Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 January 1917 — For Fine Glassware [ARTICLE]

For Fine Glassware

To wash treasures of cut, cameo or iridescent glass, use a roomy pan of agateware. Fold a soft towel in sous thicknesses and lay it. in the bottom of the pan. For water of the right temperature, Udd three quarts of cold water to half a gallon of boiling water. Put one tablespoonful of ammonia into lake water, and use a good white soap. Never use a yellow soap to wash glass. It often contains resin, which dulls the surface of fine glass in a disappointing manner. Use soft brush to clean cut or etched glassware, and rinse in water of the same temperature as the suds. Old cloths which shed lint, and new cloths which are stiff and hard, should not be used to yripe glass. Many women immerse fine pieces in Jeweler's sawdust before polishing them.