Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 May 1948 — Page 16

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left You want to take even more steps to be ure that the home is there at all.

how important it is to see that the place is locked up, the elecHie power turned off, _she tele

most uncomfortable spot that they can find. This is : Salle a Eyacation” and makes a vacation is getting back, you e’steps to be sure that your home is the

|be sure that all deliveries such

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us all appreciate the comiorta of office.

phone disconnected, and.all combustible trash such as oily mops and rags throwa out. We. might -also remind you to on the same subject, as the U. 8. mail, milk and papers It doesn’t take a closing the faucet gently,

usually will reduce the hammering. ,

what a pile of papers or a stack of milk bottles means; and while the majority of your mail may consist of bills, it is possible that | a check might get in with them by mistake, and this you would want for your very own. Some insurance companies get very upset if you lock the place | up and leave without even saying -“ga0dby,” a call. up. your. home|.

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{than when you started. Decalcomanias can be protected by giving them a coat of thin clear: varnish or white: shellac. Either of these protective coatings may change the color of the decal just a little. We note that there is a special finish for «coloring ‘ outside concrete such’ as walks and steps. The advantage of this fype of coloring 1s that it goes right into the concrete and therefore won't disappear as the concrete surface is worn down.

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The one item that makes a porch a porch is the floor and in © | {too many cases thls consists of only several thicknesses of paint. The wood underneath rotted out years ago. _ Replacing a porch floor is not hard but considering how much

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And you might say goodby to the local police, so that they will keep a protective eye on the “And last of all, leave a ey to the house with some relia-

Omnibus of Information

Here is our week's-end omnibus of information, designed especially for people who get bored reading more than one paragraph

If you happen to get a hammering and pounding in the water | pipes when you close a ur YY is

And you can keep dogs and cats away from places you don't want them with special repellents that won't harm the animals. | Some of these repellents are OK {to use on bushes and shrubs—

| If you have a small erack in a! plaster wall that is covered with! wallpaper, use a water putty for

{ofl putty as the oil will discolor tthe paper and make things worse |

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cing on Vacation Be Sure to Shut off Electric Power, Stop Deliveries, Ge Rid of Oily Rags and Let Insurance Office Know You're Going Away

Tips Given on How to Stop Pounding

In Water Pipes, Fill Plaster Wall Cracks

By HUBBARD COBB, Your Handy Man Ths year, as in years past, Americans in all walks of life are

you pay for wood these days you might make the effort to see that the new one lasts as long as possible, For example, use a wood such as or redwood with a natural resistance to decay. Wood treated with a preservative also {will give a few extra years. ‘And in any case, don’t have the porch floor close to the damp ground. Keep it 18 to 24 inches away if you can. After the dld flooring is up, inspect the joists and sills to see what sort of shape they are in. Don't. put a good flooring down over rotten sills and ‘Joists, Use masonry of some sort rather than wood posts to support the porch floor and if the entire area is to be enclosed with solid foundation, leave some apen-| ings so that the space under the floor will be properly ventilated, You might cover these openings with screening to keep vermin and even children out from under the porch, .- Keep the porch floor painted and If there is no roof over it, see that it is pitched enough so that water will drain of.

Only Way to Lick Ants Is to Be ‘Aggressive

When several families of ants take over the kitchen for the summer, there is just no point in hinting to them that they aren't welcome.

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rate stuff, First of all there is root 1a level, it should the pigment. aT ot pg ce the with a heavy lead of the paint that provides the paint. When this is dry, you apbody. a coat of white lead paste.

The most common pigments used in exterior paint are white lead, zinc oxide and titahium ait) oxide. = Sometimes two of these are used in the same paint and] 'this"is perfectly. all right. . To be able to spread a pigment out you have to have a vehicle and this ig usually linseed oll There is "aw linseed oil and boiled lins oil. The bollgd linseed oil has the {drier in it“while a paint made {with ‘raw linseed ofl will require the addition of Japan drier to get the_ paint to harden properly. The important point to remember about linseed ofl is that so far there is no satisfactory substitute | tor it~ Either it's linseed oil or it isn't and if it isn't we don’t want it. And if it iz linseed oil it will be called just. this and nothing else . Another item you need for a good paint is a thinner. This is usually * turpentine-—either wood turpentine “or gum Petroleum products such as benzine can be used but they are not as good as turp.

Complete Direction |For Making Sun Deck

If you happen to have an extra flat roof hanging around, you down so that it laps over the cancan cover it with canvas and use Vas.

will take a good deal of foot traffic without batting an eye. The canvas comes in strips so the edges should be overlapped. at

aolng -these laps to make them watertight. Now tack the edges down with ¥-inch copper tacks tarpentine. Teaced_%. inch apart, If there is roof, you will have to do a little flashing. Bring the canvas up the wall a short distance and then slip a piece of metal flashing in under the wall siding or into a mortar

Ants, like your spouse's relatives, don’t take hints and so you! {had best . forget your good upbringing and get aggressive.

Ants others are red) invade the kitchen to get food which they take home to the queen and fellow ants who

(some are black and

presumably don't have jobs, One-way to break up —this racket is to sit around until you have located all the cracks that the ants are ‘using as exits and

steady

Once you get these o openings. lo-| cated, spray them with DDT, dust them with tartar emetic or squirt.

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For those who hate violence there are ant traps on the market which contain a certain type of poison which the ants carry back happily to the queen. She eats) to the poison, dies and the other ants go wandering off. Where they go I don’t know.

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it as a sun deck. If you don’t like] When you've finished this, give the sun, then you cover it with the canvas about three coats of a |canvas just the same and you'll 800d floor paint or enamel and| have a swell place to sit on rainy When it is dry start sun bathing. days. Of course, you'll get pretty wet but things under the roof

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cracks, sticking-up nailheads and warped boards. it this way, if there -are any ridges or high spots they w il ot through the canvas in pretty short order.

Why Not Try This? THE FAMILY SCRAPBOOK

By C DR. ERNEST G. OSBORNE

year-old and five of his friends the same age. Each child had a

pasted on it. at the table by matching the animal on his bid with the one at thé table.

“fiand each guest (the host, too) receiving a party package with a ti | paper hat, a wooden whistle and i] & coloring book with crayons.

variations . possible but whatever ones are made should be very short and wo

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time to accomplish and so, if object to the ants sharing your rations while you plot their-down-' fall, put‘little saucers filled with! water and kerosene under the legs of the kitchen tables and cabinet. The ants, won't cross) this liquid and unless they jump, which they can't, your food will be safe.

‘Good Paint Must Have Certain Ingredients

For years and years, wé have, {gotten by with saying “be sure to! {use only the best quality paint”! but then one day some wise guy |

writes, saying, "OK, Buster, just how do you tell a good paint from a bum one?” This, as you can see, brings up

A. good exterior oil paint is composed of several ingredients. Each one has to be good or the

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