Show two general methods of keeping paraffin liquid there are two general methods of keeping paraffin liquid while painting the slid silo walls the bet method where it can be done Is to keep the paraffin hut hot by means of a steam coll coil using steam from a threshing engine it the tha steam Is under to pounds pressure re in pipes surrounding the aln pall it will easily keep the latter in a melted condition in many cases this would be inconvenient for work ing in the silo in lucli bucl cases the paraffin can be melted carefully over a slow fire the paraffin pall set in a ves sel of hot water and taken to the work in that way if the surface Is dry dr and warm and one works rather fast the paraffin can be put 0 OR fairly fast la ili this way the other way Is to use about two gallons of kerosene to each three pounds of paraffin heating beating the kerosene with a hot water bath and shaving the paraffin into it this does not make so heavy a coating as aa the paraffin alone find and two coats will be necessary where one would ilo do with the paraffin alone one must be ex tre themely niely careful with fire around alth er paraffin or kerosene ns as they catch alre easily where possible the water should be heated and the fire alre kept entirely away from the kerosene |