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Show Interior Trim of Home Requires Good Varnish Protection of the various surfaces, beauty of effect, sanitation and durability dura-bility are all to be considered In painting, paint-ing, varnishing and finishing of. walls, woodwork and floors In the new building. build-ing. The first item of Importance is the selection of good paint and varnish. The best will cost a little more per gallon, but fewer gallons will be needed. need-ed. Select a good painter, if you are not an expert yourself. The right kind of paint, plus some one who knows how to use it, and good wood will make a beautiful interior. The standing trim, doors, etc., should first receive attention. They should be stained with a good penetrating pene-trating stain. If the wood Is open-grained open-grained oak, it should be paste-filled. Twenty-four hours should be allowed for the stain to dry. Twelve hours after the wood has been paste-filled, the work should be sanded, the dust wiped off and a coat of orange shellac applied. If paste-filler paste-filler is used, It should match the stain. The orange' shellac should be used only over brownish or reddish tones of stain. Use white shellac over all the other colors. On window stools, sash rails, base boards or floors, all exterior surfaces, and other surfaces exposed to much weather or moisture, do not use shellac, shel-lac, or liquid fillers, hut apply a good Moor or spar varnish directly over the stain or paste filler. |