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Procedure: 



1. Put on the stove apron. 



2. Mix the black lead with enough warm water to make it the con- 



sistency of cream, then add a few drops of turpentine. 



3. Wet the cloth, rub it on the cake of soap, and wash the stove all 



over with it. Rinse the cloth and renew the soap as often as 

 necessary. The object is to get rid of old blacking and grease, 

 and so make the surface easier to polish. Soda water is an ex- 

 cellent substitute for soap, if the stove is very greasy or has 

 been neglected. 



4. Let the stove dry. 



5. Commence at the top of the stove. With the dauber apply a thin 



layer of blacking to one section of the stove, and polish 

 immediately with the black-lead brush; then proceed to blacken 

 and polish the next section. If the blacking is allowed to dry 

 before the brushing, the polish is harder to obtain; therefore, 

 daub only as much as can be polished before it dries out. 



6. Fireplace baskets and irons do not require washing very often. 



7. Burn the old cloth, wash out the pail, and put everything away tidily. 



Note. — It is now considered good practice to oil kitchen stoves, thus avoiding the 

 labor and dust of the blackleading process. 



To oil a kitchen stove 



1. Put a little separator oil on a wad of cotton waste and rub it on all 



the iron parts of the stove. 



2. Rub off with fresh waste, an old cloth, or some crumpled paper. 



3. Polish with a dry flannelette or woolen cloth until all oiliness is gone. 



4. Bum the waste, old cloth, or paper. Be particular about this be- 



cause oily waste and oily cloths are a frequent cause of fire 

 through spontaneous combustion. 



5. Wash out the polishing cloth. 



To clean a gas stove thoroughly 

 Apparatus: 



A stove apron, a couple of old newspapers, a wire sinl<-brush, a monkey 

 wrench, whisk, dustpan and brush, a sink towel, several pieces of 

 old cloth, soap and washing soda, and the separator-oil bottle. 

 Procedure: 



1. Put on the apron and spread the papers on the table. 



2. Turn off the gas at the main supply pipe with the monkey wrench. 



3. Fill a large dishpan with strong, hot soapsuds, put into it to soak 



the dripping pan and rack and any movable nickel pieces of 

 the stove. 



