Today we are looking at old cleaning tips from the 1800's. Some of these are sort of useful today if one could find the ingredients! The first one is for cleansing sinks.: To purify greasy sinks and pipes, pour down a pailful of boiling water in which three or four pounds of washing soda have been dissolved. A disinfectant is prepared in the same way, using copperas. Copperas is a poison and should not be left about.
To preserve brooms: Dip them for a minute or two in a kettle of boiling suds once a week and they will last much longer, making them tough and pliable. A carpet wears much longer swept with a broom cared for in this manner.
To prevent mold: A small quantity of carbolic acid added to paste, mucilage, and ink, will prevent mold. An ounce of the acid to a gallon of white-wash will keep cellers and dairies from the disagreeable odor which often taints milk and meat in such places.
To ventilate a room: Place a pitcher of cold water on a table in your room and it will absorb all the gases
with which the room is filled from the respiration of those eating or sleeping in the room. Very few realize how important such purification is for the health of the family, or indeed, understand or realize that there can be any impurity in the rooms. The water will be entirely unfit for use.
If you find these things interesting I will inject a few more in my next post.
Have a good weekend!
Hmm I wonder of that broom tip really helps. I might give it a try.
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