CLEANING TIPS
FOR FLOORS. PAINTINGS AND BATHS. Furniture polish need not prove an expensive item as it can be made at home by mixing equal parts of methylated spirits, raw linseed oil and vinegar. Floor polish can be reduced in cost by adding petrol to the polishing wax. It has the additional benefit that it will give a quick shine to floors without making them too slippery. Discoloured baths can be cleaned by dissolving some oxalic acid in sufficient water to cover the crystals. Apply this mixture to the bath. Rub well with cloth giving special attention to the stained portion. Follow the same procedure with turpentine, and finally scour with hot suds, rinsing with clear water and polishing with a dry cloth. An oil painting can be cleaned and partly restored by washing carefully with powdered soap dissolved in warm water. Rub the picture gently with a soft rag. When the surface is dry. rub lightly with a cloth dipped in spirits of turpentine.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 September 1940, Page 8
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