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Show to the tj, By ROGER B. WHITMAN Roger B. Whitman WNU Service.) Chipped Enamel QUESTION: A strip of enamel has chipped off my enameled drain board. What can I use to patch it with? Why should it have happened? Answer: There is no home method for making a permanent patch on a chipped enamel plumbing fixture, for the enamel was applied under a high heat and special machinery. The best that you can do is to put on a patch of porcelain enamel, ' which you can get at a paint or hardware store. This will not be permanent, but with care will last for a few months. Directions on the label should be carefully followed. fol-lowed. Chipping of enamel is due to sudden changes in temperature. The cast iron base and the enamel do not expand and contract at the same rate, so that when, for example, boiling water is poured on a cold enameled surface, the sudden expansion ex-pansion separates the enamel from its base. It is common to see the enamel of a kitchen sink chipped around the drain opening. This is because hot water is turned on at a time when the sink is cold, or very cold water has been poured in while the sink is still hot from a filling of boiling water. Another cause is the setting of a hot pressing iron on an enameled surface. A common cause for chipping is chopping chop-ping ice in a sink or on other enameled en-ameled surfaces. t Wallpaper Over Boards Question: The walls of my living-room living-room are tongue-and-groove beaded ceiling boards. Is there any way to put wallpaper over them? I tried wallpaper on one wall, but it cracked at the seams between the boards. Answer: 'ne way is to cover the boards with deadening felt, or building build-ing felt before putting on the paper. The felt is attached with small tacks spaced about six inches apart in all directions, a method that is called "shower tacking." The wallpaper wall-paper is pasted on the felt; or for a better job, the felt is first covered with paperhanger's muslin pasted on. The paper is then hung on the muslin. The felt has enough softness soft-ness and flexibility to give with the movements of the ceiling boards as they expand and contract, without cracking the paper. Dull Furniture Finish Question: Our walnut furniture, which is of excellent quality, has turned a dull, smoky, whitish color, which polishing does not remove. Could we restore it ourselves? Could it be redone in mahogany finish? How can we be sure of the competence compe-tence of a cabinet maker? Answer: It may be possible to take off the dullness by wiping with a mixture of one tablespoon of vinegar vine-gar in a quart of water. If this docs not work, try wiping with turpentine. tur-pentine. Beyond this the job is one for a cabinet maker. I should not advise rcfinishing fine furniture in anything but its own color. Pick your cabinet maker on the recommendations recom-mendations of your friends; ask them for opinions and go to the one who seems to be best thought of. Sweating Corners Question: I have rebuilt my front porch into a sun room with brick and cinder block. The porch connects con-nects with the parlor through a wide archway. The front corners of the sun porch sweat a lot, and the paper pa-per is wet. What can I do about it? The porch is heated through the archway. Answer: The mortar in your masonry ma-sonry walls is still drying out. The inside plaster is chilled by contact with the cinder blocks, and it is this that causes sweating. The condi tion will continue until all the moisture mois-ture in the mortar has dried out. Faint for Spraying k Question: What kind of paint is I used in the sprayer attachment that came with our vacuum cleaner? Could it be used for floors and walls? What color is good for floor, that will not show dirt and cracks C too much? Answer: For a sprayer of that f kind use an oil paint, which should be thinned down, usually with turpentine. tur-pentine. The paint dealer will explain ex-plain what is needed for the kind of paint that you buy. One of the shades of tan is usually chosen for floors exposed to hard wear. Get a tint that is the same color as the local dirt Making White Taint Question: Can you give me the ingredients in quantities for making white paint, in quantities of five gallons gal-lons at a time? Answer: Any local paint store selling sell-ing white lead paste can furnish you with a booklet containing com-- com-- 4' plcte directions on the ingredients necessary for making. The formula j and directions will be more complete I than I could give you in the limited |