Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1947 — Page 10

Fix I Yourself.

Mixing Important on That Big Paint Job; | Woodwork Nicks Easily Filled . | 4 By HUBBARD COBB ci]

Your Handy Man Back in the good old days when taxes were low and pecpie believed

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Editor to Speak Times State Service GREENCASTLE, Ind., March 26. —Buren H. McCormack, managing editor of the Wall Street Journal, E. Eileboe. acsidtart Suro goin will be guest speaker at DePauw > : ; university. for the founders day ob- eral, U. S. public health service, servance of Sigma Delta Chi, April ‘Washington, D. C., will speak on 17, honorary journalism fraternity tuberculosis control. for men. Mr. MtCormack, a De- Murray A. Auerbach, executive Pauw graduate in 1930, will speak secretary of the association, is makat a special chapel program in Go- ing preliminary plans for the meetbin church on the campus. "ing.

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their congressmen; you had to buy a]l the ingredients for paint and put them together yourself. Today, all you have to do is buy a can of paint, | open it and go to work. Well almost. Before you can expect any ‘kind of results from paint it has to be | I mixed thoroughly. Open a can of paint and you'll find that the. oll has risen to the top. Pour it off into, ee——i———

|a clean container stir the paste | sng pa up the masonry that holds your {if the shellac gets too hot, it will”

Pour the oil back ly. stirring | {ruin the good finish surrounding e ack gradually, stirring! The first move in this little game |, = ©." Chi will be harder

|is to remove all loose and crumbling | |to- work in properly.

that remains until it is smooth. house up.

| the paste as you pour. mortar around the bricks or stone. | Use a cold chisel if necessary, but | take it easy or youl make more | {work for yourself. Brush out all loose particles of | !san® and dirt with a stiff brush. | Mix up some mortar by using one | part Portland cement to three parts | [clean sand. | If this sounds like too much work |you can get a -package of ready | {mixed mortar that only needs a little! water added. Wet down the area surrounding the hole before you start tossing the mortar in. Work the mortar into the recess | and then smooth it off to match the surrounding work. If a brick hits you on the head, scrape the old mortar off it, give it a coat of

When it’s all back in one containle. pour it back into the other and repeat this process a few times. When you've finished;« you can count on ‘the pale being properly mixed. For a big paint job where you'll it's a

Shellac Stick Fine For Filling Dents

one big can and mix that. The theory here is that now and then you get two cans of paint which are theoretically the same color, but vary slightly in shade. Mix them up together and you'll |get a nice even color.

lipstick, bubble gum or for sharpening old razor blades.

for filling in nicks and dents in furnituré which otherwise would} call for a complete refinishing job.! Choose a shellac stick to match

in question. Your hardware or} paint shop has these sticks in many | delicious colors. Clean the hole nl the wood thoroughly. Heat an old knife blade or al screwdriver and melt off _enough of

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|Mixing Paint, Pointing-Up Brickwork : Tips Also Given On Removing Spots:

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{ the stick to fill the hole.

Here

{ you 've got to watch things because

Work the shellac into the hole

with the blade of the knife or

your finger.

Bring the top of the

patch a little-higher than the sur-

rounding surface. ling 1s dry, take off the excess with |

When the fill-

if you have a home repair problem, write a letter to Mr. Cobb, care The Indianapolis Times. If your question is of general interest, an answer fo i} will be found in a forthcoming column on The Times Home Page.

a razor blade but be careful of the | | they drive you crazy. Fold one heh original finish.

The shellac surface can be

{smoothed down with a fine grade

{of pumice stone.

Chairs *Often Need Upholstering Repair

It's a wonderful feeling to be able! to sink down

into your ‘favorite

chair ‘after a long hard" day—providing you don’t sink toa far, When

fresh mortar-and stick it back in. yo, start hitting the floor, it's time

‘for a little re-upholstering job.

To replace torn webbing remove

{the cover from the bottom.of the | chair and consider how the webbing A shellac stick canhiot be used as iS criss-crossed and how the springs

.sewn to the webbing. Cut the]

twine ‘holding the springs to the

On the webbing, pull out the tacks and toss

other hand a shellac stick is a won-|the old webbing away. those springs down before

derful little item to have around |

the finish of the piece of furniture ' Works Lik

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lof new webbing underneath and

tack it down. Pull.the new webbing

tight across the chair by twisting it

around a stick and giving it the old “heave ho" Tack the other end down, cut it off leaving an extra inch for turnover and nail. Put the othér strips of webbing on in the same fashion. Either put

all the back-to-front ones on first r=

or alternate back-to-front, side-to-side.- Be sure you get that crissLross efféct. on, cut the holding

strings the

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Tones found on leopards, and if I

were a leepard I'd watch my step— just in case, Take, for instance, those drip spots you get on asbestos shingles. Well, take a cup of tri-sodium phosphate in a gallon of water and do a little rubbing. Then again there are those little spots caused by rain through copper screens or over copper gutters. Use a weak solu- | tion of tri-sodium in water and don't leave it on the paint for very long as it will damage it.

fRinse the solution off with clear | water.

For -those stains on porcelain bathroom fixtures, you want plain kerosene and a little elbowwgrease. - Ink spots: can be Temoved with a

When the webbing is!

springs and sew them to the web-|

bing.

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About the only kind of

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