Rules for Cleaning 1347 



THE SINK 



To flush a sink trap 

 Apparatus: 



An old granite or iron pot, a granite funnel, a stick, and one third cup 



washing soda for each sink. 



Procedure: 



1. Put the soda in the pot, add a quart of water for each one third 



cup of soda. Bring it to a boil, stirring to dissolve the soda but 

 only with a stick that can be thrown away afterwards. 



2. Put the funnel in the sink plug-hole and pour down the quart of 



boiling soda-water. Be careful not to let the soda get on hands 

 or drain boards. Leave the pot, stick, and funnel in the sink. 



3. See that no water goes down the sink for half an hour. 



4. Plug the sink and fill it with water, hot if possible. Then remove 



the plug and let the rush of water finish cleaning out the trap. 



5. Rinse, dry, and put away the funnel, pot, and other implements and 



leave everything tidy at the sink. 



6. Every sink and trap in the house should have this treatment at 



least once a week. 



. To clean out a sink trap 



Apparatus: 



An empty garbage pail, an old, small sieve, the trap brush, a monkey 



wrench, an old pot, and one fourth cup washing soda. 



Procedure: 



1. Put the soda into the pot, add two quarts of water, and boil. 



2. Set the pail under the trap and unscrew the cap at the bottom of 



the S-trap. 



3. Remove any obstruction that may be there, and brush out both 



sides of the trap pipe with the trap brush. 



4. Pour the soda solution down the sink, then put on the screw cap. 



5. Put the sieve in the sink, empty the contents of the pail through it, 



then empty the contents of the sieve into the stove. 



6. Plug the sink, fill it with water, and wash the sieve, garbage pail, 



and trap brush. Then let the water away in order to flush the 

 trap. While it is running away, examine the trap to make sure 

 that it is not leaking at the screw. 



THE STOVE 



. To hlacklead a kitchen stove 



Apparatus: 



The black-lead plate, the turpentine bottle, a dauber, a black-lead 



brush, black lead, soap, an old flannel cloth, a pail of hot water, and 



a stove apron. 



