Oil on Wallpaper
Dear Aunt Daisy, I am writing this in the hope that it may help the person who spilt oil on her wall paper. Some time ago, my husband spilt hair-oil down the bedroom wallpaper in a very prominent place, Not knowing of any remedy, I had to rely on my own brains. So I took some very stale bread and gently rubbed the stain, then took a hot iron and thick brown paper and passed the iron backwards and forwards several times, I daresay blotting paper would do in place of brown paper. Finally, I used more bread and believe me, the stain has practically all disappeared. In fact, it worked so well, that no one would notice now, unless it were pointed out to them. I would only recommend this method for a plain paper, however, as it would certainly take colour out of a pattern.-Concord (Dunedin).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 216, 13 August 1943, Page 19
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151Oil on Wallpaper New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 216, 13 August 1943, Page 19
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