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Show Spattered grease on the wallpaper wall-paper behind your stove can be removed easily if you paint the paper, while it's new, with a coat of colorless shellac. To be more elaborate, you can hang an oilcloth oil-cloth wall rug behind the stove. Or, have the area covered with a large piece of plate glass. Attach it with "corner brackets" or hang it like a mirror. Before you discard a zinc washboard, wash-board, use the piece of zinc in it to clean your fireplace chimney. Just throw it on the hot coals, and let the rising fumes do the trick. Or, toss a handful of salt on the fire. When painted kitchen walls get soiled and dull looking and a new paint job isn't forthcoming, wash them with soap and water, rinse with clear water, and wipe them dry with a soft cloth. Then you can restore a new look to the paint by going over it with the white, creamy type of furniture nolish. |