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Show For cleansing-cloth clothes, and even many delicate wooleni and silk materials, ma-terials, there is nothing better than benzoline. It is U be had at most oil shops, and costs very little; but. owing' to its highly inflammable nature, it must be used with the greatest caution. If posible, it is best to do any cleaning with benzoline in the open air, but. in any case, it must never be done by artificial ar-tificial light, or in a room with a fire in it. Until the article cleaned is entirely en-tirely free of the benzoline it should not be taken near a light, for fire may cause the escaping vapor to ignite, even at a distance o? several feet. To clean paint brushes on which the paint has been allowed to harden, soak them for some hours in Unseed oil, and then rinse them in turpen'tine. Finally, wash them with some good yellow soap and cold water till quite clean, and then wipe them and put them aside till wanted for use. Brushes should never be allowed to dry with the paint on. them, and, if you have not time to wash them when you have finished using them, you should stand them in a can of cold water to prevent the paint drying till you have leisure to attend to them. |