Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 178, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1911 — CARE OF LEATHER FURNITURE [ARTICLE]

CARE OF LEATHER FURNITURE

Mixture of Vinegar, Whites of Eggs and Turpentine Makes Good Cloaninp Compound. The cleaning of leather upholstered furniture is a question that concerns almost every housewife, for those who do not possess one or more pieces of the padded leather kind have at least the leather seated diners, that require refurbishing three or four times a year. In preparing to clean such a piece it is best to have the necessary materials at hand, so that the work can be finished at once and without risk of injuring the furniture, as there would be a liability if the different operations of the work were not done in rapid sequence. Procure three large size cheesecloths, a basinful of tepid or nearly warm water, to which has been added a little vinegar, say a tablespoonful, and a mixture of the whites of two eggs and a half pint of turpentine. The mixture is best made by first beating the eggs to a froth and placing it in a bottle before the turpentine, and then before each application it is well shaken in the bottle.

Large pieces of leather furniture are gone over in sections, first with the cheesecloth, which has been dipped in the warm water to which has been added the vinegar, and then after being carefully wiped with a dry cheesecloth, it is polished with a cheesecloth or chamois lightly saturated with the egg white and turpentine mixture, after this the article Is carefully wiped dry with other cloths. Seats of the dining chairs can be done one at a time with ease. Any leather covered article, such as seat pads and even go-carts, not leaving out the dull calf or gunmetal shoe, can be renovated after a fashion by the same process, and shiny leather thus treated will admit of a polish more readily than before it is applied. - -