To Keep the Stove Black
Dear Aunt Daisy, As a reader of The Listener I see someone asking about keeping a stové black. I have a good porcelain stove, and down the centre it is black. From the start I simply used the ordinary floor polish on it. It is black and shiny, and though I have had the lids and top red hot it does not go rusty. I think your correspondent would just have to get the black lead off and then I am sure the floor polish would be a success. If the kettle boils over, the water does not™ mark, in fact it just runs all over the top. What I like so much about it is that I can take a wet cloth and soap and wipe over the top of the stoveno dust and no black. I use the floor polish on the stove when it is warm and rub it over with a dry cloth, when I do the floor every day. This keeps it very nice. Hoping this tip will be of some help.
"Mrs.
R.
Palmerston
North:
Dear Aunt Daisy, Your correspondent does not state the name of the stove, but if it is one of the
new enamel ones the simplest way to get over that grey look is to buy a pennyworth of mutton fat; then just as the stove is getting warm, rub the black top with the fat and afterwards with a piece of flannelette or similar rag. Rub the top plate and it will give a good black finish which will last all day. Of course this is a daily hecessity, but it takes exactly two minutes to make the stove top look just how you want it.
W.S.
D.
Epsom.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 440, 28 November 1947, Page 22
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295To Keep the Stove Black New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 440, 28 November 1947, Page 22
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