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Show Selection and Care of Woodwork Is Important One of the major problems In the attainment and maintenance of an attractive at-tractive home Is the selection and care of doors and woodwork. Due to ig-uorunce ig-uorunce on these questions, the old-fashioned old-fashioned housewife was often heard to ccjnplaiu : "I can't do anything with my doors. They get all scuffed up and streakyand Its Just too much expense to be always having them repainted." re-painted." Modern builders ure educating the home-owning public ulong these Important Im-portant lines, with the result that money and Inconvenience are being conserwd. Assuming that wood of good quality bus been used In the construction con-struction of the doors, the question next In Importance Is the matter of finishing. This subject can best be understood by considering It under the following heads: woods, temperatures, surfaces, stains, filling und finishing coals. The woods used for Interior woodwork wood-work are divided into two classes, close-grained woods, which do not require re-quire push; filler, and opon-griilned woods which do require aisle filler. Id apply varnish satisfactorily, the temperature of the room In which ll Is used should he about "II degrees 1'iile icnlieit. us cold Inlvrferes with the working qualities of varnish. It is very Important that the wood be free from dampness or the Miinish will not dry salislactorily. Stains are designated according to the liquid vehicle in which the colors are mixed, as spirit stains, pigment oil stains and water stains. Close-grained Close-grained woods do not require paste tiller, due to the fact Hull they have no open cellular tissue to fill. Open-grained Open-grained woods, after being properly surfaced and stained, where a slain finish Ik desired, should he properly tilled with the paste fillet anil allowed at least 'Z I hours to dry. If examination examina-tion shows that the surface Is perfectly perfect-ly smooth, 'the final coat of varnish uiM.v be applied. Doors lire high-grade goods and hotild be treated accordingly. They .hoitld be stored In clean, dry places. They should not be dellveivd In buildings build-ings under ciuisl rnel Ion until the buildings have Ihorouuhly dried out. When delivered they should be finished fin-ished liiHiedlalely. Kxlerlor doors which are subject to very much exposure ex-posure should tie made with veneers three-sixtcentlis to three eighths Inch thick; they should be finished with ut least two coals of varnish nnd the top und bottom edge's well tllhl wllh oil palnL In sash doors the glass should be bedded In putty und a coat or two of shellac applied around the opeulug before the gluss tops ore set. |