GRANDMA'S REMEDIES AND GRANDPA'S

GRANDMA'S REMEDIES AND GRANDPA'S

FORMULAS

"Tree" Gasoline Anti-Knock! A little spray of water carburated

into intake manifold of an internal combustion engine will

dampen the "ping" nearly as well as tetra-ethyl lead ("ethyl").

Plant to Keep Mosquitos Away! The castor bean plant. Seeds

available from any nursery. Plant in pots within the house;

replant outdoors. Decorative and they grow like weeds!

Non-Rust Anti-Freeze! Old motor oil thinned with kerosene.

Remove Coffee and Tea Stains! Glycerine. OR ethylene Glycol

("Prestone") OR Diethylene Glycol.

Tooth Powder! Equal parts table salt, borax and baking soda.

Ask your dentist.

Break a Dog from Chasing Cars! Attach a stick to the dog's

collar to strike at his knees when he runs.

Remove Water Marks from Table Tops! Dissolve paraffin shavings

in olive or cooking oil. Rub one way only.

Develop Fingerprints! Place a small wad of cotton, saturated

with tincture of iodine, in a glass tube; blow against suspected

fingerprints, and they will appear.

Burn Out Carbon in a Motor! Disconnect windshield wiper tube

from intake manifold. Substitute another tube leading to a

container of hydrogen peroxide. Allow this to be drawn into

idling motor. Excess oxygen will burn out the carbon deposits.

Remove Rust Stains from Fabrics! Equal parts alum and tartaric

acid, or 10% solution hydrofluoric acid. Rinse!

Remove Chewing Gum from Rugs and Clothing! Turpentine is most

effective. Next, Benzine or other hydrocarbon solvents.

Flowers Preserved Indefinitely! Collodion, thinned with ether.

Or keep stems in vase of powdered silica gel.

Super Cleaning Cloth! Ounce of oxalic acid in gallon of water.

Wring and dry the cloths.

Keep Grass from Growing Near Walks! Saturate the strip with

used motor oil. Not new oil.

Make Steel and Iron Tools Rust-Proof! Boil in a solution of

ferric phosphate or (better) benzoate of soda.

Nickel Plate Metal! Equal parts of double nickel salts and sal

ammoniac dissolved in water. Heat to near boiling and immerse

the metal to be nickeled, with a scrap of aluminum or aluminum

foil touching it. Rinse well in clear water.

Make Mimeograph Ink! Thin common printer's ink with kerosene to

desired consistency.

Liquid Fire, Red, Green, etc.! Methanol (denatured alcohol)

costs less than 65 cents a gallon. To make a "dip" or spray for

fireplace logs, add about 1/4 teaspoonful strontium nitrate for

RED fire, barium nitrate for brilliant GREEN flames, common

table salt for YELLOW, copper sulfate (blue vitriol) for BLUE

flames, and copper sulfide for PURPLE flames.

Candles Burn Twice as Long! Dip candles in liquid shellac. The

candle wax will burn... not drip.

Camp Stove - Carry in Your Pocket! Fill a can with sand and

saturate with gasoline, kerosene, alcohol, etc.

Mosquitos Won't Bite: Four parts glycerine, 4 parts alcohol, 1

part eucalyptus oil. Or make a solution of equal parts of

isopropyl alcohol and methyl phthalate.

Appendicitis Attack! NEVER give a laxative. Assist victim to

stand on head until doctor comes.

Common Substance to Ink Makes It Waterproof! Add ink to a bit

of common glue and allow to dissolve completely.

Deodorize Gasoline! Add about 20 drops of sassafras oil to a

gallon of gasoline or solvent.

A Drinker Will Dislike the Taste of Alcohol! A few drops of

tincture of ipecac (a word which is sometimes known as

ipecacuanha). Consult your pharmacist.

Green Lawn All Winter! In the autumn, scatter Italian rye (or

equivalent) grass on the lawn.

Stagnant Water Made Safe to Drink! To a quart of water add

about 10 drops tincture of iodine. Let stand.

Beauty Clay from Two Ingredients! Five tsp Fuller's Earth and 3

tsp. lemon juice. Or Bentonite (clay) and water.

Treatment for Pyorrhea! Chlorine laundry bleach, daily applied

with toothpick and cotton "swab".

Make Glass Sparkle! Carbon Tetrachloride, retailed in drug

stores as "Carbona".

Keeps Fleas Off Dogs! A little sage. Obtainable in any grocery

store in "Seasonings" department.

Open Most Sinks and Drains! Pour in a little kerosene. Let

stand overnight. Results not immediate.

Fruits and Flowers Grow Larger! A little iron sulfate (green

copperas) in watering fluid. Infrequently.

Fabrics and Labels Adhere to Metal! Add a little glycerine or

"Prestone" to the glue or moistening water.

Transparent Paint for Glass! Mix water colors with sodium

silicate solution (waterglass).

Eyeglass Cleaner! Mix together 8 oz. ammonia and 32 oz.

denatured alcohol.

Mosquito Remedy! Mix oil of citronella in a common vaseline and

apply to exposed areas.

Liquid Hand Soap! Dissolve any good powdered soap in boiling

water, add one part alcohol to each 4 parts solution. Odor may

be added when cool.

Powdered Hand Soap! Put ordinary tri-sodium phosphate in sifter

can or mix 7 oz. of same with 3 oz. of fine powdered soap.

Insect and Roach Exterminator! Mix the following: Borax, one

pound; powdered sugar, 60 oz.; add one oz. cocoa powder and two

oz. sodium fluoride. Mix well and sprinkle around places pests

are known to frequent. Keep out of reach of children!

Hydrocotyle Asiatic Teas Are a Brain Food! Energizes and

preserves the brain and body indefinitely. Noted for making

geniuses.

Alopecia: Mullein Solutions Will Grow Hair on Bald Heads!

Massage the head by taking two fingers of each hand, put on each

side of the spinal cord above the hair line. Now rub up and

down for two minutes. (This treatment alone has often given

excellent results.) Afterwards apply the mullein and leave on.

Garlic oil is also very effective to grow hair.

Dandruff: coconut oil is most effective for stubborn cases.

Superfluous Hair: Use 20 vol. peroxide. This is not the

ordinary peroxide but twice as strong. This will in time

discourage hair growth.

Gray Hair! Massage sulphur well into the scalp once a week for

a few weeks, and partake of sulphur foods whenever possible.

Liquor Cravings! Gold Thread mixed with Golden Seal in teas

creates a violent distaste for alcoholic drinks. A few grains

of epicae added to liquids nullifies all desire for liquors.

Cigarette Habit: Before breakfast take 1/2 teaspoon each

rochelle salts and cream of tartar; also chew ginseng root and

swallow the juice.

Athletes! Use honey in copious amounts, and drink teas of

Alfalfa for litheness, strength and swiftness.

Arthritis! Take 2 tbsp. orange juice thoroughly mixed with 1

tbsp. codliver oil on an empty stomach just before bedtime at

night after several hours have elapsed after the evening meal.

Eat no food or drink, no liquid of any kind, for a number of

hours after taking the oil. This lapse of time allows the

stomach to empty and bile flow to subside. Then when the whole

digestive system is resting, the oiled orange juice will pass

into the bloodstream and is readily absorbed by the bone

structure which comprise the malady. Many folks have tried this

and have had no occurrence of arthritis since the after years of

being partially crippled.

Influenza! Yarrow herb known as milfoil has been used with good

results to stop hemorrhaging of the lungs. If the tea is taken

freely at the beginning of a cold, mixed with elderberry

blossoms and peppermint, and the patient remains in bed, it will

break up a cold and flu within 24 hours. For a bad cold, take a

teaspoonful of Arm & Hammer soda in a glass of cold water. If

taken 15 minutes or so before a meal for 5 meals, it will banish

a cold. If the stomach is empty, the soda passes on through it

into the intestines and kills the acid forming there. The soda

stops acid formation, which during a cold forms in the

intestines, is absorbed into the blood and filters out through

the membranes of the nose, throat, eyes and lungs. Cayenne and

eyebright teas will dry up a cold quickly. Cream of tartar in a

glass of water, one teaspoonful, will quickly banish fevers.

Colds! Refer to formula #47.

Fevers! Refer to formula #47.

Food Drink! Place one heaping tablespoon of malt (not

chocolate) in a cup. Add 1/4 cup of milk. Mix until smooth,

then add 1-1/2 cups of milk, 2 fresh eggs and 3 spoonfuls of

honey. Now place in a quart jar and shake. Drink at once after

mixing as the vitamins will escape within a few minutes after

being mixed. Drink four times a day. This is equal to a full

meal but one will gain or lose weight. Do not add sweetening of

any kind.

Doubled Crops! To double your crops, lervuilinic acid dusted on

or soaking seeds with acid increases the yield of oats, corn,

beets, soybeans and cotton as much as 100%. Costs only $3.00

per acre.

All Purpose Cleaner! Simply mix one ounce Trisodium Phosphate

with one gallon of water; makes the whitest washings, an

excellent cleaner for all surfaces; also car radiators, etc.

Corns! Cut a small piece of lemon rind with a little of the

pulp and bind to corn. Deep-seated corns will no doubt take

longer.

Facial! Scrub face and neck with soap in warm water, dry,

spread milk of magnesia over face and neck. Relax until it

dries thoroughly. Spread another layer of magnesia to dissolve

the first layer, remove with a damp towel. Now heat some olive

oil and apply; let this remain for five minutes; use ice cold

witch hazel, which removes the excess oil, leaving skin fresh.

This magically erases frown lines, re-awakens and preserves face

and neck indefinitely. Use twice a week; after a few treatments

you will be amazed at the transformation.

Magical Fish Bait Gets the Big Ones! Use oil of Rhodium, 1

ounce, mixed with 1/2 ounce of oil of anise. Put on bait.

Never Fail to Get Your Deer! Take along a bottle of oil of

anise and dab some of it on your cap, face, hands and coat

collars. Do this at intervals throughout the day. Ones who do

this never fail to get their deer every year. The anise kills

the human scent. This is an odor that deers like and will

attract them. When in thick growth simply give a loud shrill

whistle. A good percentage of the time the deer's curiosity

will get the best of his judgement, he stops, and you've got

your deer.

Diabetes! The little-known secret is corn silk, soaked in water

overnight and drunk twice a day, is said to vanish diabetes.

Lung Disorders! See #47.

All Purpose Cleaner! Mix 1 ounce TSP with one gallon of water.

For cleaning rugs, woodwork, linoleums, porcelain, painted

surfaces, glass, etc.

Wood Furniture Restorer! Mix 3 parts linseed oil with one part

turpentine. Rub on furniture with woolen cloth, let dry, rub

with a dry woolen cloth.

Falling Hair! Mix one part of oil of lemon to 10 parts water.

Apply daily.

Deodorant and Moth Blocks! Mix together 3 parts colorome and

100 parts paradichlorbenzine. Melt and pour into molds.

Felt and Suede Cleaner! Carbon tetrachloride.

Eye Lotion! Dissolve 6 ounces sodium tetraborate into one

gallon of water.

Silvering Compound! Mix together one part nitrate of silver

with 3 parts cyanide of potassium; add water to make thick

paste. Rub on copper, brass, etc., with cloth.

Auto Radiator Cleaner! Sodium bisulphate. Pour 12 ounces in

radiator and run car for two hours. Drain and flush well.

Fly Killer! Dissolve 1-1/2 ounces formalin, 6 ounces sugar, and

100 ounces water.

Air Freshener! Mix 4 parts water soluble perfume oil in 124

parts plain water.

Valve Grinding Compound! Mix fine powdered pumice with

petroleum jelly.

Poison Ivy Remedy! Two ounces potassium permanganate with 40

ounces water.

Bath Oil! Mix 98 parts sulfonated olive oil with 2 parts

perfume oil.

Moth Paper! Melt together 4 parts naphthalene and 8 parts

paraffin wax. Paint on paper while still warm.

Bed Bug Killer! Mix equal parts wood alcohol and creosote.

Aluminum Cleaner and Polish! Two ounces borax in 1 pint water.

Cuticle Remover! Thirty ounces potassium hydroxide, 5 gallons

water, 100 ounces glycerine.

Soapless Oil Shampoo! Mix 100 parts sulfonated castor oil and 1

part perfume oil.

Toilet Bowl Cleaner! Potassium acid sulphate.

Concrete Cleaner! Dissolve 3 pounds metasilicate in 1 gallon

hot water. Use with broom.

Type Cleaner! Mix half pint naphtha in 1 quart of carbon

tetrachloride.

Auto Dry Cleaning Spray! Mix 1 pint paraffin oil and 1 quart

cleaner's naphtha.

Nail Polish Remover! Mix 6 parts acetone with 4 parts ethyl

acetate.

Brilliantine! Mix 99 parts light white mineral oil and 1 part

perfume oil. Let stand 48 hours, then filter.

Varnish for Maps! Add 2 ounces castor oil to 2 quarts collodion.

Fluid for Writing on Blueprints! Mix 12 ounces TSP in 1 gallon

of water.

Almond Flavor! Mix 1 part oil of bitter almond to 49 parts

sherry wine.

Banana Flavor! Mix 8 ounces banana flavor with 1 gallon of

edible corn oil.

Hydraulic Brake Fluid! Mix equal parts castor oil and denatured

alcohol.

Pine Oil Disinfectant! Mix 1 part rosoap and 6 parts pine oil.

Ribbon and Pad Ink! Mix glycerine and small amount of aniline

black. Apply one drop on each inch of ribbon, rewind and let

set for several days.

Silk Hosiery Saver! Mix 1 ounce powdered alum into a quart of

water. Soak hosiery in solution 15 minutes and dry. Rinse in

water several times and dry.

Meat Tenderizer! Mix 17 ounces papaya juice into 1 gallon of

water. Sprinkle on meat, pound lightly, let stand 30 minutes.

Drain Pipe Cleaner! Sodium hydroxide.

Liquid Cement! Mix 1 gallon of waterglass with 2 quarts of

water. Heat and gradually add 1 pound of shellac, stirring

until completely dissolved. Use on cardboard, wood, crocker,

glass, etc.

Cockroach Killer! Mix equal parts Plaster of Paris and oatmeal.

Sprinkle on roach trails.

Itch Ointment! Mix thoroughly one part ointment of nitrate of

mercury and 4 parts of balm oil.

Mosquito Repellent! Ethyl hexanediol sprinkled around breeding

areas.

Writing Ink! Pulverize and mix 16 ounces nut gals with 7 ounces

of gum arabic. Mix into 6 quarts of warm water. Keep in

airtight bottles.

Plastic Wood! Mix powdered wood flour with enough acetone to

make a stiff paste.

Sweet Pea Toilet Water! Dissolve 72 ounces of oil of sweet pea

into 27 gallons of alcohol and add 11 gallons of water.

Face Powder! One part powdered French chalk and 3 parts talcum

powder.

Astringent! Mix 2 ounces aquaresin G.M.C. in 1 gallon of water.

Let stand overnight.

French Bubble Bath! Mix 4 parts snowflake crystals with 1 part

virifoam-A. Add perfume oil to scent.

Wave Set! Soak 2 pounds gum jauri in 20 gallons of water

overnight, dissolve, add perfume and color to suit.

Perfume Extract! Dissolve 1 part perfume oil in 10 parts

alcohol. Allow to stand several days in tightly corked bottle,

then filter.

Renew Auto Batteries! Dissolve 1 ounce epsom salts in warm

water for each cell.

Spark Plug Cleaner! Use household ammonia.

Motor Oil Reclaimer! Boil 4 gallons used oil, add 1 pint

silicate of soda and stir 10 to 15 minutes. Let settle 5 to 7

days.

Gun Oil! Clear mineral oil.

NOTE: It should be remembered that any chemical can be very

dangerous when used or handled improperly. For this reason, the

seller of these formulas IS NOT responsible for any mishaps

associated with these formulas. THEY ARE SOLD AS

INFORMATION ONLY!

HOME BREW

You will need a 5-gallon crock, one quart of red top malt, 2

cakes of yeast, 5 pounds of sugar and 4 gallons of water.

First heat 2 gallons of water in the crock pot. Next stir in

the malt and 5 pounds of sugar. When dissolved, cool down with

other 2 gallons of water. Then add 2 cakes of yeast. Keep

crock in warm place for 3 to 4 days - till foam settles - then

bottle.

BEEF JERKY

5 lbs. or more of lean, long grain meat, flank steak, cut 1/4" x 1"

Liquid Smoke

Lawry's Seasoned Salt

Garlic Salt

Table Salt

Coarse Black Pepper

Sugar

Generously apply liquid smoke with pastry brush on pieces laid

out flat on large surface. Sprinkle on remaining ingredients

generously but sugar sparingly. Marinate in covered bowl 8

hours. Place on oven rack flat and touching. Gas oven: have

on pilot and oven light only. Electric: set at 100 to 125

degrees. Dry for 18 to 36 hours. Prop oven door open with

knife.