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was spilled on the cloth and the time of its treatment with ammonia,
a \lole will probably
have
formed
in
the material.
Blood -
Rub the stain with a clean cloth wet with
~
cold
water until no
more
of the stain will come out.
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Care
must be
taken so
that clean portions of cloth are
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used
for
rubbing the stain.
This
treatment should remove all of
the
stain. If it
does not, then apply a little household ammonia water to the stain
by means of a cloth
or
brush. After
a
lapse
of about one
minute,
con-
tinue to rub the stain with a clean cloth dipped in clear water
.
If the stain
remains
after
the use
of water and ammonia, a thick
poste of
corn
starch
and
cold water may be
applied to the
stained
area.
Allow
the paste
to
remain
until
it
has dried
and
absorbed
the
slain.
Then pick off
the
dry starch.
Brush the
surface
to
remove starch
particles that remain. For bad stains, several applications of starch
paste will be
necessary.
Hot water or
soap
and water must
not
be used on blood stains
since
they will set the
stain,
thereby making its
removal
practically
impossible.
Candy-Candy
stains, other
than
candy containing
~
chocolate,
can be removed by
rubbing
with a cloth
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,
soaked with very hot
water.
If the stain is not completely';,.'
removed, rubbing it lightly
(after
drying) with a cloth
wet with a volatile cleaner will usually remove it.
Candy stains resulting from cream and fruit-filled chocolates can
be
removed more easily by rubbing with a cloth soaked in lukewarm
soapsuds and scraping, while wet,
with a
dull
knife
.
This treatment
is followed
with a rinsing
by
rubbing
the spot
with a cloth dipped in
cold water.
Stains resulting
from
chocolate or milk chocolate can be
re-
moved by rubbing the stain with a cloth wet with
lukewarm
water.
After the spot is dry,
rub
it lightly with
a
cloth dipped in
a
volatile
cleaner.
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Chewing
Gum-Moisten
the
gum
with a volatile cleaner
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and work the gum off from
the
fabric
with a dull knife,
while still
moist.
.
Enamel.
Paint
and Lacquer-
These
substances
are made
by compounding two or more of
the follOWing
types of
ma-
~
terials: drying oils, driers, gums,
resins,
organic
and in·
&.
organic pigments, organiC solvents,
and
possibly
a few
, .
other
materials.
It
is
therefore
obvious
that the
quality
and
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