Evening star., 1953-11-16
Conducted by
BETSY CASWELL
KEEPING BRASS:
PAINTING WALLS
u. K. F.. HuattSpilleI ]

EA41N 4lNG WALLS
IL. X. F., HyattsUilleJ
The last time I cleaned the
brass letter box, lock and door
handle on my front door, I
covered 1t with colorless nail
polish. For many months the
brass stayed bright and Shin
ing, but after a while the po-
lish started to peel of. 1t took
a lot OF hard work to get the
polish off the brass. Would the
readers be kind enough to let
me know how they keep their
outside brass looking nice
without constant attention?
Having just sanded my liv-
ing room floor, I would like to
finish the room by making
new lamp shades, draperies,
cushions and perhaps slip COW
ers. Am I too late to enroll in
any classes preferably in the
evening" around Hyattsville or
Silver Spring?
I believe there is a club for
English girls in Washington
or Virginia. 1 would like to
get some information about it.
For Mrs. M. H. v. Having
just done our living room walls
over, my heart goes out to you.
If possible it would make
things easier if your husband
can take some vacation from
his work. My husband did
not. I stripped the paper in
the afternoons and he con-
tinued the job in the evenings.
Another thing we did not do
was to move the furniture out
of the room, so that we were
constantly moving furniture
around, SO if at all possible, it
would make things easier if
you can move all the furniture
out into another room. We
tried all things to help get the
old paper off more easily. in
Guiding vinegar in the water,
but we found the only thing to
do was to soak and soak the
wallpaper before scraping it
off. Do not soak more than
one panel at a time as the
water gradually dries out. We
used a mop without the han
dle) and did not squeeze out
any moisture after submerg-
ing it in water. After the
wallpaper was all off we
washed the walls to get off the
remaining bits Of paper. We
did not use any primer coat
before painting. but we did
find two coats of paint were
necessary. so we followed the
instructions for diluting the
first coat as was given on the
paint can. The results are
lovely and we'll worth all the
time and hard work.
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STIFFENING BALLET SKIRT
mrs. J. D. w., Washington
Mrs. F. A. A. Of Arlington
asked for suggestions on how
to stiffen her daughters ballet
costume. Since it cannot be
dipped in water. I would like
to suggest that she try this:
Place piece of waxed paper
on the material and press it
with a warm iron. The warmth
of the iron will melt the wax
and it will stick to the material
and stiffen it. have done this
to net wells with very good re-
suits, and hope it works for
Mrs. F. A. A.
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