Photo: Sara Cervera
Ingredients
- two ounces of beeswax
- an ounce of white wax into half a pint of turpentine
- a pint of turpentine
- a pint of water
- an ounce of castile soap
Directions
1
Shred finely two ounces of beeswax and half an ounce of white wax into half a pint of turpentine; set in a warm place until dissolved, then pour over the mixture the following, boiled together until melted: Half a pint of water, an ounce of castile soap and a piece or resin the size of a small nutmeg. Mix thoroughly and keep in a wide-necked stone bottle for use. This cleans well and leaves a good polish, and may be made at a fourth of the price it is sold at.
By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann ·
Recipe sourced from
gutenberg