Ink.
While the stains are yet wet upon the carpet, sponge them with skim-milk thoroughly. Then wash out the milk with a clean sponge dipped again and again in fair water, cold. Exchange this presently for warm; then rub dry with a cloth. If the stain is upon any article of clothing, or table, or bed linen, wash in the milk well, afterward in the water.
Dry ink stains can be removed from white cloth by oxalic acid, or lemon-juice and salt.
Stains of Acids and Alkalies.
Treat acid stains with hartshorn; alkaline with acids. For instance, if the color be taken out of cloth by whitewash, wash with strong vinegar.
Grease Spots.
- 1 quart boiling water.
- 1 oz. pulverized borax.
- ½ oz. of gum camphor.
Shake up well and bottle. It is excellent for removing grease spots from woolens.
Cure for Burns.
- One-third part linseed oil.
- Two-thirds lime water.