Household Hints

1 — Removing stains of blue and black ink

With a dropper, drop tincture of iodine on the spot of the stain only. Then leave it for half an hour. Then wash it with cold water, then with hot water and soap, and no trace of the stain will remain.

2 — Removing coffee stains

Take a towel and wet its end with cold water, then dab the coffee spot well, at once, as soon as the garment is soiled with the coffee, until the stain disappears. Then iron it with a hot iron, laying a dry rag over the place of the stain, and every trace will disappear.

3 — Removing dried coffee stains

Wet the stains with cold water, then rub them with borax, then pour boiling water over them from a height. But if the stain is of coffee with milk, wash it with cold water, then pour the boiling water over it from a height.