Show fURST AID MD to the MUNG MUNGO O HODS d. d by Roger C. C Whitman QUESTION The walls of our new home are arc all pastel-colored pastel rough-finished rough plaster Now five o'clock shadow is beginning to show around our wall high-wall registers reg reg- Our oil furnace has filters for the blower but nevertheless the soot on two walls looks black How can I remove this grime and prevent a recurrence ANSWER To clean the walls first remove as much loose dirt as you can by light brushing and follow by cleaning with a wallpaper wallpaper wall wall- paper cleaner The filters probably probably probably ably are loaded down with dust and may need cleaning if they are of the cleanable variety If not they may need to be replaced QUESTION The linoleum in our kitchen has risen up in a certain spot It is inlaid linoleum over a afelt afelt afelt felt base over plywood Do you think if we bored a small hole in inthe inthe inthe the linoleum and poured some kind of cement in it would hold What kind of cement would you recommend recommend recommend mend for this job ANSWER Try this method for flattening the bulge Cut a slit inthe in inthe inthe the bulge following a line of the pattern so that it will not show Then press linoleum cement under each cach side of the slit working it well underneath with a spatula or some similar tool Wipe off oil surface surface sur sur- face smears promptly If you cannot cannot can can- not get linoleum cement use roofIng roofing roofing roof- roof Ing cement Smears of roofing cement should be promptly wiped off with turpentine Then place weights on top tap until the cement has dried hard QUESTION We bought an elderly elderly elderly elder elder- ly house which smells smoky On wet days in winter the smoke odor is more noticeable We have a gas burner in a steam furnace Is the cause of 01 the thc odor a dirty chimney If so would soot remover do any good ANSWER The chimney most probably needs a thorough clean clean- ing A soot-removing soot preparation might help to remove some of the theodor theodor theodor odor in the lower part of the chimney chimney chimney chim chim- ney try it and see if ii it destroys the smell If not you had better call in a professional chimney cleaner to give the chimney a thorough thorough thorough thor thor- ough cleaning He lie will know how to do the work It is an extremely dirty job that I do not think you could handle yourself If II there is a fireplace in the house the smoky odor dor may come from there Was Wa there here ever a fire in the house QUESTION My walls are coVered covered cov coy ered with a very poor quality of wallboard which bulges here and there here It is covered with paper but ut now shows a few cracks which developed after the furnace was started What is the best thing to todo todo todo do with the walls The expense f is isan isan an item Ill I'll have to have someone someone some some- one do all the work ANSWER For a good Job It would be better to take oil oft the tha board loard and replace it with one of better quality properly put up according according according ac ac- cording to the manufacturers manufacturer's instructions instructions instructions in in- or else nail up new boards over the old ones In the meantime you might consider nailing down the bulges as well as aa you can and then covering the joints with strips of decorative wood such as half hail round |