. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . Painting Pemtry Shelves if necessary, the walls and woodwork should have a fresh coat of paint. REPAIRS As the rooms are thus cleaned, one by one, the necessaryrepairs should be made while each room is empty. Repairsshould first be made in the plaster; then, after thoroughlycleaning the room and allowing the dust to settle, the nec-essary painting or varnishing should be done. This shouldbe allowed to thoroughly dry before the car
. Home and health; a household manual containing two thousand recipes and helpful suggestions on the building and care of the home in harmony with sanitory laws .. . Painting Pemtry Shelves if necessary, the walls and woodwork should have a fresh coat of paint. REPAIRS As the rooms are thus cleaned, one by one, the necessaryrepairs should be made while each room is empty. Repairsshould first be made in the plaster; then, after thoroughlycleaning the room and allowing the dust to settle, the nec-essary painting or varnishing should be done. This shouldbe allowed to thoroughly dry before the carpets and otherfurnishings are put in place. FOR. WASHING PAINT A useful preparation for washing paint is made asfollows:— House Cleaning 181 Love makes labor light. // «%^. Dissolve in a bucketful of water four tablespoonfulsof soda and an equal quantity of soft soap and turpentine. Apply this to the dirty paint witha flannel, wipe dry, and thenrub with a leather. This methodleaves a nice, glossy appearanceon the paint. CLEANING WINDOWS. The Hard Way Windows will probably require clean-ing several times during the yearif they are kept clear and bright. Every housekeeper should be sup-plied with a light step-ladder. Thisis needed when cleaning windows orwalls, and when hanging pictures,curtains, etc. A tablespoonful of ammonia inabout a pint of warm water is verygood for removing specks and cloth used should not be verywet when applied to the windows. If you wish to get a clear viewof the world outside, keep yourwindows clean. In these days ofenergetic, resourceful housewives,many wayshave beensu ggestedthat makethis part ofhouse clean-ing compar-atively easy.
Size: 1133px × 2205px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookid, booksubjecthomeeconomics
