Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1913 — A Formula of Sanitary Whitewash From Dr. Hurty. [ARTICLE]

A Formula of Sanitary Whitewash From Dr. Hurty.

The state board of health is doing everything within reason to assist people in making homes, offices, business places and public buildings sanitary. Just now it is sending out a recipe for whitewash that reads as follows: . Disolve 2 pounds of ordinary glue is 7 pints of water, when all is dissolved add 6 ounces of bichromate of potassium dissolved in a pint of hot water. Stir the mixture up well and then add sufficient whiting to make it up to the usual consistency, and apply with a brush in the ordinary manner as quickly as possible. This dries in a very tfhort time and, by the action of light, becomes converted into a perfectly insoluble water-proof substance, which does not wash off even with hot water, and at the same time does not give rise to mold growth as whitewash made with size often does. It may be colored to any desired shade by the use of a trace of any analine dye or powdered colorings, while by the addition Of a small proportion of calcic sulphite its antiseptic power is much increased. The compound is often referred to as Australian whitewash and is a very cheap and effective preservative, taking the place of the more expensive paints.