The practical housewife : $b A complete encyclopædia of domestic economy and family medical guidePhilp, Robert Kemp
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The practical housewife : $b A complete encyclopædia of domestic economy and family medical guide
Philp, Robert Kemp
Formulas, recipes, etc.; Home economics; Medicine, Popular
TO CLEAN WHITE OR COLOURED KID GLOVES.—Put the glove on your hand, then
take a small piece of flannel, dip it in camphine, and well but gently
rub it over the glove, _taking care not to make it too wet_; when the
dirt is removed, dip the flannel (or another piece, if that is become
dirty) in the pipe-clay and rub it over the glove; take it off, and
hang it up in a room to dry, and in a day or two very little smell will
remain; and if done carefully they will be almost as good as new. In
coloured ones, if yellow, use gamboge after the pipe-clay, and for other
colours match it in dry paint. I have tried the other plans recommended
in many publications, and have not found them answer at all. Turpentine
_may_ do as well, but I have not tried it.—A. S.
TO CLEAN WASH-LEATHER GLOVES.—First take out the grease spots with
magnesia, or cream of tartar. Then wash and squeeze them through a lather
of white soap and lukewarm water; hot water will shrink them. Squeeze
them through second suds; rinse them first in lukewarm and then in cold
water, and stretch them to dry before the fire or in the sun.
ANOTHER.—Having removed the grease spots, take the gloves, one at a
time, on your hands, and rub them with a clean sponge wet with lukewarm
soap-suds. Wash off the suds with a sponge and clear water, and stretch
the gloves to dry. When almost dry, put them on your hands until
finished, which will prevent them from shrinking.—A. F.
TO CLEAN BUCKSKIN GLOVES.—First wash in warm water and soap, until the
dirt is removed; then pull them out into their proper shape, or stretch
them on wooden hands. Do not wring them, but place one on the other, and
press the water out. Mix a little pipe-clay, or pipe-clay and yellow
ochre, according to the colour required, with vinegar or beer. Rub this
over the outside of the gloves, and let them dry gradually in the shade;
or if in the house, not too near the fire. When about half-dry, rub them
well and stretch them on the hand or wooden mould; after they are rubbed
and dried, brush them with a soft brush to get out the dust. Finally,
iron the gloves with a smoothing-iron moderately heated, taking the
precaution to place a cloth or piece of paper over them, and they will
look like new. Tanned gloves, commonly called Limerick, are genteel and
economical in spring and autumn, as they do not soil so soon as white.
The tan colour is made by infusing saffron in boiling water for about
twelve hours, and rubbing the stuff over the leather with a brush. The
water should be soft, and never applied to leather in any case at more
than blood heat.—M.
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