Evening star., 1938-06-11
BY DOROTHY DUCAS AND ELIZA
BETH GORDON.

A FLAT cylindrical can of clay
~ like material has been lying
~ on our desk for some weeks
now Each time we have a
visitor which, alas for our powers of
concentration! is pretty often, he or
she picks it up and says: What's
this? Something new?"
We explain. briefly, that it is a
new caulking compound which doesn't
ever dry out. and invariably their
faces light up. Will it really make a
joint that lasts, in spite of hot sum-
mer sun or sudden showers? Will it
hold window pane? Can it be used
for cracks in window frames? How
about its adhering powers to metal?
We are forced to the conclusion that
everybody has what he himself calls
"a putty problem" So here are the
facts about the new compound.
1t was originally introduced as an
an-purpose glazing compound, for set
ting hothouse glass, for window work,
as an adhesive for applying wood
metal, glass or composition letters to
hard surfaces. But there is prac-
tically no use to which the stuff hasn't
been put since it appeared Mending
bathtubs, kitchen sinks, bowls; caulk-
ing roWboats, canoes; patching small
holes in canvas tents; sealing tiny
cracks in wood floors; filling in holes
in masonry; waterproofng dormer
windows-it is good for all these, we
are told.
And 1t works with metal as well as
wood. Some months ago a shipping
company which operates freighters in
the West Indian service reported
crack in one of the steel deck plates
over the cargo hold. Welding had
failed to fix it. A strip of this new
compound was laid over the split in
the plate. and although the edges
move back and forth at least an
eighth of an inch, the ship is now on
her fifth round trip without drop
showing below decks.
This means something, we should
think, to those who live near the sea-
shore or at lake resorts \ The material
Is waterproof, watertight, won't stain,
is not affected by strong soaps or salt
water, and adheres to damp surfaces.
1t Is light gray in color. and sets with
a rough surface that will take paint.
Since it never gets really hard. it
adapts itself with the changes of
temperature that swell or shrink the
surfaces against which it rests.
Surely there is some purpose to
which you can put it, now you know,
X u X X
WITH all the news there has been
lately of air conditioning sys-
TENS that supply one or two or three
of the functions of complete year.
around conditioning, it is a pleasant
surprise to come upon a system which
has its eye cooked for the future and
stands ready to supply all the func-
tons OF air conditioning. for any kind
OF weather. 1t is a de luxe system,
and it offers everything you have been
hearing about in the realm of indoor
comfort, at cost that runs well into
four figures.
This system automatically gives YOU
air OF the right temperature, with
the right amount of humidity. re-
eardless OF changes out of doors. When
untreated outdoor air will produce
comfort conditions, no heat or mois-
cure is added or removed from it,
ana the system merely cleans and
Venthates. In winter it heats and
numidifies air as cooler conditions are
gradually increasing to
q maximum on the coldest day. In
summer 1T cools and dehumidifies (all
IN one process) as the outdoor air gets
warmer, until 1t is handling the pro-
verbal "scorchers." And the system
performs these reversals Of cycle auto