Home-Made Mop Oil
Dear Aunt Daisy, Can you give me a method for treating a new polishing mop. It is not an oiled one--"A Hopeful Link" (Otago). Try this mixture; it was given to me as a real "tip." Shake well together in a bottle half a pint of raw linseed oil and half a pint of methylated spirits. Then add half a pint of vinegar, and shake again, Lastly add sixpennyworth of citronella oil, and give another good shaking. Leave it to stand awhile before using; and always shake the bottle again when you need it. The mop should always be left standing overnight in the tin containing the oil when it needs redoing. Do not put very much oil in either-just enough to cover the bottom of the tin. A tradesman told me that most people have their mops unnecessarily oily, and that they re-oil them too frequently.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 78, 20 December 1940, Page 46
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150Home-Made Mop Oil New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 78, 20 December 1940, Page 46
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