The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . ledges, sashes, and all. It stands toreason that if the windows are thoroughlydusted regularly they will not require to bewashed or cleaned nearly so frequently. Whenthe cleaning is inevitable, have ready a muslinbag full of. whiting and two wash the glass thickly with whiting, then rubit off thoroughly with a damp^—not wet—leather, and finally polish it well with a clean,dry one. This is a method pursued by work-men when cleaning the windows of a newhouse, and give* a polish unknown to the glasswashed in the ordinary way. Another
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . ledges, sashes, and all. It stands toreason that if the windows are thoroughlydusted regularly they will not require to bewashed or cleaned nearly so frequently. Whenthe cleaning is inevitable, have ready a muslinbag full of. whiting and two wash the glass thickly with whiting, then rubit off thoroughly with a damp^—not wet—leather, and finally polish it well with a clean,dry one. This is a method pursued by work-men when cleaning the windows of a newhouse, and give* a polish unknown to the glasswashed in the ordinary way. Another excel-h iii method for giving brilliancy to glass is todamp a cloth with spirits of wine, rub theglaws well with this, and then polish as beforeWith a clean, dTy leather. untouched than to interfere with it, as thepainting might be damaged in the latter in-stance. The materials required consist of water, oliveoil, pearl ashes, soap, spirits, of wine, oil ofturpentine; sponge, woollen and linen rags;essence of lemons, and stale Fig. 2. Soluble varnishes, such as sugar, glue, honey,gum arabic, isinglass, white of egg, and dirtgenerally, may be removed by employing hotwater. To know when the painting is varnishedor coated with such materials, moisten somepart with water, which will become clammy tothe touch. To clean the picture, lay it hori-zontally upon a table or some convenient place,and go over the whole surface with a spongedipped in boiling water, which should be usedfreely until the coating begins to soffen; thenthe heat must be lowered gradually as thevarnish is removed. If, however, the coatingis not easily removed, gentle friction withstale bread-crumbs, a damp linen cloth, or theend of the forefinger, will generally effect it,or assist in doing so. White of egg may beremoved (if not coagulated by heat) by usingan excess of albumen (white of egg and coldwater); but if coagulated, by employing aweak solution of a caustic alkali as potash. Coated dirt i
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