To Clean Stoves And Stone Hearths Recipe

Varnished stoves should have several coats of varnish put on in summer,

in order to have it get hard, before being used. They should be washed

in warm water, without soap--a little oil rubbed on them occasionally,

makes them look nice, and tends to keep the varnish from wearing off.

Black lead and British Lustre are both of them good to black stoves

which have never been varnished--if they have been, it will not answer.

They should be mixed with cold water, to form a paste, then rubbed on

the stoves, and remain till quite dry--they should then be rubbed with a

dry, stiff, and flat brush, till clean and polished. If you wish to

preserve the color of free-stone hearths, wash them in water, without

any soap; then rub on them, while damp, free-stone, that has been

reduced to a powder--let it remain till dry, then rub it off. If the

hearths are stained, rub them hard with a piece of free-stone. If you

wish to have your hearth look dark, rub it over with hot soft soap,

alone, or diluted with water. For brick hearths, use redding, mixed with

thin hot starch and milk.

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