The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1874-06-04
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x1hihR, Which il . eoft kind Of ehslk,
erosad very Ace, washed 50 g. to up.
Issats Ill the eee,.e I'D gritty .:p.ltiele,,
and formed into humps in the process
of drying. Good whiting, beaten. up
With v.t.r 20 Is to form . milky liquid
free from Ianp', and mixed with Ait.
Il. good, strong size, form. white.
wash that cannot be rubbed Oh, and
will give j.. very brilliant white surface.
This il substantially the material
known a. kslsomine, something very
old, but never appreciated until il re-
ceivsd . high.souuding maine. The
whiting used for making this white
wash or kalsomine is sometimes called
Spanish white, Paris white, etc., etc.
They are oil the same thing, and the
only point is to select the finest aud
whitest material offered to you, and
take it under any name the ven der,
chooses to cell it, provided he does not
ask too much for it, fol- it i, only whit
ing after al.
Some recipes name sulphate of barry.
=, . beautiful white powder, IA tho on.
y material far making kslsomina.. It
answers very VOL, but il not s..ily
procured, and more than half the time
common whiting 10 sold. for i. The
iize for mixing With tho whiting is most
easily prepared from glue, and = il, d
necessary that Tho vh,tevssh should
be permanent and a. little liable to de:
e.y as possible, We must select . good
article of glue. Directions upon this
point could not be easily followed by
housekeepers let us therefore advise
them to 60 to respectable dealer and
buy tho best. Professional artists in
the science Of kalsomining generally
use the cheapest, and most recipes d.
rect the use Of cheap article, but it
will be found that it is most judicious
to uss the very best. The better the
glue is, the less liable is it to decay in
damp weather, and thus create disease.
Moreover when it is good, less Of it is
inquired, and tho less glue you use, the
purer will BE- tho color Of your kalso-
nine.
To prepare the glue, soak it in water
over 'nieht-not an. ID longer, bsve,sf,
Or il will begin to dee.yi. II VIII ID.
sorD water aud swell up, but will not
dissolve. Pour the x.tsr 81, add /
listla fEssh, and boil until it melts and
forms thin fund. Beware Of burning
il and to svoid this,. the glue is best
melted I'd il ! Yin pal. .et ID an iron pot
which .oostsins some visitor. The whit:
ipg hsvink bon mixed With boiling
n,teE, y previously directed, tho melted
glue il added, and the ::whele diluted
,1I.h hot x..., until It !: q 10 esa .as
ssssoy Of l| ordinary ~hit.1ss1h. K quar-
lter Il . pound Of, good .slos.: - tight
peunds Of whiting il : Id Jj; God pro
paesioa.. It should be applied while
hot, vithss common whitswssh b4uSh.
QY!1adg a Up "A fat y tn. ie damp pisces
'4a' easily dss.y. ND, presFssea pddiiiaa.
i on, yspsza. 1kalsonlns should not BE-
used 10 dsnp bssemssts and CELLAR.
r Any color moay % given to, this mater.
|, and ia Europe many. hessss have
,;.ba' walls finished With light shades s Of ),
pink, blue, green, eetc., instead 81 paper,
sud the effect is very pleasing.
When walls have been previously
covered with successive, coats of com.
mon 'xhitevash, it will be necessary
either 10 remove this or "kill" the lime.
After taking off what will come away
BY scraplog and washing, the wall
should b. washed with . solution Of
white vitriol-tvo ounces dissolved in
:, pail Of water. This will -"kilP' tho,
limo; in .othsr words, tho white vitriol
+ siiisbs dtssmposed, aud tho wall will
~ eoated sxith. aplt.tsr::9 Pm. :: eaad
yhite 1ine, 70, which tho kalsonine will
adhsre very readily. ..1f.these, prseau.
tiepss b. nott.ksn, the kalsomlus will
yery probably peel off-R4zal =. Nep
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