The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-23
WILL DELIGHT ALL
PERSONS OF TASTE
yellow Pine for House Finish
ing in Vogue
FREE EXHIBIT NOW OPEN
The yellow Pine Manufacturers Asso-
citation Is Doing Educational Work.
Artistic Effects Are Obtained
at Comparatively Small Cost.

Everyone planning to build a dwelling
or intending To refit and beautffy an old
house, and indeed everyone interested in
decorative art. will be sure to visit the
Yellow Pine Manufacturers associations
free exhibit on the ground floor of the
Brown Marx Twentieth street side. Tn
til comparatively recent time it was
thought that artistic effects in house
finishing could be obtained only by using
costly hard woods. But with the advance
in architectural economies with greater
skill and ingenuity in wood carving and
with the development of finer taste
among varnishers and decorative col
orists, yellow pine has taken rank with
oak birch, maple. cherry, walnut and
mahogany.
1t is said by architects and builders
that the association making the exhibit
here is doing a most important educa-
tional work, for few persons would be-
lieve without seeing for themselves now
well our pine takes to finishing treat
ment, One has it is said but to see the
Flemish room and the artistic samples on
exhibition to be convinced
Oak and other hard woods will con-
tinue to be in vogue, but even home
builders who can afford to be lavish with
money will, in order to have variety. use
yellow pine in finishing one or more
rooms; while persons of limited means
can now indulge their aesthetic taste, al
belt oak or mahogany is beyond their
purse.
For example, a room that would cost
finished in ri ,aI-
just as elegant and attractive if done
III yellow pine. In art treatment 1t takes
practically any shade of fine stain, and
when carved is as effective as sculptured
oak. Stains" in several varieties may
be used-brown Flemish, dark mahogany.
malachite, bog oak oxblood, green Elem
ish. golden oak, cherry, Dutch brown,
mission oak, rosewood, ebony and wal
nut. The competent finsher will see to it
that the yellow pine stock is thoroughly
seasoned. Here is the method prescribed:
after a clean, smooth surface has been
obtained. apply n coat of the desired
stain and wipe off with cotton waste or
piece of cheese cloth to avoid raising
the grain. Sand lightly with 0 or 90 sand
paper and apply thin coat of Shellac
sand again with fine sand paper and then
proceed with the finishing in the regular
way by the application of varnsh For
an egg shell gloss two coats of varnish
should be sufficient, but for highly pol
shed work three coats should be given.
The egg shell gloss is produced by rub
bling the last coat when hard with pull
verified pumice stone and crude oil; a
further rubbing with pulverized rotten
stone and furniture polish will make a
higher finish A rubbing with pulverized
pumice stone and water instead of oil
will make a dull finish. In applying the
| second and third coats of varnish it is
we'll to give the previous coat a slight
rubbing with curled hair cloth. This is
merely TO dun the surface and thus facl-
! itate the application of the following coat
| of varnish."
The Yellow Pine Manufacturers asso-
citation will have its exhibit here about
a month and will then take it to a neigh
! boring state. 1t will be a feature at the
jamestown exposition, early in the sum-
mer.