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Fruits, Ice Cream, Liquor and Wine-Saturate
stain
~
with
a
clean cloth
wet with
hot water. Scrape all
excess
pulp, then rub
vigorously
with a
cloth
wet with very
hot
water.
(If
the
stain
is
very
old
or
deep, it may be
necessary to pour
a
little very hot water directly
on
the
spot, following
with scraping
and
rubbing mentioned above. This
treatment
is not recommended
for general
use, because some discolora-
tion usually results from the direct
application
of
hot
water
to
fabrics.
)
If
this
does not
suffice,
rubbing lightly
after
drying with a clean cloth dipped in
a
volatile cleaner is the
only further
treatment
recommended.
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Grease, Oil and Lipstick-Remove as much of the
grease, oil
or
lipstick
as
possible by scraping with
a
dull
knife
or
spatula. Then rub lightly with a clean cloth wet
with a volatile
cleaner benzene, ether, or motor
~
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e
gasoline (free
from tetraethyl lead). Several
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cloths may be necessary.
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To
avoid
the possibility of ring formation
and
to confine \
~\
the grease or
oil
to
as
small
an
area as possible, pour
a
I
r\
small
amount of
the
solvent
directly on the spot and immediately
press a white blotter firmly on the spot. Repeat this procedure, using
clean sections of blotting paper until the blotting paper no longer
absorbs any grease.
If,
after repeated
treatments with the
solvent,
a
dirty
stain
remains,
rub the
spot
with a clean cloth saturated with lukewarm suds. Rinse
off
the soap by
sponging with
a clean cloth wet with cold
water.
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Ink
(Writing)-In
general,
no ink spot can be com-
pletely removed from
velvets
and flat fabrics without
injuring the material. The following methods are recom-
mended
and
are listed
according
to their relative
efficiency.
1. Rub Iron Rust Soap into the stain with the fingers. Let stand
about a minute and wipe off with dry cloth. Repeat the process
until the wiping cloth no longer shows a stain. Then rinse by
rubbing spot with cloth dipped in cold water.
2. Apply Ink Eradicator Solution No.1, or a
saturated
solution
of
oxalic acid, or a two
per cent solution of sodium acid fluoride
(sodium
bifluoride)
to the spot with
eye
dropper and blot with
blotting paper. Repeat until a clean portion
of
blotting paper shows
no
stain.
Rinse by rubbing with clean cloth dipped in cold
water.
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