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Football Games. Signify Fall Is Near So Now! s The Time For You To Get Caught Up With Exterior Painting

' Inspect Masonry Around the House. And See If Cracks Need Filling

By HUBBARD (COBB, Your Handyman

enamel. cleanser--nothing stronger. When | you do use one of those chemical {drain cleaners to clear a pipe, keep |

To put it bluntly, the days are beginning té run short. Pretty soon; away ‘from the enamel’ on the! there will be leaves to burn, football games to listen to and bad weather fixture. coming up. This is about’ your last chance to get caught. up on any

exterior painting, because by the ti

of wood whether .it be on the house, garage or Sanden trellis should Befo re Yo U P ai int |

every stick Get Rust Off

ime the fall rains start,

be well protected with coats of good paint.

Any exposed metal work such as gutters and down: spouts should also be painted unless they are] non-corrosive.

Inspect the masonry about the!

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house and see if there are cracks to fill or bricks to point up. Use one part cement to three parts sapd| for these jobs. Frost inside a little

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{made for this sort of work. Don't & ) i ' expect sudden miracles. Rub the LI elo] 03) stain gehtly and it should disap- | | I pear.” Kerosene is another good | | Prease send me FREE booklet about deafness and jcleanser. Just rub and rub and rub. | Jo sabe dune to 9verey Hi, {It all takes time, but the enamel’ ; | MAME : | will be there when you've finished. | : | Boban Een | Don't use any of the sirong A yen rel chemical drain - cleaners to bleach

{the seams are very large, they can

fd lenamel as a finish. While i care of them, dl surface is pretty easily cleaned,

| It's a good thing that sumer | crack will make it grow and grOW|qoesn't last any longer than it does, {and grow. “|because about this time of year,|

out a stain. They will .ruin the Use a mild household

If you have i Tome repair problem, write a letter to Mr. Cobb, care The Indian. apolis Times. If your question is of general interest, an answer to it will appear in a forthcoming column on “The Times Home Page. =

,Ohio wants to know if it is okay | to store paint brushes in water for]

short periods. © The experts say nd. {Water isn’t good for the bristles! jor. the wood portion of the brush, | {Hang brushes used on il paints in {either turpentine or linseed oil. A lady in New York asks what Is a good type of nt to use in| 'the kitcherf. Enamel kes a swell

with canvas or some other material | {to keep out the dust and dirt. Put

wall finish for both Jitchens and) bathrooms. ‘Its smooth surface dis-| {courages dirt and grease, and it can {be cleaned easily. Non-washable

Those little open seams around outqoor furniture looks as if it had all screws and other screen hard-|haints should not be used in these]

{window and door frames should beipaen put ‘through a wringer. filled with caulking compound to keep out the cold and wet. This| compound can be applied with a gun and painted over so it will match the surrounding surface. 1f| !

be filled with oakum and then covered with compound. Cracked, warped or loose roof shingles should be either replaced or tacked back in .place where they will do some good.

i 1 . Don't attempt to paint outdoor Plumbing Fixtures: * [furniture until it is bone dry all ‘How to Clean Them the way through. Anyway, there Plumbing fixtures, like just about {isn’t any rush because you've got all everything else, . require cleaning (Winter to do the job. Store the furnow and then. And, like everything |niture in a dry place and do the else, there is a special way to clean Work gradually. If the furniture them. (can be taken apart, so much the

| ware in a bag or box, and. put. it where you can find it next spring.

Asbestos Cement Insulates Furnace

There are all kinds of insulating

materials. A fur coat might keep a young lady warm, but neither! mouton or mink will do much for | a boiler furnace. What does work

(here is some asbestos cement and

some one-inch mesh wire, alias “chicken wire.”

You start out on this happy task]

bestos cement to the boiler. boiler, by the way, should be warm. | Another thing we forgot to men-| tion is that the dust and dirt] should be cleansed off before the |

better. *

It will make painting easier, and you'll do a more thorough job. A] few drops of, oil on rusty bolts and {nuts will ‘allow them to be removed without any chance of Samaging the wood. X |

Rustic and unpainted Toriture) jis liable to become a steady meal {for various insects so look the wood | ——— | OVEr carefully to see if there are

Most wash basins, bathtubs and nV Signs of these little varmits.

kitchen sinks are either cast iron|YOUr Paint or hardware store can

lor steel with a coat of baked [SUPPly you with an insecticide to |

Take plenty of time refinishing, |does get stained. especially Be a \ that metal furniture.

lit easy when you go about Yetivvie | wil be wasting both time and this kind of a stain. money. | Don't use a harsh abrasive such ‘Control Your Temper ° . | las steel wool, emery cloth or a! gritty - cleaning powder. If you do, | ‘When Removing Screen jo ‘Il eut right through the enamel | The big point to remember when | and end up in deep water. Use one taking down window and door | of the scratchless cleaning powders

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you'll -need them | again next year, so exert a little (will power and control that nasty

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temper, Use metal number platés to matk | |the screens and the windows where |

Need Them -— they fit. This saves a lot of hunting |

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cement goes on. cement too tightly as this will not help matters much. Leave the sur-| face of the first coat rough so that | {the second coat will stic kto it.-Keep |

Get all the the second coat will stick to it. Keep| faucet that drips rusty water. Take ust off before you repaint or you|the doors as it won't get broken|

when the doors are opened. Give the first coat a chance to set until fairly dry and then stretch the chicken wire over (it. Cut the necessary holes in the wire for doors, pipes and gauges, By the time you've done all this, the cement will have probably cracked —but don’t worry. The second

lcoat (% inch thick) will fill the! |cracks and cover the wire.

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~—And Answers, Too

We received a letter from a lady lin Kansas ‘City asking’ where she {can buy some triodium phosphate. hardware and paint. stores ‘may have it in stock, but you can also get it from your grocer under various brand names.

A gentleman in Massachusetts | asks where kiln dried hardwood flooring can be purchased. Kiln dried means that the wood has |= {been artifically seasoned. This lum-| [ber is stocked at lumber yards, whem | land if they can get it.

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~Chairman Jesse P. Wolcott of the tests at Wright Fleld to see how | | house banking and currency .com- much -its airframe would take be-| mittee said today that “if the hous-, tore cracking.

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