How To Clean Paint

Tea leaves may be saved from the table for a few days, and when sufficient are collected, steep, not boil, them for half an hour in a tin pan. Strain the water off through a sieve, and use this tea to wash all varnished paint. It removes spots, and gives a fresher, newer appearance than when soap and water is used. For white paint, take up a small quantity of whiting on a damp piece of old white flannel, and rub over the surface lightly, and it will leave the paint remarkably bright and new.

How To Take Mildew From Linen

Rub the spots with soap; scrape chalk over it, and rub it well; lay it on the grass, in the sun; as it dries, wet it a little; it will come out with two applications.

How To Clean Marble

Take two parts of common soda, one part of pumice stone, and one part of finely-powdered chalk; sift it through a fine sieve, and mix it with water; then rub it well all over the marble, and the stains will be removed; rub the marble over with salt and water.

How To Clean Tinware

The best thing for cleaning tinware is common soda; dampen a cloth, dip it in soda, rub the ware briskly, after which wipe dry.

How To Clean Cut Glass

Having washed cut glass articles, let them dry, and afterwards rub them with prepared chalk and a soft brush, carefully going into all the cavities.

Indelible Ink

To one tablespoonful of rain water, one-half tea-spoonful of vinegar and a piece of lunar caustic, three inches long; shake well together; put on to your cloth a little milk and soda (to a tablespoon of milk a piece of baking soda as large as a grain of corn); iron smooth, and write immediately.

How To Clean A Tea Or Coffee Pot

If the inside of your tea or coffee pot is black from long use, fill it with water, throw in a piece of hard soap, set on the stove, and let it boil from half an hour to an hour. It will clean as bright as a new dollar, and cost no work.

Tinned Ware

Tinned ware which speedily loses its brightness should be distrusted. It usually contains lead, which is dissolved by very feeble acids, and is very poisonous. Iodide of potassium is the antidote.

How To Clean Straw Matting

Wash with a cloth dipped in clean salt and water. Take care to wipe dry, as this prevents its turning yellow.

Tar may be removed from either hands or clothing by rubbing well with lard, and then washing well with soap and water.

Chamois Skins

To cleanse a chamois skin wash it in cold water with plenty of soap, and rinse well in clear cold water; thus you may wash as often as you please, and still keep it soft.

A Sure Way To Remove Tea Stains

Mix thoroughly soft soap and salt - say a tablespoonful to a teacup of soap; rub on the spots, and spread the cloth on the grass where the sun will shine on it, Let it lay two or three days; then wash; if the stain is not all out, it will disappear in the second washing. If the spots are wet occasionally while lying on the grass it will hasten the bleaching.

Iron Bust

This may be removed by salt mixed with a little lemon juice; put in the sun; if necessary use two applications.

Mildew

Dip the stained cloth in buttermilk, and lay in the sun.

How To Raise The Pile Of Velvet

Cover a hot smoothing-iron with a wet cloth; hold the velvet firmly over it; the vapor rising will raise the pile of the velvet with the assistance of a light whisk.