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To make hard water softer.
Pour a gallon good lye in a barrel containing 25 @ 30 gallons water.
To clean jewelry.
For cleaning jewelry there is nothing better than ammonia and water. If wery
dull and dirty, rub a little soap on a soft brush and brush them in this wash,
rinse in cold water, dry first in an old handkerchief and then rub with buck or
Chamois-skin. Their freshness and brilliancy when thus cleaned can not be
surpassed by any compound used by jewellers.
Blanket washing.
To do this properly, use plenty of water, and never any soap that has resin in
it; many cheap soaps are 60 to 75 per cent resin, and are injurious to clothes
and to the hands. Resin hardens the fiber of wool. A little bluing will do no
harm in washing white blankets. Blankets should be shaken and snapped by two
persons until almost dry. No kind of flannels or woolen goods should ever be
washed in cheap strong soap
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