Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 May 1948 — Page 8

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‘Corrosive Action Works on Metal Gadget,

At Same Time Gives Walls Protective Céat HUBBARD COBB, Your Handyman

By ne) Some months ago I casually mentioned that, there wasn't much you could do to prevent the inside of a hot water tank from

rusting.

and reversible gadgets and comes out with an iron rod saying, painted thé ceiling arter the walls'niicn to" stucco as to the way-in{ 2" “That guy Cobb is nuts. Th gimmick and reversible gadget will prevent the inside of a hot| ft water tank from < the tank has already started| So, If - rusting it will slow things considerably.” Y

So what have we got. : got a special metal rod composed |¢ial way but for no special “rea-

So what happens, someone who reads the piece says, “Oh yea,” | ~~ goes into his little laboratory, fools around. with a few gimmicks

and- if

miscellaneous and

If You Replace Galvanized Hot Water Tanks In Your Science Has Now Invented A Magnesi

ses daw, Maybe you even have &{when iL moving ‘mosquito kindergartens. Tin cans, bottles and anything| about the position of the vapor {else about ‘the yard or ground barrier on insulation. This’ bar/that will hold water should be rier should always go on the {either emptied or tossed in the|warm side of the area being inHere are a few troubles you ash can.

If you van empty it (the average person will encounter diffi-

| maybe less, maybe more, depend-;qint on the walls and that would | ing on how corrosive the water i..q4 to spoil things a little, happens to be, you've been replacing when it's finished, move onto the down |galvanized hot water tanks every walls. ; * time you can't think of anything wpen the walls are finished else to do, you might check with] your local plumber about one of 3,,ung doors and windows. You these little rods. According to my 4,01 want to do these before the Information, they can be easily| yw.) is because you are very liable installed on any hot water tank 4, onatter them with wall paint. without much fuss or bother, What I really want to know is why I didn’t think of it first?

When Painting Room Start With Ceiling

There are a lot of things you We've have to do in this world in a spe-

sundry son. This is called “custom” and metals which is placed in the is probably due to some eccentric

tank. So far so good. The cor-|character back about ten thousrosive action in the water goes and years ago, who said, “1t you to work on this magnesium rod/don’t do it my way, youre a

and it gnaws happily away.

bum.”

What the water doesn’t know | But anyway, when It comes to is that it's forgetting about the! repainting a room there is a spewalls of the tank and also that|cial way to do it and there's a

. the solution resulting from the special

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«is lining the walls of the tank | The first step-15-to remove the giving it a nice protective coat- old finish (if it has to be reing. moved) and make the necessary. Eventually, of course, the rod patches in the plaster. After this

Is finished—maybe in six years, the ceiling is painted.

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Stucco Trouble Usually Due to Way Applied

Cobb, care of The Indianapolis Times. If your question Is of general Interest, an answer to it will appear in a forthcoming column of The Times Home Page.

may encounter with stucco. You {will note by astute observation ——|that-the troubles are not due so

~|were finished you might splatter which it was applied: So, !

paint the ceiling first and be ‘a mixture of Portland cement

lyon {masonry it is important that fit

makes a good bond with sald ma-

you move onto the wood trim ,. bulge out in spots.

The remedy here is to remove] the loose stucco, clean and] [roughen up the masonry surface, wet it down and patch the area with prepared patching stucco, If i the entire surface is on the buigy| and sagging side, then all the { stucco ‘will probably have to come { . off, the surface roughened and & iglven an acid wash beTore new, stucco is applied. o When stucco is applied over a frame house it must pe applied over a special type of metal laths.| {If wood laths are used they:may | When the trim has been fin-/do a little moving about and the! ished you can take a long rest stucco will crack. If and do the floors. If the walls proof metal laths are used they,

um Rod Gimmick That Slows Down Rusting ee fovrs. simi.

comes to this job of re-

Ity emptying a small pond or

underneath will die a

Seldom used toilet fixtures

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And you'd be surprised how

non-rust| cay this effort will go, providing!

and ceiling are to be papered, may fall apart in time and this onaying this summer free of mos-

then paper the ceiling first. jinakes things pretty tough on the There is an order to outside Stucco. painting, too. Start at the highest point and work down. That mens if the roof is to be restained you do-this-first-and then come down along the outside! walls. .

'Many People Make Flagstones of Concrete |

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laths tothe house frame. Some- heavy and youll probably stop times it is possible to apply a new slipping. Other readers are confused as poor condition but you are takingito the exact difference between a a chance, The best idea is to re-|stain and a paint. A stain is like ‘move the old covering completely a dye it goes in and colors the and start fresh with the right wood fibers. A paint, on the other type of metal lath and the right hand, remains more or less on the : |wood.surface and becomes a £ilm |

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swamp), pour in some kero-| |sene. This forms a nice film over! When stucco (which happens 0 the water and the little mos-| uitoes land sand) is applied directly over | le death. Ce Se] Watch out for standing water sonry. If it doesn’t then it is apt Inside the house as well as outmay produce a nice swarm of future {holds true of floor drains and anything else that holds water,

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