Show mow FIRST AID ABB to the AILING HOUSE by Roger C. C Whitman QUESTION I have bronze screens that have been discolored because someone rubbed yellow soap all over them This has made them green I have tried to clean them by washing them and also used kerosene but this has not Helped I would appreciate any suggestions ANSWER I 1 believe wiping the screens with a cloth dampened with ammonia would take off the green discoloration Be careful of ammonia ammonia ammonia am am- monia fumes If this fails try a good food metal polish An alternative would be to wash with ordinary vinegar in which has been dissolved dis- dis solved as much salt as will be betaken betaken betaken taken up then rinse well with clear water The solution can be made into a paste by the addition of Df flour QUESTION My chimney has leaked for years Numerous repairmen repairmen repairmen re re- re- re could not find the leak I also ilso had a waterproof coating ap ap- ap- ap plied The leak is over the fire fire- place Can you advise me ANSWER There may be breaks In tn the joints especially at atthe atthe atthe the joint over the fireplace Or Orthe Orthe Orthe the bricks themselves may be old and porous Defective at atthe atthe atthe the roof line might be another cause Try to get a good chimney mason to visit the house on a rainy day and find out just where the llie trouble lies He may advise putting on a chimney cap for rain may come down the chimney Perhaps a tuck-pointing tuck job may be needed and acid also a coating of cement base paint containing a |