Soap Spoils Stove
Dear Aunt Daisy, I wonder if you could help me. I varied from my usual method of making my soap in the copper, and did it in a kerosene tin on the fire. It boiled over, making a dreadful mess of my stove and kettles, one aluminium and the other some sort of silver. Now I simply cannot. get them to shine; metal polishes are no use, as the caustic has left dull patches; my stove will not polish, either. I have washed it all, and used turpentine. But the streaks will not come off, and the blacklead will not polish. It looks as if it were covered in grease, and is still sticky. I have tried liquid and paste blacklead, all to no purpose, so I do hope you can help me out. Being a "Homey," I am used to the old-fashioned ways of having my stove so bright that you can see your face in it; and as it is now it is a source of annoyance to me. I do not like the idea of painting the stove with aluminum. -"Another Link" (Stratford). I consulted with the Daisy Chain about your soap-spoiled stove, and several Links gave me the same advice -wipe the stove and kettles over with vinegar. One said that whenever she makes soap she always has half a cup of vinegar standing ready in casé of accidents! The vinegar effectively removes all the stain of caustic and grease,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 127, 28 November 1941, Page 46
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247Soap Spoils Stove New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 127, 28 November 1941, Page 46
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