Show FIRST AID to ion the AILING HOUSE by ROGER C. C WHITMAN Question Several times I have plastered bad parts of rooms and each time try though I may cracks appear in the plaster upon drying I have tried retarding the drying wetting the lath but to tono tono tono no avail Can you help me Also Iso please tell me how to mix this plaster and in what proportion Answer If you are not trying to an entire room merely to patch up some cracks or other bad places I advise advice e you to get a prepared patching plaster which needs only to be mixed with water to make a paste This is slower drying than plaster of Paris which hardens too rapidly to be easily worked Glue dissolved in the mixing water will slow the time of hardening so will vinegar mixed half and half with the water If the tho patching job has been done dono correctly and cracks reappear particularly a around r o 0 u un n d window and door openings it is possible that structural weakness is the cause If It so so the defect should be located and corrected Question My husband Is remodeling remodeling re re- re modeling the kitchen using tile- tile board for the ceiling The bathroom bathroom bathroom bath bath- room is directly above Whenever Whenever When When- ever water is spilled on the floor it leaks down into the kitchen We have tried caulking around the fixtures with little success What can we do about it Answer The bathroom should have a good waterproof floor covering such as clay tile asphalt asphalt as tile or linoleum Until you do this you will continue to have leaks |