Removal of Spots and Stains
Removal of Spots and Stains
SOLVENTS FOR SPOTS AND STAINS KINDS OF SPOTS AND STAINS-STAINS ON WHITE LINEN OR COTTON-TO REMOVE STAINS FROM VEGETABLE FIBERS -TO REMOVE…
Removal of Spots and Stains (II)
SOLVENTS FOR SPOTS AND STAINS KINDS OF SPOTS AND STAINS -STAINS ON WHITE LINEN OR COTTON-TO REMOVE STAINS FROM VEGETABLE FIBERS--TO REMOVE…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Oxalic
Oxalic Acid. - This is the active principle of salts of sorrel. When combined with cream of tartar it is known as salts of lemon. It may be…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Tartaric
Nature of Tartaric Acid. - This is the acid principle of cream of tartar and is found in a free state in various plants and fruits…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Muriatic
Nature and Uses of Muriatic Acid. -This is a gas produced by treating common salt with sulphuric acid or oil of vitriol. It is readily…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Ammonia
Nature and Uses of Ammonia. -It is interesting to note that the name "ammonia" was formerly applied to common salt on account of the fact…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Chloroform
Uses of Chloroform. - Chloroform is a colorless liquid with a sweetish taste and characteristic odor. Its anæsthetic properties are well…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Turpentine
Turpentine has a well-known spicy odor, a bitter taste, and burns freely. Oil of turpentine, obtained by distillation, is a colorless…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Javelle
To Make and Use Javelle Water.- Chloride of lime or Javelle water is a colorless liquid that may be prepared from bleaching powder. It is…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Gasoline
Nature of Gasoline. -Gasoline is a product of the distillation of petroleum. The first liquid that passes over in the distillation of…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Cleaning
Cleaning with gasoline should be done preferably out of doors, or if indoors, by daylight, and never in the vicinity of a hot stove, lamp…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Pour
Pour the gasoline back into the can through a funnel covered with several thicknesses of cheese cloth.
Removal of Spots and Stains: Dissolve
Cleansing Mixtures. - Dissolve 6 drams of gum camphor in 2 ounces of alcohol. Mix separately 2 drams of pipe clay with 4 ounces of beef's…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Cork
Or mix 3 ounces of alcohol, ounce of bay rum, 1 ounce of oil of wintergreen, ounce of aqua ammonia, ounce of chloroform, and 1 ounce of…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Fibers
Nature of the Fabric. -The treatment of spots and stains depends not Sheep Silkworm Alpaca Seal Camel Ostrich "With Animal Fibers Caution…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Grass
Grass Stains. - White and other light-colored summer gowns, duck and flannel trousers, and children's garments frequently show grass stains…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Mildew
Mildew. Mildew is a fungous growth of certain parasitic plants.
Removal of Spots and Stains: Indelible
Indelible Ink.-Indelible writing and marking inks are mostly finely divided carbon which, as is well known, offers great resistance to…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Linen
TO REMOVE STAINS FROM VEGE- TABLE FIBERS To Remove Stains from Linen.- All tea, coffee, milk, and other stains or spots on linen should be…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Afterwards
For strong tea stains, put a spoonful of sugar on the stain, dip into the water, and let it stand for a few minutes. Afterwards rinse with…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Clear
TO REMOVE STAINS FROM ANIMAL FIBERS To Prepare Silks for Cleaning.- If silk garments are to be made over or if the silk is much soiled, rip…
Removal of Spots and Stains: French
To Remove Grease from Silk.-For removing grease spots from silk, chloroform, French chalk, essence of lemon, turpentine, white clay…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Silk
To Clean Silk with Potato Juice. -Grate two fair-sized clean raw potatoes into each pint of water used and strain through cheese cloth. Let…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Rinse
Rinse in cold water, adding salt and oxgall for colored articles.
Removal of Spots and Stains: Strain
Any left-over tea or coffee may be used for this purpose. Strain through cheese cloth to remove the dregs.
Removal of Spots and Stains: Remove
Or make a strong solution of logwood by boiling 1 ounce in 2 quarts of water down to 1 pint. Wash the silk clean, immerse in the solution…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Clean
To Clean Velvet. - First dust the velvet thoroughly, using for this purpose an old piece of rolled-up crape. Sponge with benzine or…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Cover
Grease Spots.- Cover the spot witn fuller's earth, pipe clay, or French chalk. Place over this a layer of brown paper and press with a hot…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Apply
Rust Stains.-Apply a solution of salts of lemon.
Removal of Spots and Stains: Clothes
Or sponge with alcohol. Afterwards polish with a piece of red velvet. TO DRY-CLEAN MEN'S GARMENTS To Clean Men's Clothes. - Hang the…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Crape
Crape, Mourning, and Other Black Goods.-Black dress goods may be washed by observing the same caution as for other colored fabrics, whether…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Gloves
REMOVAL OF SPOTS AND STAINS Milk for Kid Gloves.-Draw the gloves on the hands, dip a cloth in skim milk, and wipe them on the cloth as if…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Wash-leather
To Clean Wash-leather Gloves.- Wash-leather gloves may be cleaned with soap and water. Draw them on the hands and with a shaving brush…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Feathers
TO CLEAN FEATHERS, FURS, AND STRAW To Clean Feathers. - Prepare suds by shaving and boiling half a bar of hard white or naphtha soap in a…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Hats
To Clean Straw Hats. -The most delicate straw goods, as Milan, Leghorn, and other straws, can be thoroughly cleaned by mixing the juice of…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Bleaching
To Size Straw Hats.-Beat up the white of an egg and apply to the hat after cleaning with a small camel'shair brush or a sponge. BLEACHING…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Hence
The principal actual bleaching agents now employed are chlorine gas, usually combined with lime as chloride of lime or bleaching powder…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Bleach
To Bleach Raw Linen and Cotton Cloth.-Dissolve 1 pound of chloride of lime in a small quantity of cold water by rubbing with a stick until…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Repeat
For Small Articles. -A paper flour sack, to which they may be attached by pins or basting threads, is light, tight, and convenient for…
Removal of Spots and Stains: Faded
Faded articles may be bleached in this way by keeping them constantly moistened with clear water.