Cotton
If it is white: boil some milk with water in equal parts, and introduce the garment in the same pan for a few minutes and cooks it. Take out, drain well and leave to soak in warm water with a splash of bleach or ammonia. After 2 or 3 hours, drain well and rinse with warm water.
If it is colored: let the garment soak in water with ammonia about 3 hours. When stains are gone, rub any residue and rinse with cold water.
Carpets and Rugs
Make a paste with a tablespoon of starch powder, soap powder and salt, mix with the juice of a lemon; cover the stain with this mixture and rub, leave to dry one or two hours and rinse with a soft cloth soaked in warm water. Leave the carpet to dry outdoors without using heat dryers and stoves.
Tiles
Rub with a scouring pad and undiluted bleach, scratching well between the joints.
If mold has penetratedmuchbetween them andnot removedwith bleach, rub with steel wool or a knife, to clearthe boardsand let themclean.Then fill with some white cement.
Leather
Mold stains on leather disappear by rubbing with a cotton dipped in turpentine or in a liquid mouthwash. Then sprinkle with talcum powder and leave it a few minutes to dry, the powder is removed with a dry cloth and given a coat of clear wax.
Wool and silk
Rub with cotton soaked in hydrogen peroxide and then washed with water and liquid soap. If the garment is colored, rinse with ammoniated water to revive more colors.
thank you so much! this is brilliant!
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