The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-05-24
Kerosene
a Cleaner
Excellent for Clothing, Win
dows, Footwear and
Ranges.


Dirty cloths of all sorts may be
rendered clean, sweet and soft by the
following process:
| Put on the stove vessel. free froa
grease, with plenty of sort water; when
| il boils, put IN the cloths, giving them
room tor the water 10 circulate ireciy
through them: add first, but not uutil
the water boils up well, one tan4espoo
ful of kerosene TO every galioA Of
water.
Boil for half an hour Take the
cloths mp with a stick and rinse them
in plenty of clean water, trst warm,
then cold, and dry in the open air.
1t is best TO separate the aTticies, the
greasy from the non greasy, and give
each a separate boiling.
An occasional wash oI the description
would save many cents, for when the
various articles. are too worn for hard
labor there will be life enough in them
for other purposes TOO well known to
need detailed description.
1t may be added that if all would
adopt the simple precaution of taking
the first coating of grease from knives
and other utensils with paper, subse-
saved and the wear of towels and dish
cloths greatly prolonged.
TO CLEAN WINDOWS.
To give windows a brilliant polish il
will be found good plan to add eou-
pie of tablespoonfuls of kerosene oil TO
bucket of cold water; max well and
wash the windows over with a sponge
which has been squeezed out of the
water. Dry them and polish with a soft
cloth.
KEROSENE FOR FOOTWEAR.
Shoes that have become hardened by
water may be rendered quite soft again
by the application of a little kerosene.
The oil should be applied on a cloth,
and rubbed well into the leather. lt
also tends to preserve the leather, and
so lengths the life of the fOotgear.
A few drops of kerosene added TO the
water in which linoleum or oileloth -
washed will not only help TO preserve
it, but will also give il better polish
Kerosene applied TO the hauHts OF
bugs or ants will keep them out and
break up their homesteads. A spoonful
added TO a bucket of water is excellent
for cleaning paint.
To clean a copper kettle, rub with
kerosene and powdered bathbrick, and
afterward polish with dry whiting.
TO CLEAN THE KITCHEN RANGE
When the kitchen range looks rather
bad and one has not the time to black
it, wet a cloth in kerosene and rub on
some soap. Go over the stove with this
and then rub with the usual backing
rag until it is rather shiny and finish
of with newspaper.
Kerosene will remove the dirt from
les hands, after backing the stove.
more quickly than soap and water. Pour
a little in the water and wash the hands
with it; wash in lukewarm water, thea
in hot, with plenty of soap and stiff
Finish off the hands with a
lemon and rub in any good lotion
After handling 4 paint brush kero-
sene viii remove the sticky feeling bet
ter than anything else.
Ironing is smoother and clothes more
glossy if few drops of kerosene are
added to the boiled starch.
To remove iron rust put the article
into kerosene, allowing it to remain fer
some time The rust viii become
loosened and easily come of.
A rev uEupr 0I hSAbDfuc uu ~ VI
cloth viii clean a lamp chimney beauti-
fully. Polish the chimney afterwar4
with a piece of flannel or chamois SKIN.
and it will be clear and bright.
KEROSENE TO WHITEN CLOTHES.
Take equal parts Of kerosene and tuT-
pentine and shake well together. One
of this mixture added 10
the soapsuds in which clothes are
boiled will be found to have a most
effect.
Printers ink spots can be removed
from cloth by soaking in kerosene.
To clean finger marks on doors, rub
them with q piece Of clean flannel dip
ped in kerosene. The marks will disap-
pear like magic. Afterward wipe with
3 cloth wrung out of hot water, to take
away the smell This is better than
using soap water. as it does not destroy
the paint.
Kerosene is also excellent for clean
ing vanished hail doors on a dusty
roadway.