A New or Improved Cleaning and Polishing Composition for Metals.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 1st Oct., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Cleaning and Polishing Composition for Metals.
I, ELEANOR FRENCH, of 6, Oakley Crescent, City Road, London, E.C., Spinster,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-
lowing statement:-
My invention relates to a new or improved composition of substances for
quickly and easily cleaning and polishing all kinds of polished metal goods, and
has for its object to remove all dirt and stains from such goods with less labour
that hitherto, and to produce upon the said goods a brilliant and lasting polish
without the use of any polishing agent other than that contained in the said
compound, and it is my intention that my said cleaning and polishing composi-
tion as hereinafter set forth shall be commercially known as "Briteall-The
Universal Metal Polish."
My invention consists in the combination of water, soft-soap, pulverized-
rotten-stone, oil of thyme, oil of amber, liquid ammonia and sweet oil in the
proportions hereinafter stated or thereabouts, which I prepare and use as herein-
after explained.
In preparing the said compound, I take of water one and a half pints or
thereabouts, and when this has been brought to boiling heat I add thereto two
ounces or thereabouts of soft soap, and well stir the liquid until the latter has
quite dissolved, when I place the whole aside until quite cold, and then add
thereto three ounces or thereabouts of very finely powdered rotten-stone, and
when this has been thoroughly mixed with the soapy water I add half an ounce
or thereabouts of the oil of thyme, and three quarters of an ounce or thereabouts
of oil of amber, and when these have been thoroughly mixed all together I
finally add seven ounces or thereabouts of liquid ammonia, and one and a half
ounces or thereabouts of sweet or Florence oil, and when all the said ingredients
are thoroughly and intimately mixed together the whole may be placed in a
bottle and well corked to prevent evaporation of the more volatile ingredients.
In using the compound, the bottle must be well shaken and the contents
applied to a wad or pad of flannel or other soft and preferably woolen fabric,
when by slightly rubbing with the wet side of the said pad the metal article
to be cleaned, it will be found that the dirt and stains thereon will quickly dis-
appear, when the article may be wiped with a dry cloth, and if then slightly
rubbed with a piece of chamois leather, or other soft material, a brilliant and
lasting polish will be quickly produced without the use of any other polishing
agent.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
(1) The cleaning and polishing composition for metals, substantially as herein

page_text: (2) In an improved cleaning and polishing composition for metals, the com-
bination of boiled water, soft-soap, rotten-stone, oil of thyme, oil of amber, liquid
ammonia and sweet oil in the proportions stated or thereabouts, substantially as
and for the purposes herein described.
Dated this 0741
1000
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1, Broad Street Buildings, London, EC., Agent for the Applicant.