Show l l t I e x A You'll Need A Mask I DEAR AH SUSANNA I 1 have scrubbed and rubbed like tike mad with water and cleansers and everything else in an attempt to remove the rust stains from the plumbing fixtures in our new home where the taps have been left leet dripping Im I'm ready to give up if p l e p I-p Cinderella WA WAIT W 1 T Reach Beach for this life lire lifeline lifeline line and put on your surgical mask Ill I'll tell you why later while hile I explain how to remove these marks completely without This method Is 20 times as effective ef and land as potent as scrubbing scrubbing scrub bing with salt and vinegar or polishing with powdered pum ice All you do is let the following follow Collow followIng ing solution sit there for a little while and you'll wonder where the yellow went ent Hun Run water waler into the basin sink or tub till the stains are cov ered Bred Start by adding half a cup of toilet bowl cleaner crystals and the same amount of oC liquid quid household bleach Increase quantities depending on how much water you use and how deep the stains are embedded and I wasn't joking about aboul the mask Tie a scarf or a largo double hankie over your nose and mouth before beCore you start so that you wont won't breath in the fumes Cumes from the bleach as these are rather acrid and not too pleasant THEN proceed as above Later on before belore you open the drain replace your mask You could also swish a long handled dish mop or brush all around the stained areas to loosen stubborn stub born marks Then release the water and all your problems Inthis Inthis in inthis this connection will go sailing salling down the drain Say That taps tap's not dripping again is it DEAR SUSANNA A marvelous marvel marvel- ous gift gilt my family gave me on my birthday was an aspirin bot bot- tie tle which contained several dollars dol lars lays worth of nickles pickles and dimes Here lIere is the poem that accompanied panted their present ent Lock these In the glove com corn Then no matter matler where you are You'll have some change for forthe forthe forthe the meter When you go to park the car earl carl J J. J Sharpe DEAR DEAH AIt SUSANNA When the tho cords of my Venetian blinds be become become become come soiled I roll them up and soak them In a dish of soapy water to which bleach has been added As I simply hold the dish up to the blind without removing it from the window I make a fairly fairly fair fair- ly Iy strong solution so that it only takes a few minutes to clean them It may not be necessary but I f push the little plastic knob up the cord out of ot the way just justin in case the laundry bleach might harm it I rinse the cords with a fresh bowl of water and squeeze them dry with a towel Mrs L L. L Lowry DEAR SUSANNA So its it's car washing and window cleaning time and who has seen the chamois chamois cha chao mois mols After Aller much searching it if turns up in a dr dreadful wrinkled hard board condition Whet What to todo todo todo do Just soak it in warm water to which a spoonful of olive oil has been added It will immerge utterly soft and fresh and usable usa usa- ble You may be interested to tt know that I often read your column column col 01 col- col to my husband at after dinner dinner din ner coffee time and since he thinks that you and your readers render a terrific service it was Vas his idea for me to send you this idea of oC his if you know what 1 mean Mrs II 11 B. B Ballantyne Features Syndic |