This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
If the stains are but surface ones, make a paste of fuller's earth and paraffin oil, and lay this in a thick coating upon them; allow it to remain a short time, then wash off. Should this treatment not remove the stains, rub them with fine sharp sand and water, using a piece of hard wood in the same way as a brush until the stains disappear.
 
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