Family Remedies
Fruit Tree Treatment
1 c sugar
1 c vinegar
1 c water
Mix and put in vinegar jug. Hang in fruit tree. Watch so you keep liquid in it. Keep hanging all year.
Etta Valyda
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Cleaner for Varnished Furniture
1 c boiled linseed oil (get at hardware store)
1/3 c turpentine
1 c vinegar
Etta Valyda
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Reuben’s Air Sack Lime Spray
For fruit tree spray
take 5 gal of water
not more than 2 gts of arsinic of lead
Lime to spray.
Etta Valyda
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Wax & Varnish Remover
1 c Sal. Soda
1 c Perfex
1 qt. water. Be sure boiling hot.
Lillian uses:
1 pkg Sal Soda
1 pkg Perfex
to a pail of water. Be sure boiling hot water.
Lillian
Varnish & Stain Remover
2 parts turpentine
1 part ammonia
Valetta
Remove Mildew or Blood Stain
1/2 c vinegar
1/2 c Chlorine Bleach
2 qts water
Slush up and down. If id doesn’t work, let soak in water solution.
Etta Valyda
Clothes Whitener
1/ 2 c Cascade
1 c Purex or Bleach liquid
2 gal hot water
Stir good. Put white clothes to soak in it. Use a plastic pail, not anything metal or aluminum.
Etta Valyda
Old Fashioned Furniture Wash
3 T Linseed oil
1 T turpintine
1 qt of hot water.
Mix and let cool. Ring cloth ou of this for cleaning. dry well. Repeat until cleaned. Apply only a small area at a time. When is clean, wax using the wax sparingly. Then rub vigorously, so there is not no smears or excess wax left on the surface.
Etta Valyda
Wax & Varnish Remover
1 c Perfex cleaner
1 c Sal soda
1 qt hot water. (I used 2 qts water and kept it boiling hot.)
Use scrub brush to put it on with and scrub. And Chore Boy or girl to remove wax in stuborn places. Probably have to wash brush and dish rag out with real hot water from faucet as it will get so it will not clean.
For larger items, Lillian uses 1 box (large) Perfex, 1 box Sal Soda (larger size) to a metal pail of hot water.
When all done, clean out real well the scrub brush and wash in strong soap suds. Rinse good in clear hot water. It helps to rinse item when removing varnish in real hot water, then you can tell if you are getting all the varnish off.
Etta Valyda