sal soda

Sulphate of lime in water, causing scale, may be counteracted and scale removed by using coal oil and sal soda.

Dissolve the sal soda, borax, and sal tartar in the hot water and add the other ingredients.

Flush sink drain three times a week with boiling sal soda solution, onepint sal soda to three gallons of water.

A soap to clean clothes without rubbing: Take two pounds of sal soda, two pounds of common bar soap and ten quarts of water.

For instance: Equal parts of soft soap and sal soda, with enough crude carbolic acid to give a strong odor.