Fig. 245. Brush-keeper.
Oil stains should be poured back into their respective bottles, and the cups wiped out with cotton waste. When they get in bad condition, they can be cleaned readily after a preliminary soaking in a strong solution of potash. The same treatment may be given to brushes, but if they are left soaking too long in the solution, the bristles will be eaten off.
EQUIPMENT AND CARE OF THE SHOP
References*
Murray, Year Book 1906, p. 69.
Bailey, M. T. Mag., 9: 138. Dec. '07.
Robillion, pp. 48-90.
Hammacher and Schlemmer, passim.
* For general bibliography, see [p. 4.]