Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1914 — Treating a Smoked Wall. [ARTICLE]

Treating a Smoked Wall.

If the celling of your wall is smoked, or even, as in the case of kitchens, the entire surface is befogged from the accumulation of cooking fumes, it will be well to go over the surface with lime water first before applying a coat of paint. Walls done this way will be renewed with one coat of paint, when two would be needed to eradicate the damage from smoke and grease. The lime water may be applied hastily with a whitewash brush, and a five-qent piece of lime wilf make enough to cover the surface of any good-sized room, while the cost and labor of applying an extra coat of paint would be considerable.