Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 October 1947 — Page 12
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Furnace. Boiler Should Be Cleaned Of Foreign Matter Before Winter
Home Handyman Can Puf Down Tile and
Linoleum, but I's Better to Hire It Done By HUBBARD COBB
For our money (and it's only worth 53 cents on the dollar these days)
there is no room like the kitchen
may be others with the same feeling, we jotted down a few. ideas for
doing a little face lifting job &n the
Old and worn linoleum on the floor can be rejuvenated by givin git a couple coats of good floor paint.s Remove the grease and wax from the
surface by wiping with benzine but be careful of fire—even the pilot light on the gas range. After this, the floor paint goes on and then if
you wish, stipple it with another
This will camoutiage those footprints. Enamel, makes a good wall finish for the kitchen because that smooth surface discourages dirt and grease from sticking and makes cleandng CasY Chipped spots on the refrigerator gas range or any other fixture with a baked enamel finish can be touched up with bathtub enamel which does very well except on very hot surfaces, Exposed plumbing pipes can be painted after you wipe them with benzine or turpentine to remove the grease. Paint them the color of the walls to make them inconspicuous
color,
as we have sald before
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Dirt, Sediment and Oil
Distructive to Furnace
Dirt, sediment and oil all have tion but that place is not inside your furndce boiler, In fact, any of these ingredients will have a serious on how well your heating system operates In most cases you can fell how dirty the water in the boller is by looking at the glass gauge. If |t
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filled it should not require any more [flushing out for some time, Once ‘If you have a home repair (water has been heated -a few times lit becomes won't rust the inside of the boiler.| 80 keep the same water in the boil“ler as long as it is practical. {
Follow Instructions In Putting Down Tiles . re mari
kitchen where fixtures keep getting their places in our complex civiliza- jn best done by an expert you really want a nice looking job
asphalt floor tile again. because small squares (9 ins, tandard) , by cutting It out a few cents and even less time
cement once the are down for good
people floor. tiles and remember Is carefully before you smear cement around
problem, write a letter to Mr, non-corrosive and it] Cobb, care The Indianapolis Times. Hf your question is of general interest, an answer to it will appear in a forthcoming column en The Times Home Page.
Powderpost Beetles
We did a little research the other
day and arrived at the conclusion Shun Kerofene Fumes
that os
linoleum and
cutting and fitting
We have, the, bathroom
ly "in or rather had (he went pecially
a small brown
the way, 1s one of those jobs
That is, if plex by being a termite. This is becwtise a powderpost
linoleum ‘or. is something else these tiles come in by 9 ins. seems If you mess up one tile wrong vou _are only
Now putting down
begtle is no
more a termite than you or I Here are some facts about these little creatures . Powderpost beetles are frustrated and never know where they hatch
These tiles are When made for
cement
set In a special live, they this work and ’
is hard the tiles
are a lot of} I composition | % the big thing to
read the directions
It seems that there making these
fo
For example, some tiles cannot be
puddle, the water is dirty. The way put down on cement floors because to find out if there is oil In the the dampness in the cement will 1 to 44 fs to drain the glass gauge(rot them out. Other types can be Worms on the inside of wood Then into a pan. Bring this water to a put down on either cement or wood they go to considerable effort to boil over the stove. If the water bore their way some place foams and carries on something Here they turn tierce, then it contains oil 4 then they want. out There are many brands of boiler several hundred powderpost peeyes) cleaning compound on sale at hard- A eh ) W — have made up their minds Where to ware and heating. stores. These are chat t— live, the woodwork looks bad. poured into she boiler, given a = The way to know whether you] chance to do their stuff and then | _ have termites or beetles is to look flushed out with the help of a gar for Holes in the wood. Termites do den hose. After all this, the boiler / all their work from the inside and is refilled with clean water and it of | | MENT | ant stand exposure. Powderpost ready to go beetles don't care who watches Once the boiler is clean and re- but a primer is needed over the them . cement and a felt base has to go! Unless you are selling antiques,
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back into the woodwork) before us| shiftless little animal called a powderpnst beetle, He has! developed a terrible inferiority com- | always mistaken for truly a. shame)
they want to 4 house a home.” are this very funny so if we don't get
{say that the best hardware for a ping. {house
or grease and then apply shiny for many a day else./ed with brass and when the plating
into beetles and igoes you are going to have rust By the time One thing you can do here is
INDIAN
this is least keeps the rust away.
mixed with kerosene. much as new hardware would.
We once began a column with “It takes a heap of hardware to make
o Before Using Paint
A Mr. K. C. B. out Happyville wrote us each week ask-
could think of, too far. East Happyville and shot Mr. K. C. B. deader than an old mackerel. Here are No one thought People we didn't shoot:
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Another thing you can do with
Never use harsh cleaning pow~| ing job on work of this nature. ders on any plated fixture. It will|
{strip off the plating quicker than {if it is a good idea to paint the you can say, “It takes a heap of} | back side of clapboard siding before hardware to make a house a home. "| nailing it up
Remove All Whitewash
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Mr. H. W. out in Ohio wants to munity Fund, at its first fall meet-| a laugh this trip, we'll drop it cold. know what kind of paint ‘can be|IDg tonight at 8 p. m.
People who are smarter than we used over whitewash that is chip-|
is brass. It will last longer this kind of surface.
If you get tired of this, take paint.
Some hardware is just iron plat- stores usually have them in stock.
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No paint will last long on day at 6 p. m., before members of The white- 'h® Progressive Needlecraft Club, {than you, the house or the mort- wash should be scrubbed off with 336 Harvard Place. | (gage. Brass looks better if kept pol- warm water and a stiff brush and se ished and there are many excellent! then you'll have a surface that will polishes, bring the brass to a high polish wipe it with benzine to remove wax bled with a squeaky window pulley. | a coat of A drop of oil may do the trick but clear lacquer. This will keep things sometimes these pullies get so worn they have to be replaced. Hardware
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This may he Inconvenient or toojoff the rest of the plating and give! |expensive, Powderpost beetles don't the metal a.coat of paint, This at go~ for kerosene and if brushed on the wood they generally| leave, Another liquid they don't like fixtures that lose their plating is to is paradichlora-benzine (moth crys- have them replated at some metal | Who shop. This costs .money but not as
to use to repair a crack in his, hey) or its kitchen stove. Iron cement
on sale at hardware stores and five
and ten’s does a very good and last-
Mrs. J. G. would like to know
You bet! Backpainting of any lumber exposed to the weather is good * insurance |against rotting. And while going to this extra bother, paint the ends. of the boards as well. i
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