Oil On Men's Boots
Dear Aunt Daisy, Here’s a tip which you may or may not have. If men’s shoes get, oil or grease on them, rub over with a raw potato. Leave them to dry, then polish in the usual way. My brother, who is in the Navy, once stood for 17 hours in oil during an action in a practically new pair of shoes, However, he rubbed them with potato, left them to dry, and then repeated the process. They are now as good as new again. It is the starch which draws the oil.-A.G. (Grey Lynn, Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 224, 8 October 1943, Page 11
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100Oil On Men's Boots New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 224, 8 October 1943, Page 11
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