New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1882-02-15
Painted q Stained Floors,

These are used with or without rugs
and nre particularly desirable in bed
rooms, as they are healthier. cleaner
and frcer from dust. Do not choose q
dark color that will show dust and foet-
prints. A color not far from that Of
yellow pine, asll or butternnt, is better,
being more serviceable.
A painted floor or stained floor may
each have stenciled, painted or
stained border. The simpler the bor-
der the more suitable. A painted bor-
der can DO stenciled on in darker
shade of brown; stained border on
stained floor, in RED browns and olives,
and outlined neatly with black paint.
These borders must, of course, be put
on before the waxing, and left till the
black paint is perfectly dry before wax
ing;
ish is new departure The stain is
very satisfactory where tone of color
is wishe !, and yet paint is not de-
sired. The stain preserves the grain
of the wool, and can adapt itself to
any Other decoration in the rom. A
dark black-walnut stain shows foot.
prints and dust; therefore the most SER
viceable is the natural shade of the
pine, only 3 few shades darker than the
pine would be with the oil alone. The
color of the Southern pine is a good
useful tone for floor: You may have
an olive stain, or the color of Cali
fornia redwood. or mahogany color
anything you like. To make the stain.
have ready tin box Of prepared paint.
anal obtain also from the painter a can
of oil prepared for floors. This is
boiled linseed oil, little turpentine
and dryer. Mix this oil with your color
till you obtain the desired shade or col
or. Use more or less oil as you wish
the color lighter or darker. Try it on
bit of wood tillyou get the color you
wish. Use raw sienna for the color of
Southern pine, burnt lumber for black
walnut, and permanent green and
raw lumber, or Cchre and black, for
olives.
| When you have your stain the salts
factory shade, rub it into the floor we'll
with WOODEN cloth, and afterward rub
off the superfuous color carefully with
another wooden cloth. You use for
these stains the colors in tin pound
boxes, prepared with oil, costing about
twenty-five cents q box. If you have q
hard pine floor you need simply the oil,
no stain. If the floor is either oiled or
stained it is best 10 leave it few days
before the waxing. Do not use
the room before the waxing; but if dust
or footprints are on the floor, wipe il
over with cloth wrung out of warm
water, but use no soap. Have ready,
as soon as the floor is dry, two quarts
of turpentine to half pound of bees
wax. If you warm the turpentine
slightly the wax will dissolve in a short
time without delay or the labor of shaw
ing the wax. DO not put your pail of
| turpentine in the middle of hot stove
or range, and go off and forget it till q
| small explosion and dense smoke re-
mind you that turpentine is at least in
| f1ammable. When the wax is dissolved
| rub it upon the floor with a wooden
cloth till the whole floor is covered.
! Wait from five to ten minutes till the
wax hardens q little; then rub with a
| coarse wooden cloth or brush, with the
grain of the wood, not across it. After
q few times waxing, your floors will
have good polish, and the wax need
be applied but seldom. The rooms
most in use, as q dining-room or hall,
require more frequent polishing. A
bedroom will keep in good condition
with much less care. Waxing twice or
four times year will keep bedroom
in tidy condition, while = dining-room
would generally be better for weekly
waxing. Waxed floors need only to be
wiped up with damp cloth if kept in
! good condition.