28 HOUSEHOLD USES The Use of Vinegar for Cleaning and Other Sundry Purposes

Zinc-Topped Table. Wash with soap and water and polish with woolen cloth moistened with white vinegar dipped in whiting, baking soda or bath brick.

Paint om Window Panes can be removed by rubbing with cloth dipped in hot white vinegar. Also, to polish windows, put 1 tablespoonful of vinegar in hot water.

To Wash Glass of any kind, put 1 table- spoonful of white vinegar in water to make it bright.

To Set Color in clothes, take one cupful of salt, same quantity of white vinegar, and enough water to cover material. Soak 30 minutes or longer.

To Brighten Carpets. After they have been well brushed, or dust removed in some other manner, rub them with weak solution of white vinegar and water.

To Remove Shine from garments, sponge with white vinegar and water; press on wrong side. Also removes grease spots.

To Remove Shoe Polish from clothing, rub with white vinegar.

A More Brilliant Polish can be given to shoes by adding a little white vinegar to the shoe polish.

Stockings wear longer and retain their luster if rinsed in cold water to which a small quantity of white vinegar has been added.

To Clean Range. Wash with two parts white vinegar to one part of water before blacking; removes grease and rust. To secure brilliant polish, add a little vinegar to the blacking.

To Clean Steel stoves and oven doors, rub briskly while steel is warm with soft cloth dipped in white vinegar.

Brass and Copper can be cleaned with a paste made with white vinegar, salt and flour. Then rub with oil to prevent tarnishing.

Tea Kettle. To remove lime deposit, boil a pint of white vinegar in tea kettle. Scrape and rinse well.

Enamel Ware may be easily brightened by rubbing with paste made of white vinegar and coarse salt.

To Remove Stain from other cooking utentils, put a little white vinegar in pan and heat and boil for few minutes. Then wash and it will look like new.

Electric Iron. To clean electric iron, remove dark or burnt spots by rubbing with white vinegar and salt heated in aluminum pan, then polish as you would silver.

Dish Water. Add white vinegar to remove disagreeable odor and grease from dish water.

Water Bottle. Clean the glass water bottle with white vinegar. Shake it a little; then wash in the usual way.

Ink Stains on furniture or floors can be removed by hard rubbing with vinegar and water. Always use white vinegar.

Furniture Polish. Best results will be secured by first thoroughly cleansing with white vinegar and water. A satisfactory polish can be secured by mixing equal parts of cider vinegar and linseed oil.

To Clean Leather furniture, rub equal parts of white vinegar and linseed oil into the leather and polish with soft cloth.

To Soften Glue. White vinegar put into a bottle of glue that has become dried and useless will make it like new again.

Paint Brushes. Dried paint brushes can be cleaned by letting the brush simmer in white vinegar for 10 minutes.

Lamp Wicks will give clear flame if previ- ously soaked twenty-four hours in cider vinegar. Also, add a little white vinegar to the oil occasionally.

To Clean Wall Paper. 1 heaping cup sifted flour, 1 tbsp. salt, 1 tbsp. coal oil, 2 tbsp. white vinegar, 2 tbsp. ammonia, 44 cup warm water. Mix in small kettle. Boil until flour is thoroughly scalded and moisture used up stirring constantly. Then take it out and knead it with the hands and it is ready for use. Rub the wall paper with balls of this rubbery substance, as you would clean paper with an eraser. (Coal oil is kerosene oil).

Never Keep Yeast or Vinegar in stone crocks or jugs. Their acid attacks the glazing, which is said to be poisonous. Glass for either is better.

To Prevent Moths from destroying apple trees, tin cans filled with cider vinegar put out early in the season will catch a number of the first hatching. It will not attract them eel the apples are out, so must be placed early.

To Dye Material add white vinegar to make a darker shade.

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