REMOVING STAINS. 



clothes from wax candles, are removable by spirits 

 of turpentine, or sulphuric ether. The marks of 

 white paint may also be discharged by the last- 

 mentioned agents. 



To take Spots of Grease out of Books, Prints, or 

 Paper. 



After having gently warmed the paper that is 

 stained with grease, wax, oil, or any other fat 

 body, take out as much as possible of it by means 

 of blotting paper ; then dip a small brush in the 

 essential oil of turpentine, heated almost to ebul- 

 lition (for when cold it acts only very weakly), 

 and draw it gently over both sides of the paper, 

 which must be carefully kept warm. This oper- 

 ation must be repeated as many times as the 

 quantity of the fat body imbibed by the paper, or 

 the thickness of the paper, may render necessary. 

 When the greasy substance is entirely removed, 

 recourse may be had to the following method to 

 restore the paper to its former whiteness, which is 

 not completely restored by the first process. Dip 

 another brush in highly rectified spirit of wine, 

 and draw it in like manner over the place which 

 was stained, and particularly round the edges, to 

 remove the border that would still present a stain. 

 By employing these means with proper caution, 

 the spot will totally disappear, the paper will re- 

 sume its original whiteness, and if the process has 

 been employed on a part written on with common 

 ink, or printed with printer's ink, it will experience 

 no alteration. 



