TO TAKE GREASE OUT OF CLOTH, &C. 183 



SOAP TO TAKE GREASE OUT OF CLOTH, 



SATINS, SILKS, &c. 



Take 4 pounds of white Bar soap, IJ pints 95 

 per cent, alcohol, 1^ ounces of nitric acid, 2 do. 

 of saltpetre, 2 ounces soda, | ounce camphor; cut 

 the har soap into thin shavings, put all the 

 ahove ingredients in a crock, then boil over a 

 slow fire, with very little blaze; pulverize your 

 camj)hor as fine as possible and when all is 

 properly dissolved, which will take 1 hour or so 

 then take the pot off the fire and when cooled 

 add 1^ ounces spirits of amonia, pour in slowly 

 stirring all the time; should it catch on fire 

 smother it with a cover or by throwing a cloth 

 over the pot. Stir while boiling, and scett with 

 J ounce of oil of cinnamon. This will remove 

 grease spots from cloth, silks, &c., by taking a 

 tooth brush — dip into water aftd make a lather 

 with the soap^ rub the grease spot well with the 

 brush and lather, then wash it out twice in cold 

 water, rinsing and squeezing the soap out as 

 clean as possible — let it be clean water each 

 time. This will take grease, paint, tar, oil^ &c., 



