Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1911 — TAKES STAIN FROM MAHOGANY [ARTICLE]

TAKES STAIN FROM MAHOGANY

Disfiguring Spots May Easily Be Removed, Though the Operation Requires Carefulness. - v For the thumb mark that so often disfigures mahogany, or that blurred blue haze which clouds its polish there is a simple remedy which requires only a deft hand and a bit of courage. A soft rag or flannel, dampened with alcohol, must he passed quickly and lightly over the part. Water stains and liquor spots will disappear immediately. The amateur refinisher, however, must heed the warning the work be done-with great rapid!# absolute confidence in onesself. To slacken the wipe of the rag on the surface means that the polish will be roughened, and made to look streaked, or as if glue had beep spilled, end a furniture expert will have to be called in to lend bis skill toward bringing back the smooth mirror-like surface once again. In old time a wax polish was customary, and the servants worked with a will over every piece, so that their tables and chairs would outshine those of the next big house. A dull finish was unheard of, and would have been scorned as showing laziness in the household, besides being a dust revealer, for even a 'fleck shows on unpolished furniture most plainly.