The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-09-19
Clements That Will Hold Fast.

Following are recipes for number OF
CLUES and eements for mending house.
hold articles:
The gluepot is made from heavy
earthenware cup, is always ready for
heating and saves many dimes for re-
pairs, SAYS the Salem (0re.) journal
A few cents invested in fish-glue will
furnish a years supply. Place tea
spoonful in the cup, half fill with water,
simmer slowly on the back of the ranges
when OF the consistency of double cream
it is ready for heavy cementing, such as
leather or wood.
By adding little water it can be
thinned and reheated an innumerable
number of times. 1t is best to set the
little "gluepot" in a dish of hot water
for heating.
Fragrant Household Glue-A sweet
smelling glue always ready for imme-
date use may be made as follows:
Take one pound of common glue, put in
a vessel with | Is pints of salt water and
allow to soften. The one-tenth pound of
salicylate of soda is added and the whole
dissolved together by heating.
This is cheap gum substitute and
useful for all household purposes. 1t is
strong cement and remains liquid.
Add little of the oil of cloves or sas-
safras to give it perfume and keep it
in summer.
Cement for Broken Glass-Here is a
valuable formula for cement for join
ing glass: II may be used in making or
mending aquariums, or things of that
sort. This cement contains nothing in
furious to either animals or plants, and
will resist the action of both fresh and
salt water.
Take one gill of litharge, one gill plas-
ter of paris, one gill of dry, white sand,
one-third of gill of finely powdered
resin; sift and keep tightly corked until
required to use, when it is to be made
into putty by mixing in boiled linseed
oil, with little patent dryer added.
Never use it after it has been mixed
with the oil over Is hours. The tank
can be used Immediately, if necessary,
but il is better to give it three or four
hours to dry.
Litharge in Cements-Mixed with
glycerine TO the consistency of thick
cream or thin putty, litharge makes
cement that win Join wood, metal, or
earthenware, and stand the action of
either hot or cold water, as well as
strong heat.
1t must have time to harden fully
never less than week, and will be found
excellent for fastening loose lamps,
leaks in washboilers, or leaky
joints in wood.
Ii will also tighten loose nuts. secure
bolts where nuts are missing. and make
joints OF iron or wood implements firm.
Ii can be used to mend cracks in iron
vessels,
A cement not affected by coal oil, and
therefore especially useful for fastening
iops on lamps. j. made by boiling TO-
gether one part caustic soda. three parts
resin, five parts water. Stir in hall the
y eight OF plaster Of paris. This viii
harden I'm about 40 minutes.
Mending the Wslls-Wall cracks may
b. mended in two ways. Stir whiting
INTO mixture Of equal parts 81 water
and salicylate OF soda until Of consist
.nev 70 spread. Apply with a knife. Jet
harden for ~ minutes. and smooth Oh.
Dr. mix plaster Of paris with vinegar m +
stead Of water. As il viii not set tof
Is minutes u can be smoothed oH be-
ore il is hard.
Cement for China and Giass-Take I
plaster Of paris and gum arabs. make I
! thick solution. and brush the edge % 4
rour broken chins with it. using small 1
laiut brush. and set IL away 90 dry. att +.
y carefully uniting TIE broken cdsc'. .
4 VIII b. firm and strong. With carr /
he dish viii last for years
DO rot ne soap In washing these