Grease Stain on Carpet
Dear Aunt Daisy, A day or two ago a listener asked you what to do for a grease mark on a blue carpet. Well, here is a suggestion. Some time ago my husband trod, without knowing it, om some very dirty greasy waste in the garage and came straight in and trod on the rugs and carpets, causing various disastrous stains. Well, I had an idea that old-fashioned fuller’s earth was rather good for removing grease, and so I got to work with it. I sprinkled a liberal amount on each stain and rubbed it lightly in. Then I put paper on each stain and left it till the next day, when I gave it another light rub and then took it all off with the vacuum cleaner; and believe me, Aunt Daisy, there wasn’t even a slight stain left on any of the places. The oniy reason I put the paper over the fuller’s earth was to stop it treading about. While I remember, here’s another hint to get chewing gum off clothes (it was my husband’s trousers). He had been on a ‘plane trip and ,evidently sat on a piece of chewing gum. Well, I wet with water the place on the trousers where the chewing gum was, then I got a warm iron and an old piece of cloth, placed the cloth over the gum and lightly ironed. Result-chewing gum on cloth instead of on trousers. — "Mrs. R.G." (Northland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 69, 18 October 1940, Page 38
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246Grease Stain on Carpet New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 69, 18 October 1940, Page 38
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