Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1913 — KEEPING FLOOR IN CONDITION [ARTICLE]

KEEPING FLOOR IN CONDITION

Perfection of Results May Be Achieved by the Use of Polish Easily Put Together at Home. Polishing floors is hard work, and calls for no end of “elbow grease.” For'a hardwood, or stained-wx>d floor, take eight ounces of yellow beeswax, one quart of Venetian turpentine; cut the wax Into small pieces and pour the turpentine over It, and lee it stand in a vessel of warm water until dissolved, which it will readily do; then bottle. Apply a very little at a time with a flannel cloth, rubbing until there Is none left on the surface, then proceed until the whole floor is finished. It keeps the floor in excellent order and the polish is required ordinarily about once In six months. Soapsuds should never be used op a hanjwood floor that is oiled or waxed. All that is needed is to wipe with a cloth dampened in a little warm water —say a wash basin full to which about two tablespoonfuls of coal oil has been added. One tablespoonfnl to the bas-in-will be enough for anything unless very dirty. The oil should be well stirred into the water, the cloth just dampened, wrung out as dry as possible before use, and the floor polished afterward with a clean flannel cloth. This is good for matting also.