Evening star., 1940-05-11
New Floor Finish,
Waterproof, Will
Redo Them for Good
Air Register Filters
Keep Rooms and Their
Furnishings CIeon


Keep Rooms and Their
Furnishings cIeon
BY DOROTHY DUCAs AND
ELIZABETH GORDON
A floor finish which is easy to
apply, but which won't turn white II
water is spilled on 1t and does not
have to be removed il you decide to
reflnish your floors. has been devel-
oped just in time for spring re-
doing Of floors.
The new finish is another of those
popular penetrating" wood finishes
which do not lie on the surface but
sink into the wood fibers. It is
slightly more viscous or sticky than
the average varnish, but easily ap-
piled with q brush, mop or rag. You
put 1t on with OF. without q wood
filler, let it set about half an hour,
wipe the surface with q clean cloth,
then leave 1t to dry overnight. Next
morning, rub it up with steel wool,
add a second coat and again polish
with steel wool. Sometimes the Sec
ond coat can be omitted.
OF course, if your floors already
have another kind of finish you will
have to scrape them and start
afresh. But once this has been done
1t need not be re-done. You can
even retouch worn places without
doing the entire floor, if certain
parts become scuffed from traffic.
The finish reacts with slight diff
ferences to various kinds of wood,
just as other penetrating finishes
do, but in general the color produced
is about the same as is obtained
with white shellac. If this is too
light for your taste, an oil stain can
be mixed with the first coat to
darken it.
The finish is hard wearing, and
the natural wood grain Is enhanced
and highly lighted by the. finish.
Made of oils and new synthetic
resins 1t binds the wood fibers to-
gether and waterproofs them, be-
coming part of the wood itself.
The new finish costs about $1.25 q
quart, $3.75 a gallon, and its cover
ing capacity is about 600 square feet
to the gallon. It Is useful on wood
work, panelling and cabinets, as well
as on floors.
Filters Keep Room Clean.
Since this is the time of the year
when you will be calling in your
heating man to have your furnace
cleaned out and put in condition for
next fall. it is good time to con-
slider some Of those minor improve.
ments which are easily made by
your heating contractor while he
is in your house doing the cleaning
job.
One of these improvements for
the home heated by a warm air sys-
tenn is a new air register shield and
filter for each Of the registers sup
plying warm air to the rooms. They
cost very little-59 cents a piece for
wall model shields, $1.19 for floor
models, Is cents each for filters
but you will bless them next fall
when they save your curtains and
draperies from being soiled by
CRIME, dust or SCOT emanating from
the furnace.
The filter and shield 1T right over
the top or room surface side of the
warm air register, without necessi-
tating the removal of the register.
They look like metal screens but are
specially treated crinoline. The floor
model stands up from the surface Of
the floor about five inches, SO it
won't be walked on. When the filter
becomes clogged with dirt, Just re-
move the filter without removing
the shielO and vacuum it, or else
with q brush tap and brush 1t
lightly.
The shields and filters are adjust
able SO they will At any register.
There is always one edge of the reg
lister exposed, to insure unimpeded
flow Of warm air.
Better look into this now and be
ready for next faN, lest, by that
time, you forget.
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Gravity Ash Removal.
While we are on this subject of
heating Improvements, we want to
report the latest shortcut to freedom
from service at the furnace-gravitv
ash removal.
Most people who do not balk at
the job Of shoveling coal on the fire
protest loudly at the problem pre-
sented by ashes. Shoveling of ashes
is generally agreed to be about the
biggest nuisance around the house.
Well, II you install an ash receiver.
or ash pit under the furnace or
boiler, you can do away with all but
the emptying of the receptacle once
every two to four days, in the aver
age-sized home.
The ash receiver, a watertirht
steel container made in one piece.
into which the ash can is placed.
can be installed either with new or
old equipment, with stoker or hand
nred heaters, using any kind of fuel
that will pass through the CRATES.
In other words, most bituminous
coal-fueled heaters can't use the ash
receiver with utmost success be.
cause the clinkers formed by this