CHAPTER IV
MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT
A DUSTLESS MOP
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A cheap and efficient article for the
housewife is a mop made of old stockings
and the handle of an old, discarded
broom. This mop may be used successfully
for polished and painted floors as
well as for unpolished floors. It is made
by cutting the straw off of a broom
which has worn out. This is cut even
with the wires which hold the straw on
the handle. Cover this part of the
broom with an old stocking, which is
tacked to the handle securely by sewing
it around two or three times with
a double thread. Legs of old stockings
are cut twelve inches long with these
strips cut leaving a band two inches
wide to sew to the covering of the
broom. Sew them round and round
the surface in rows about an inch apart,
until the mop has been made the desired
thickness. Dip the mop into a solution
made of one-half a cupful of melted
paraffin and one cupful of coal oil.
When the mop is not in use, it must
be wrapped up and kept in a paper
bag in order to keep it moist.
