DENTS IN FURNITURE
Furniture and polished floors are often disfigured by ugly little dents and bruises which, by means of a little careful treatment and patience, might easily be removed. Take a sheet of blotting-paper, fold it into four or six thicknesses and soak it with water. Then allow' all the surplus water to drain aw r av and place the paper over the bruise. llow hold a flat-iron just over, but not actually touching the blotting-paper. The heat and moisture will cause the w’ood to expand and dispel the bruise. If the dent is only a small one, all that is necessary is to wet it and hold the iron near. This treatment may cause a little discolouration of the wmod, but that can be easily overcome by soaking a piece of rag in linseed oil and leaving it over the bruise al night. Linseed oil should not bo put on polished furniture. Instead use alcohol and polish afterwards with a cloth dampened in turpentine.
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17986, 3 April 1930, Page 5
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166DENTS IN FURNITURE Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17986, 3 April 1930, Page 5
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