Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1892 — To Clean Copper. [ARTICLE]

To Clean Copper.

To get the tin, solder and dirt off old copper bottoms, so as to make them clean, cleanse first in a boilinj solution of three parts caustic soda, one part niter and five parts water, and then in dilute sulphuric acid; or dip momentarily in warm nitric acid, specific gravity 1.2, and wash immediately in running water. Tramp —“ Madam, have you got anything in the way of an old pair of trousers that your husband don’t want?” Lady of the House—“YSs, there’s a cord of wood out there. ” Detroit Free Press.