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To take Grease from Paper
Gently warm the parts containing the grease, and apply blotting-paper so as to extract as much as possible. Boil some clear essential oil of turpentine and apply it to the warm paper with a soft clean brush. A little rectified spirits of wine should be put over afterward. 412. To take out Stains of Ink from Oxymuriatic acid removes, per- Books. fectly, stains of ink; and should the paper require bleaching, the operation will answer