Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1883 — Sewer Grease. [ARTICLE]

Sewer Grease.

Householders are frequently troubled with the grease that adhere to the sides of sewer pipes and sink drains, and would like to know how to remove it. A strong solution of concentrated lye will do the work thoroughly. The soap, dirt, and grease that has accumulated will be dissolved and carried off. If one has wood ashes they can make their own lye. But conoentrated lye which

is put up in small cans can be had of the grocer. Put the lye in an iron kettle with water and boil till it is * dissolved, when it is ready for use. The surplus can be kept in a stone jug or in a pitcher of earthen or glass. Do not put in tin or wood.