Important: Safety Warning
This page directs the use of hazardous substances — such as benzine, gasoline, lye, or strong acids — for household tasks. These materials are highly flammable, corrosive, or poisonous, and the practices described have caused fires, burns, and poisonings.
This information has been left in for historical purposes but should not be acted upon.
Home › The Laundry › WHITEWASH FOR CELLARS
WHITEWASH FOR CELLARS
An ounce of carbolic acid to a gallon of whitewash will keep from cellars the disagreeable odor which taints milk and meat. Or, add copperas to ordinary whitewash until it is yellow; the copperas is a disinfectant, and drives away vermin.