in the pile of the carpet. Slight stains may be removed if they are rubbed with a pad of soft rag soaked in methylated spirit, turpentine, or a good non-inflammable cleanser. If the tar is thickly caked on a paste made of fuller’s earth and turpentine should be applied and carefully worked into the pile of the carpet. It should be left to dry and then removed with a stiff brush. To soften hard cakes of tar that have dried on a carpet a little olive oil may be used, but it must be well washed off again with methylated spirit or a grease-removing cleanser. Tar stains on uncarpeted floors may be removed with liquid metal-polish.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 October 1939, Page 8
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187TAR STAINS Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 October 1939, Page 8
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