Ingredients
- three parts of linseed oil
- one part spirits of turpentine
- one ounce
- one-half gill
- one gill
- half pints
Directions
Make a mixture of three parts of linseed oil, and one part spirits of turpentine ; put it on with a woolen cloth, and when dry, rub with a woolen cloth or chamois. Good for cleaning picture frames and restoring furniture marred or scratched. It covers the disfigured surface, and restores wood to its original color, leaving a lustre upon the surface.
SCOIIRISTG L.IQIJID FOR BRASS.
Oil of vitriol, one ounce; sweet oil, one-half gill; pulverized rotten stone, one gill; rain water, one and a half pints. Mix well and shake as used. Apply with a rag, and then polish with buckskin or old woolen.
SPOTS OIV VARXISHED FURXITURE
Are readily removed b}^ rubbing them with essence of peppermint, or spirits of camphor, and afterwards with furniture polish or oil.
TO CI.EAX SILTER.
Wash silver in very hot, clear water, wipe dry with a soft towel, and you will have no need for any prepara- tion.
TO REMOVE A OI^ASS STOPPER
From a bottle, hold a lighted match to the neck of the bottle, and the heat will cause the neck so to expand that the stopper will loosen.