Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 February 1948 — Page 6

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ripping Faucet Not Only Farge + Leaky Joints Around Windows Can Usually = _ Be Fixed Without Too Much Trouble

By HUBBARD COBB, Your Handy Man One thing that can always be said for plumbing is that there .. Is nothing’ subtle about it.- When it starts acting up you can bet _ your bottom dollar that it will act up worse before it finally quits _ unless, of course, you do something about it. 7 Jor instance; when a fixture drain starts slowing up it usually means

there is something stuck in the drain or trap. Wait | feahe 8 That and you'll have i SR a ——— major repair job on your hands.

If you have a home repair problem, write a letter to. Mr. Cobb, care of The Indianapolis ~ Times. If your question is of general interest, an answer to it “will appear in a forthcoming column on The Times Home Page. | sewer pipkk.the cesspool or septic] [tank is yull or on the blink.|

Whateve# the case, it's smart to, } be removed ‘eatly in the game attend any or all of these!

SITE With § Momiber's I len or aimeuities before things go com- § the trap ne using a Dh ot pletely haywire and you have a i . . Stiff wire to push or pull the ob-| basement full of sewage. ’ struction out of the way. If alll If a faucet begins to drip you | the drains in the system start/can be sure it will continue to do acting up, it may mean that the|so until you replace the worn sewer line has become clogged. | faucet washer. Remember, a badThere are tree roots In the i worn washer will not only run

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up your water bill and leave a rust stain on the plumbing fix~ ture, but it may also scar the fauget valve seat so that you'll have to do some regrinding be{fore the faucet can be tightly | closed.

Window Frame Leaks

Due fo Many Causes ~Liook -through—a-window-- long ! enough and something will go ‘wrong with it: A sash cord breaks, a sash sticks, someone [Losses a rock through the glass

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face had a coat of grease, on or wax on it. This is something you want to watch for if a paint remover was used because the remover will leave a wax deposit that will spoil the new paint unless it is removed with benzine or alcohol. Even the best paint In the world won't act propenly if

oil or some liquid like kerosene instead of turpentine. And finally, paint will not dry properly in a cold, unventilated room. In a case of this sort a little heat and ventilation may | be all that is required. There are some paints that

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you lean on when you lean out a (window, A leak through this joint [can often be fixed by driving in a few nails through the stool into the sill. This should tighten up | the joint 80 that water can't get) [Po Other spots for water to find ia way into the house are cracks where the upright portions of the | window join the sill, What you lcan usually do here is take a sharp pointed tool and clean the |eracks out and then pack them with white lead paste or some other plastic filler. After this, a coat of paint should give a pretty | watertight joint. | Of course, if you let things go

8 ito long the sill may have begun

ito rot in a few spots. THé only |thing to do here 1s to’ remove the {sill (a complicated job at best) and take it down to a lumber yard or mill and have them make you a new one. All in all it's a lot easier to keep the window frame tight and painted.

Prevent Paint Drying There is nothing so sad as the week-end painter who finds the job he did on Saturday still sticky and gooey on the follow-|, ing Friday. Paint will fail to dry hard for a number of reaisons and the fault is either with |the painter or with the paint.

the chances are all in favor of the paint never getting hard. This often happens when an oil paint is used on concrete without first making sure that the conJcrete is bone dry. Another cause for for sticky paint is that the sur-

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won't harden properly for love or| mbney. These are made out of | anything except high grade ma-terials-and about all you can do is to remove the mess and start over, muttering a solemn promise never to buy cheap paint

or maybe rain water appears agai, ! [around the plaster under the win- Stencils,

Squares Aid In Transferring Designs

There* are a lot of amateur in-| {terior decorators who spend their| i

little under nil. {such as these that stencils and squares were invented. Making ‘a stencil of a design to!

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{be painted on a surfaces a pretty, {simple matter. Trace or use car-| [bon paper to get the design on to| a sheet of heavy paper and then] coat the paper with shellac. After ‘the shellac fs dry, cut-out-the des; with a sharp knife. The knife has to be good and sharp, else you'll gét a fuzzy edge which is bound to spoil the finished job. | Another simple way to transfer) a design is by means of squares. What you do is rule off the design into a fiumber of squares all of equal size. Then you make an| equal number of squares on the surface that is to be covered. If you want the design the same size as the original, make the Squares the same size. If you want to en large or reduce the design hin | —————————— you transfer it, make the squares larger or smaller. The main thing to remember | 4 to keep everything to scale. do this accurately you want T rule. Needless to say, make

rather light lines on the surface

which is to be painted | After you get all the squares’ worked out, it's a pretty simple business to draw in the portion of |

{the design that fills a square.

{When all the squares are filled |you have an accurate reproduction design.

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to fit the opening. Plane one edge of the door straight and put this edge up against the door

lup a solution of half linseed oil .jand half turpentine and

the wood down untit it's as smoth as an 1885 dime. Remember to sand with the grain and the final sanding should be done with a No. 00 or No. 000 sandpaper. : The wood has to be really smooth if the job Is going to turn out well. After this has ‘been done, mix

this by placing in a pan which is in turn placed in a container {ull of boiling water. Don't use an open flame to warm the oil. Wipe hot oil onto the wood and

| jamb. Mark on the. opposite side |of the door the amount of wood that has to come off and then remove same with a saw or plane. Your best bet is to saw outside the line and then use a long joiner plane to bring things right down to the mark. Put the door in place and mark the amount {that is to come off thé bottom. Get rid of this and then mark and cut the top of the door. Leave a little clearance, about

15 Inch or so between all four

lives ih ‘misery because their ar-| edges of the door and frame so tistic ability is something just al|that there will be no chance of It was for people|the door binding after it's nad a

few coats of paint.

Hinges should be placed six

inches or so from the top and [am of the door.

{that the hinge leaf fits flush with {the wood surface. Use a sharp chisel to make this recess and do the job accurately. The depth of this cut, naturally, has to be equal to the thick-,

The edge of the door has to be cut out so

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‘and then wipe off the surplus oil

with a cloth. Keep wiping until the wood surface is dry. Go away for a few days and then apply a second coat of oil in the same fashion. After several coats of oil have been applied the wood won't take) any more and then all you airy TR to do is rub until the finish bas 4 nice luster. The appearance of the finish can be improved by occasional rubbings from time wl | time.

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