The Monitor., 1890-04-11
A FEW RECIPES USEFUL In HOUSE
CLEANING TINE.

10 Jake out bruises III furniture, wet the
place well with warm water, then take
some brown paper five or six times doub.
led, and well soaked in water; lay it on the
place, apply on that hot flat-iron till the
moisture is evaporated, and if the bruise is
not gone, repeat the same; you will find
after two or three applications the dent or
bruse is raised level with the surface; or,
if The bruise is small, soak it well with
warm water and apply red-hot poker
very near the surface, keeping it continual
ly wetted, and you will soon find the in
dentation vanished.
TO CLEAN CARPETS.
When the carpet is we'll beaten and free
from dust, lay it tightly down and scrub it
with soap dissolved in soft water mixed
with bullock's gall-about four gallons Of
water to pint of gall. This will restore
the colors of the carpet to their original
brightness and make it look almost like
new. The brush employed should be OF a
soft character, with long bristles.
To clean and restore the elasticity of
cane-chair bottoms, coaches, ETC., tnrn up
the chair bottom, etc., and with hot water
and a sponge wash the cane-work well, SO
that it may be well soaked; should it be dir
ty you must add soap; let it dry in the air,
and you will find it as tight and firm as
when new, provided the cane is not broken.
A recipe to clean marble, etc.: Mix up a
quantity of the strongest soap-lees with
quick lime, to the consistency Of milk, and
lay in on the stone, etc., for twenty four
hours; clean it afterwards with soap and
water and it will appear as new. This
may be improved by rubbing or polishing
it afterwards with fine putty-powder and
olive oil.
TO REVIVE GILT FRAMES
One ounce of soda beaten up with the
whites of three ounces of eggs. Blow off
the dust with a pair of bellows from the
frames, then wash them over with brush
dipped in this mixture, and this will render
them fresh and bright.
Apply spirits of salt with a rag, until
the spot disappears; Immediately wash
with clear water.
To clean old brass-work for lacquering,
first boil strong lye of wood-ashes, which
you may strengthen by soap-lees; put in
your brass-work, and tho lacquer will i'm
mediately come off; then have ready a
pickle of aqua-fortis and water, strong
enough to take off the dirt; wash it inn
mediately in clean water; dry it well and
lacquer it.
To make gold lacquer for brass: Take OF
rectified spirits of wine two quarts. and
three pounds of seed-lac (picked particu-
larly clean and clear of all black and
brown specks and pieces, as upon that de-
pends entirely the beauty of the lacquer
add them together, keep them warm,
and shake them often; when the lac is dis
solved, it is fit for use.
Another lacquer is made of the clearest
and best seed-lac, one pound; of dragon S
blood, one ounce; pound them well togeth-
er; add pint and half of the best spirits
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strain it, and it is fit for use.
Pale gold lacquer: Dissolve in pint OF
spirits of wine as much gamboge as will
give It bright yellow; then add three
quarters of a pound of seed lac. finely pow
dered and sifted; set it in a sand bath to
dissolve; when that is the case, bottle and
ctoy, al fill apto1 for uSa
TO CLEAN PAINT.
Provide plate with some of the besl
whiting to be had and have ready some
clean warm water and piece Of flannel,
which dip into the water and squeeze near
Iy dry; then take as much whiting as will
adhere to it, apply 1t to the painted surface,
when little rubbing will instantly remove
any dirt or grease; after which wash the
part well with clean water, rubbing it dry
with soft ehamois. Paint thus cleaned
looks as we'll as when first laid on, with
out injury to the most delicate colors. 1t
is far better than using soap and does not
require more than half the time and labor.
DUSTY OR STAINED FURNITURE.
If the furniture is in bad state, but not
stained it will be sufficient to clean it by
washing it well with spirits of turpentine,
and afterwards polishing with linseed oil,
colored W it'll alkanet root. When, how
ever. the furniture is stained or inky, it
should be washed with sour beer or vine
ger, afterwards rubbing the stains with
spirits of salts, rubbed on with a piece of
rag, which will remove all the stains. The
wood may then be polished, either with lin-
seed oil colored with alkanet root or with
beeswax dissolved in turpentine, with a
little cold yarnish or resin added.
TO DESTROY MOTHS
Dissolve al um in hot water, making a
very strong solution; apply to furniture or
erevices in the wall with a paint brush.
This is sure destruction to those noxious
vermin, and invaluable because easily OBJ
tanned; is perfectly safe to use and leaves
no unpleasant traces behind. When you
suspect moths have lodged in the borders
of carpets, wet the edge of the carpets
with a strong solution; whenever it reaches
them it is certain death.-THe Upholsferer.
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