My grandmother had a couple of sayings meaning that she needed to stop chatting and get on with some chores. One was "This won't get the babies bathed.", the other was "This won't get the range black leaded". In her younger days most people would have cooked on a coal fired, cast iron cooking range which needed treating with black lead to stop it from rusting. Apparently black lead is just another name for graphite but does anyone know what form this came in? Is there a more modern substance for treating iron hob surfaces?
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Thanks Launderess. That ash sifter looks a handy thing as it would also remove the nails and screws from burning scrap wood. I used to have access to graphite powder when I was in the carbon composites industry. Your first link didn't work BTW.
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The Home Depot carried black stove polish for all the years I worked there. Worked well on my sister's gas grille and also a toy cast-iron stove she's had for 20+ years. Wear gloves and have plenty of discarded newspaper on hand!
The Home Depot carried black stove polish for all the years I worked there. Worked well on my sister's gas grille and also a toy cast-iron stove she's had for 20+ years. Wear gloves and have plenty of discarded newspaper on hand!
Ash Sifter
Ashes from fires were a valuable commodity back then. Wood ashes for instance were used for doing laundry before commercially prepared soda powders came onto the market.
Recycling is not a new concept and there was always someone "lower down" the scale than oneself who probably could use what you threw away.
Ashes would also be sifted for bits of coal that hadn't burned. If you were poor and or otherwise couldn't afford to buy the stuff, you rummaged through ash cans or wherever the stuff was discarded.
Depending upon what was burnt the remaining ashes could be put to use to make everything from lye to soap.
Ashes from fires were a valuable commodity back then. Wood ashes for instance were used for doing laundry before commercially prepared soda powders came onto the market.
Recycling is not a new concept and there was always someone "lower down" the scale than oneself who probably could use what you threw away.
Ashes would also be sifted for bits of coal that hadn't burned. If you were poor and or otherwise couldn't afford to buy the stuff, you rummaged through ash cans or wherever the stuff was discarded.
Depending upon what was burnt the remaining ashes could be put to use to make everything from lye to soap.
