Show Two vo General Methods of Keeping Paraffin Liquid There are two general methods of keeping leeping paraffin liquid while painting the silo walls The best method where it can be done Is to keep the paraffin hot by means of a steam coil using steam from a threshing engine If the steam Is under to pounds pressure pressure pres pros sure In pipes surrounding the paraffin I fin pall pail It will easily keep the latter I In a melted condition In many cases this would be Inconvenient for worlIng workIng working work work- Ing In the silo In such cases the paraffin paraffin par par- can be melted carefully over ovel a n slow fire the paraffin pail pall set in a vessel ves s-es- sd sel of ot hot water and taken to the work worl In that way If the surface Is dl dry y and warm and one works rather fast the paraffin can be put on fairly fast In this way The ot other er way Is to use about two gallons allons of kerosene to each three pounds of paraffin heating the kerosene kerosene kerosene kero kero- sene with a hot water bath and shavIng shaving ing the paraffin Into It This does not make so heavy a coating as the paraffin alone and two coats will be necessary where one would do with the paraffin alone clone One must bo bo be extremely extremely ex ex- careful with fire around either eith eith- er paraffin or kerosene as they catch fire easily Where possible the water should be heated and the fire kept entirely entirely en en- entirely away from the kerosene I |