Evening star., 1940-03-23
New Paint Provides
Non-G|oss, Washable
Finish; Little 0dor
Regarded as IdeoI
For ChiIdren's Room;
Comes in Is Shades
BY DOROTHY DUCAS AND
ELIZABETH GORDON,

ELIZAbE1H GORDON.
Here's the problem: You want a
fresh coat of paint on the walls of
your children's room; you want it
to be washable; you prefer it to be
dull-surfaced so light reflection
won't hurt the children's eyes; you
want a pleasing color and as little
paint odor" as possible.
Here's the answer: A paint orig
inally developed for the rooms of
hospitals, where frequent scrubbing
with strong antiseptic solutions is
imperative. 1t is available now for
homes.
This paint is not a fiat paint,
although it has a non-gloss finish.
Flat paint usually is not washable.
The paint we have in mind is def
nitely labeled washable" by it's
markers, who claim that it has with
stood two washings a year for as
long as 10 years in some places.
In addition to being washable,
dull-surfaced, pleasantly hued, this
paint has the extra" of being free
from the typical PANTY" smell
when it is first applied. A sweet
aromatic odor is detachable for the
first hours after its application. This
In a short time disappears entirely.
A room painted with this material
may be used much sooner than one
painted with paints that give off the
usual paint-drying odor.
The paint comes in 16 delicate
shades of green, pink, blue, yellow,
lilac, beige and gray. On surface
which has been properly sized it
covers about $50 to 300 square feet
to the gallon. 1t costs more than
kalsomine or cold water paint, but
lasts longer. Be sure to use it over
the recommended size" which has
so much to do with the good looks
and durability of a finished wall.
The paint costs $3.4o a gallon; the
size S225.
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II you are putting new bathroom
or kitchen fixtures in your house
and are preparing to throw out the
old. worn sink. stop before you do
so and consider if any one in your
family is an amateur Cor profess
sionaD photographer. For old sinks
can be reclaimed and made into
excellent darkroom sinks at very
little expense.
Either a galvanized iron sink of
the old-fashioned sort, or an en-
amel-lined inexpensive sink, placed
in the basement, serves the purpose
for amateur use You can even
make wooden sink for developing
If you are handy with carpenters
tools. All three then can be painted
with several coats of acid-proof
enamel, or with coating having a
rubbery base. to repair any injury
or prevent further damage. Wooden
sinks may be made water-tight and
waterproof with several coats of
paraffin wax, applied hot, if you pre-
fer
Enamel-lined sinks usually stand
up pretty well even without the ap-
plication of acid-proof enamel if
ordinary Photographic solutions are
used; but, if your home photog-
grapher indulges in trick" photo
graphic processes, he may use acids
which in time probably would be in
furious. And galvanized iron or
wood definitely need some protec-
ton.
If you haven't an old sink avail
able for the purpose, cheap basins
already coated with acid-resisting
enamels are available for from So
to 81, without fittings.
1t might be a lot of fun to fix up
an inexpensive darkroom in the
basement! With or without an old
sink to play with, why not investi-
gate?
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What can I do to make at least
one room of my home habitable for
the rest of March and April, without
using my central heating system?"
writes suburban matron who has
been winterlng in Florida. I'll only