Rusty Stains
Dear Aunt Daisy, Will you please give me through your column in The Listener some methods I could try to clean rust stains from. a white bath? The bath is a heavy iron) one, coated with what looks like porcelain, but I think is enamel (not paint). I have tried kerosene and_ sandsoap, | lemon juice, starch and salt, cream of tartar and peroxide. The house had been empty for a long time and the water in the super-heater was very rusty. It was | this rusty water, left standing in the bath, which catised the stains. We have had much help from your hints on household matters, and will be grateful if you | can help me with this problem too. /
Rusty
Southland.
I wonder how you used the cream of | tartar and peroxide! Did you make it into a paste and plaster it over the stained places, leaving it on for 12 or 24 hours at a time, or till yott needed the bath, in fact. Then repeat, over and | over again. It is a gfo00d remedy. In between times you can use an English} enamel and paint cleaner, now on the market. This has to be diluted and used on a rag, no scrubbing. I can give you the name if you send a stamped envelope, as we cannot put trade-names on this page. People have also had success with a paste made of kerosene and whiting, or kerosene and soap powder. Always leave the paste on as long as. possible and repeat. Any chloride of lime preparation is also good but must be rinsed thoroughly off after leaving to stand in the bath (or sink) for some hours.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 766, 26 March 1954, Page 33
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281Rusty Stains New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 766, 26 March 1954, Page 33
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