The Arizona sentinel., 1888-06-23
CT GAMING PAIN
How to Do 1t Without Injuring the Ere
quently Delicate Surface.

quently Delicate Surface.
During the house cleaning season
the washing of the paint is of great
Importance to the housewife. Where
cleanness is the only thing desired,
there are n number of labor-saving
soap powders in the market that will
do the work well. with very little
hard work on the part of the house
wife, but, unfortunately. the greater
number of them contain soda. and are
for this reason injurious to the pain.
Soda is an excellent thing to remove
dirt, but with the dirt is too apt to
take the paint; therefore, if woman
wishes to keep her paint looking nice.
she will not use soda as au assistant
in cleaning it. Another objection to
the use of soda is that it Injuries the
hands, making them rough and sore.
This objection is the worst, for
with sore hands it Is any
thing but q pleasant task to do
the Homework. To be sure, all
soaps 10 more or less extent contain
soda, but most good soaps, and none
but the best should be used in the
kitchen. contain such small proper
ton that there is little danger of their
doing much injury 10 either hands or
paint.
Begin work by busting all the ledge
over the windows and doors, then the
panels and castings of doors and win
dows. There are many kinds of cloths
used for washing paint but there is
nothing that does the work as well as
old flannel Old worn-out underfar.
nels should be put aside especially for
this purpose. Always use two cloths,
one for washing. the other to wipe
dry. The wash-cloth should be of
flannel, and the dryer either clean
white flannel OF clean crash. Cd cot
ton cloth is often used to wipe dry,
and where crash or flannel is not at
hand, it does very we'll, but it is not as
good in any way as the other cloths,
and should never be used in prefer
ence. Have a wooden skewer and a
small flannel cloth to go into crevices
warm water, and with the flannel
wash-cloth go over the paint, using
some good soap. Don't wet the cloth
so it will run down on the paint,
thereby leaving streaks that will be
very difficult to obliterate. Wet the
cloth and wiring out not too dry, but
just enough 10 keep the water from
dripping.
Do not wash too large space at a
time. or there will be difference no.
ticed when the paint is dry. Wipe
each piece first with the wash-cloth,
wrung out dry as possible. then wipe
being careful TO wipe
well where the spaces join. so there
will not be any dark mark between.
Before cleaning the paint it is best to
have the floor washed up clean and
thoroughly dry. so that when doing
the mop boards and lower part of
doors the cloth will not smut the paint
in consequence of coming in contact
with a dusty floor Have an old
thick mat upon which TO set your pail
and cloths when not in use, and |
the floor will not be covered with
little puddles of water, as is usually |
the case where the pail sits on the
floor. When the paint is thoroughly
Try and clean, rubbing it over with
whiting on soft cloth will give it a
nice polish. Delicate shades of paint
that are not much soiled may be
cleaned by using a little whiting in
,he water. Grained wood can be
cleaned nicely with tea. having it of
medium strength and well strained.
This will not remove the gloss, which
he use of soap will surely do. Am
nonia in the water should never be
lsed for cleaning paint, for. although
excellent as cleanser it gives the sur
ace of the paint dull. dead look, as
t removes the polish. Where the
DOM is to be repainted, ammonia
water will remove the dirt quicker,
nd with less labor, than any thing
lse, and will be found excellent for the
purpose. Boston Budget.