HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 45, 17 May 1935, Page 58

HOUSEHOLD HINTS

FLLECTRIC fires. should never be cleaned with feather or cloth dusters, ag the coiled wire will easily catch the particles. Instead, clean the elements with a small pair of bellows. ORKS in bottles to,be carried when travelling can be made perfectly secure by sticking a piece of adhesive tape over them, Have the strip long enough to pass over the cork.and down the sides of the bottle. J{LECTRIC ‘toasters, cookers, and so on, with delicate filaments, need . careful cleaning. The safest. method is to use the blowing attachment of a vacuum cleaner to. remove dust, crumbs, and other deposit. Failing this, use an ordinary bicycle pump. OMETIMES two tumblers become tightly fixed one inside the other. To separate, pour some cold water into the inner glass, and stand the outer one jn warm water. The inner glass will contract and the outer expand, making separating easy. NAILS that require to be driven into hard wood should be lightly smeared with: lard or tallow at the end, when they will be found to, drive in more easily and accurately. To draw a rusty nail, give it a slight tap sideways with’the hammer first, which will loosen the rust that holds it. ;UNAMEL can be more successfully applied to small articles, if it is first warmed in a can of hot water and the article exposed to heat, so that the

surface is about the same temperature as the enamel. After painting the article must be kept in a warm place to dry, and not placed before an open window.