Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-12-17

FASTENING ON KNIFE-HANDLEs.

FASTENING ON KNIFE-HANDLEs.
Set the handle upon end, fill the
cavity with pulverized rosin, then
warm the part of the knife or fork
and insert it slowly. crowd it down
firmly and hold 1t in right position
until the rosln cools enough to set.
AS rosin is not soluble in water, hot
or cold, the knives are not loosened.
Glue or any other cementing mater
ial soluble in water il not available.
Glue may be made to resist water,
however, by putting two ounces OF it
in Il pint of SKINNED milk, and evap-
Grating the mixture to the proper
consistency for use.
The following is a cement | prefer
to rosin, but it is not so cheap and
handy: One-fourth pound of colo
phony-which can be found at al
most any drug store-two ounces of
sulphur melted together; mold into
bars, and when wanted to use powder
sufficient quantity for use and mix
with half part OF iron filings or brick
bust, then use same as the rosin.-
This makes very fine and lasting
cement.
Where ivory handles have become
yellow they may be restored by soak
my 4 few hours in a watery solution
Of sulphurous acid. The acid in a
gaceous state should not be used, as
it will be likely to make the handles
crack.
CRACKED DISHES.
AS soon as Il plate gets crack ed
part way across, crack it the rest Of
the way; don't wash it after breaking,
but cement it at once. l have found
nothing better for this purpose than
Whitehead mixed in oil. The pre-
pared may be purchased in pound
cans and kept always ready for use
(after the can has been opened keen
Il little linseed oil on the surface to
prevent the oil hardening). Paint
both edges of the parts with the lead
mixed to a consistency little thicker
than it usually is when spread with a
brush; bind the article closely, and
allow it to stand until perfectly dry
before putting into use again. Moth
ing is gained by setting the repaired
article where it is hot, tor the power
Of the cement is greatly lessened by
this operation. When purchasing
the paint, be sure and get pure ar
ticle of lead, for Spanish whiting
will not answer the purpose. Lead
freshly mixed is not good, the mater
ial becomes more adhesive by stand
ing awhile, both as cement and as
a.paint.
Pie Or baking plates that have been
used for even few times after being
cracked cannot he as successfully
mended as those freshly broken, for
cementing materials will not adhere
to greasy surfaces with much tenacity
The old plan OF boiling broken
dishes in milk is Il very quick way of
mending, and have seen those made
permanently strong by simply being
lltu up, SOdhCu III VAIN AlCSii-uASNu
milk and dried; what mean by
warm, freshly-drawn milk is that con-
tanning the animal heat. A glutin-
Gus property, doubtless casein, pene-
trates the fracture and congeals with
a firmness very tenacious. For mend
ing glass tumblers, to be used for
keeping jells, etc, in, white lead is
good; in fact, almost any of the
dement's used tor broken dishes are,
but for ornamental glassware, trans
parent cement is required. Balsam
of fir used in thick state is excellent
but will not stand hot water. Sew
enty five parts India-rubber mixed
with sixty parts of benzine and fifteen
parts Of mastic is said to be a good
transparent mixture tor repairing
glass, but l have never tested its
virtue Cor. Indoor and Out.