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Show Handy m an Questions & Answers Q. How much space is required for a dining arrangement at the end of our living room? A. Usually about 8 square feet is I necessary for a dining space for four persons. This allows 20 to 24 inches of table space for each person. About 3 feet of space is desirable to pull out chairs around a table although you sometimes can skimp on this. If your space is severely limited, consider con-sider a pedestal table for getting more usable space. Q. I would like to know how to refinish the chrome legs on my dinette table which have become quite rusted. I would like to paint them black, either enamel or flat finish. Would it be advisable to put a coat of aluminum on the metal and then the black paint? Also, should the chrome be rubbed down first with steel wool or sandpaper? A. First, remove the rust and dull the gloss of the chrome by rubbing with sandpaper. sand-paper. Then clean the metal with turpentine tur-pentine and steel wool. To reduce the possibility of further rusting, coat the metal with a rust-inhibitive rust-inhibitive paint that has a zinc or red-lead base. When thoroughly dry, apply the flat black paint or enamel, whichever is preferred. Q. ,How can I remedy small splits or checks that appear in old or weathered plywood panels? A. You can give these panels a new surface by rubbing floor filler into the cracks with burlap or other course material, working across the grain. Then, when dry and sanded, you'll have a smooth, solid base for a new coat of paint. |
