The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-06-11
ABOUT kALsoMlNlNG.
seasonabIe Suggestions for Frightening
Up Walls.

Up walls.
When the spring comes there is always
whitewashing. and often lIalsomining to
be done. In the city, where one can send
for professional worker and put the
whole business in his hands at low
price, the matter is easily attended to,
but in the country districts this must
be attended to by the housewife her.
self, or be done by the few unskilful
hands in her employ, whose work will
require her superintendent. The Grst
thing to be done is to inspect the walls
and see if they win bear another coat
over the one which has already been
put on. If the wall has been white
washed and has begun to chip off, it
must be scraped before another coat is
put on, and this is quite serious un-
dertaking. 1t means the removol of
the old coats that have been put on the
wall. We believe there are scrapers
that come especially for this purpose.
1t j. better to remove everything, fur
niturc and all, out of the room to be
scraped. as the fine dust of the old lime
penetrates through everything. After
the room has been thoroughly scraped,
the new whitewash can be applied,
though it is best to fiji in or mend any
holes in the wall with plaster of paris,
wet with paste or water. 1t seems to
us that the very best and sweetest white
wash is made by mixing ordinary slack
lime in water, adding simply salt
enough to make it cling to the wall and
blueing enough to give it a pearl-white
tint. Ordinary Laundry blueing will
not do for this purpose. What is known
as Mason's blueing is the very best to
use, as it will go further and do better
work and give better effect than any
thing else.
1t is an easy matter to apply white
wash, and good wnitewash brush does
not cost over seventy-tive cents. 1t may
be found in any country store a lSalso-
miners brush is Il more expensive arti-
Gle, and a satisfactory one may cost as
much as two dollars.
A llalsomine wall which is to be re-
kalsomined should be washed. 1t is
impossible to apply kalsomine to II wall
that has been whitewashed. 1t would
look strealSed and queer. An ordinary
rule for preparing Aalsomine calls for
| ten pounds of Zinc-white, mixed to a
thick cream with warm water, half a
pound of dissolved glue, all stirred to,
gether. The llalsomine must be applied
while it is warm, adding a little hot
water when il is too thick to spread
easily. Old-fashioned kalsominers al
ways spread their kalsomine on as
painters usually spread their oil paint,
evenly in one direction, row after row,
and this is probably the easiest way for
one to do who is not expert.
1t may be just as well for beginner
to use common whitening, which is less
expensive than zinc-white, and which
is applied in exactly the same WY. For
side walls pound of glue instead of
half pound should be Tsed. This is
necessary to prevent the whitening rub
bing off on the hands and clothes when
they are brought in contact with it,
This extra amount of glue viii prevent
all trouble for a year or two, but as
there is nothing that will prevent old
lsalsomine from rubbing off, it is always
best to paper or paint the sides of a
room. When kalsomine is applied to a
fresh plastered wall, it should be sized
with glue and lalsomined wall which
Is to be papered should be treated in the
same way.--N V. Tribune.