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To remove soap film
fine steel wool vinegar ammonia
Use steel wool, and wash with vinegar and ammonia in water.
Blue-green drip stains
soap suds ammonia
Rub well, then replace washer so tap does not drip (you'll
save water too).
household bleach
Use a solution of bleach and rub well. Rinse thoroughly.
Rust stains:
lemon salt - Dip lemon in salt and scrub to remove stains.
General stains
vinegar or turpentine - Dip a cloth in either and rub stains.
Rinse well.
Stubborn stains
cream of tartar hydrogen peroxide - Make a paste with cream
of tartar and diluted hydrogen peroxide, with a few drops
of ammonia for tough stains. Leave the paste on for 1 or 2
hours. Rinse well.
borax lemon juice -Leave this paste on stains till they disappear.
Rinse well.
soap 1/2 cup mineralised met hylated spirits - Grate a bar
of household soap into a bucket of hot water. Add spirits
and stir till soap is dissolved. Brush stains on porcelain
baths with this mixture, then rinse well.
To brighten yellowed porcelain
salt turpentine
Rub with this solution.
To polish
kerosene bicarbonate of soda - Sprinkle bicarbonate of soda
onto clean bath and polish with a cloth dipped in kerosene.
paraffin - For a shiny bath or basin, use a cloth dipped
in paraffin. The smell does not linger.
nvlon net - Make a pad or pompon of net. Its gentle abrasion
will remove bath rings.
fine steel wool - Use with a solution of vinegar, ammonia
and water to remove soap film.
Holiday protection
petroleum jelly -Protect bath or basin from drip stains by
smearing with petroleum jelly.
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