Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-05-06
Renewing staina

Removing stainA
Reosipt books give an almost Sadless
Est Of direcsicns. without the reason. IN the
fOrm OF a sast uhdigested mass OF remedies.
A knowledge 81 the Substances. and ,P-
plioatiOa II chemical principles. greatly
simpliEes the act. and render. isselligibls
and certain. -hat before vas osly accom-
Plshed By guess work and endless trials
GEKssE STAINS. These are from grease.
ol. &e-. sad are simPl. removed by
slksIies or soap. or by essential OIL dis.ol--
Cd Alkalies. such as sOlutiOa. ef sal
er.tus OF liquid ammonia. will remove
them safely from al substance without col
err For other Substances. the alcoholic
solutions spoken Of ~lll DO. and among them
burning Aud Aas-ers q 20 % purpose Bot
tie beat Of all is the new p--Parstion tern-
cd Benzine. whics exceeds anything else
NC know Of in efficiency. Lays paper IN
der the fabric and sPPly the liquid. GA
spots and STAINS from candle snuff. on wool
en- table eOver,. paint sPsts on garments.
the slightest discolOration-
AcID STAISs. These nay generally be
known BY reddening blsck. brown. and vio-
let dyes. and all blue eoiors s.osp; Prus-
sian blue indigo. lrllo~ color are gen
orally rendered Palcr, SxoePt the color Of
,nnase. which becomes grange.
These STAINS arr neutralired BY Alkalies.
A spot. fer Instance. on a -0Ole. coat. frOn
strong vinegar or salphurie scid. nav -
entirely removed By applying solution Of
salerstus Apply "a cautiously until the
acid Is exactly nsutraliEed. Which nav be
known by the re.sOrAtioa Of color; and
thee sPOnge Of the salt thus made by means
ofs sponge. Ammonia is better for deli
cate fabrics.
Sweet stains are chiefly ooossioned ~
little muriate - soda and scstic scid-
which produce nearly the sane effects a.
acids generally. and are 70 Dc removed. in
the same wsy. operating cautiously.
AIKAtINE STAINS. These are the op-
POsite 81 acid stains-they change Vegeta-
bic blues 20 grren. rcd. 20 violet. green
10 yeIlO-. yellow 70 brOrn. and .nnsto TO
I'D. They are 10 be treated With AID.
The writer once had a ns~ pair q DARK
cloth pAntaleons changed 70 = light brs~s
beles the kness. BY riding on q lead Of
fresh lime IN a storm. ''Ob, vea have
ruined yogr clothes - vas the sHclAmaiioa
bat be deliberately procured a cup Of vine
"a. and sPonging tbs ciotb Gradually. con-
Plstely restored the eolOr. ard then again
sPonging OF the compound. left then As
good as before.
IRoS STAINS. These cone from iron
rust. ink. &c. To rsa1eve them. the iron
Is FIRST dissolved BY a solutioa ofo1alic
acid in water. The. oxAlsie Of iron thus
Prod0osd. -hieh. unlike non rust. i. solo
bic. Is readily removed Oy washing or soak
Ias. LAX spots (tAnno- gaIlats Of irou. up-
on th- printed leaves q books. ar removed
in the sane ~sy-but the iamp-blacl Of
the Printer.'s ink Is not tall effected. II
fresh. such spot, aay BE Wholly sHaoed Il
Old and dry. very litile vail remain.
Wheel grease makes = compound s,sia Of
sr~Ase asd iron The grease nav be taken
ont srst BY alkaIi; ard then the iron bv
oxAlic acid. IftAr has been used on tie
and tbeR sPiy the alkah. TarPentine ~ill
a1s~er hosrly tbe same purpose a. lard.
NEGErsBLE STAINS. These inelsd.
fruit stains. and nav BE- removed nth
ehiorins or sulphurie lzeids A diluted
soigtioa Of chlorine ill renOvs tbe m 4. or II
practicable. chlorine IN gsseou, state vii
Dc better. The place beng -et. Saphgric
acid. Or The strong fumes a burning salpher
~ii eject the sa1c purpose. bgt mach
more slowly and r-srhsps more safely Both
these substances vii. however. remove any
other vegetable oolsr which nav have been
used i0r dyslng The iabrue.
Toremove STAINS froa eaiioo o. chr
eoiorsd substsnces. vlthoui sscctfux The
original hue. rsquircs net oriy kno~ledg.
Of toe Materials used On dyeing. let Of
those -bieh oil dispei the stain without
Affecting thee dyes srd you'd b teo er-
tended = subjsci Tor our present limits,
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