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Use white tooth powder to clean your silvarware and silvar jewellary.
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To shine your brass artefacts, apply tamarind paste and scrub well with finely powdered dried mango leaves. Wash in cold water and scrub with soft and thin cotton cloth. For people abroad, you can jolly well carry a stock of dried mango leaf powder.
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Paint brass napkin holders with transparent nailpaint to keep there shine intact for a long Time.
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Add some citric acid to cleaning powder for cleaning brass and copper ware. They will come out much cleaner.
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Apply tamarind paste and salt for greasy, or copped bottomed or brass vessels, and wash. They come out much cleaner, and more easily.
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Rub brassware with tamarind and salt before washing with soap. It will sparkle like new.
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Wipe rusted needles clean with kerosene or petrol. The rust will come off easily. Secure in a tiny pillow made of soft old material. This way they won t rust or get lost.
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Soak all your brass lamps, vases curios etc.. in a bucket of water to which 3 inch diameter ball of tamarind chunk is added, for about 4 to 5 hours. Wash with JEF or any cream bathroom detergent. Dry thourougly and then apply brasso. This way it will retain the shine for more than 2 to 3 weeks!.
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Add a tsp. each, of salt and vinegar to soap water for washing crystals and crockery to make them crystal clean and sparkling.
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To bring a sparkle to metal fittings in bathrooms, taps, etc., apply a thin vim paste all over, keep for 1 hour and wash off with warm soapy water and scrubber. Finally wash with plain water and wipe dry with a clean absorbent cloth.
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To loosen a rusted bolt, apply a few drops of household ammonia or brake fluid.
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Soak brass or silver items in water drained from curdled milk. Allow to soak in the hot water for 10 minutes. Remove and wash with regular washing soap. They will sparkle like new.
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After polishing brassware with brasso, apply tamarind paste to the vessel , rub and then wash. This will make the shine last longer.
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Lime peels dipped in salt can be used to make coppers-bottoms sparkle. Rub with salt dipped peel. Leave for a minute. Scub with soap and wash.
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To make aluminium vessels look good again, rub them with emery paper. Mere
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Pour a capful of liquid bleach in a stained commode. Keep for 1/2 hour. Add soap powder and brush, for a sparkle.
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Always wipe dry steel bathroom taps after using to keep the shine intact. Water left to dry on metal taps leave stains which over a period become difficult to remove.
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Cleaning inside an iron - Turn the iron on, pour vinegar in the water hole, and fill it up. Once the iron is hot, push the stream button four or five times. All built-up grit and grime will then be removed. Finally, empty the vinegar from the iron and rinse well with water.
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Immerse rusty curtain rings in hot vinegar for two hours. Wash off with water and wipe dry. The rings will look new.
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