Year: 1869

There are few ways in which lifle
time and money can be spent TO better
advantage in improving the appearaace
of the premises than in the application
of whitewash. Whitewash not only
improves the looks of the surfaces 10
which it is applied, butit tends to pre-
vent the decay of wood, and is, thereoy,
conducive to healthiness. 1t kills small
vermin, and prevents their increase, as
has been shown in stables and poultfy
houses. 1t is true that coat of this
will not last as long as coat of paint,
but it is very cheaply prepared and
easily applied. :


COMMON WHlTEWAsH. =


This may be prepared by simply slak-
ing choice Jumps eff nice, freshly burned
lime in soft water, and then adding more
water, till the proper thickness is OBJ
tanned. The whitewash will be inn
proved if it stands few days before IL
is used, stirring it occasionally, so that
the gritty particles will settle at the
bottom. A pellicle of the carbonate Of
lime will form on the top, which can
easily be removed. The lime may be
slaked quicker if hot water is used for
shaking, but there is no other advantage
to be gained. If any of the Jumps slake
poorly, or appear colored while shaking,
they should be rejected.


IMPROVED wHITEwAsH.


A whitewash that will have q glossy
appearance, aud which is not liable to
rub OF, may be made by using skim
milk, instead of water, for slaking the
lime for thinning. A small quantity Of
white glue, previously dissolved In
water and then added, will be q geod
substitute for the milk. The whites of
eggs stirred into the mixture, will also
help to give good gloss. When a CELL
ing has been badly smoked, and you
wish to remove all traces of the black
coating, it is well to add to the water
you use to thin with, some dissolved in
digo. A very lustrous, but somewhat
expensive ceating, may be given to
walls, by first giving them coating
formed of oxide of zinc-common white
ripc, stirred up with sizing-and then
following this with coating of chlor-
ide of zinc, prepared in the same way.
The oxide and chloride immediStely
form a union, and produce coating
that is hard, smooth, and not liable to
rub off.


OUTDOOR wHITEwAsH. '.H


An excellent whitewash for out door
work may be made in the following
manner: Take a half bushel of good
lump lime and slake it with hot water,
in tight cask, using an inverted tub
to keep In the steam. Strain it through
a sieve to get out any PARTICLES of grit.
Add to this n peck of salt dissolved in
water, three pounds OF rice flour boiled
TO paste and stirred in hot, one pound
glue dissolved in warm water, and one
half pound of whiting. Place the mix
ture in kettle, bring to boil, and ap-
ply it hot with o stiff brush.


CoLoRED WALLS.


If other colors than white are wanted,
they can easily be produced by adding
various pigments to whitewash formed
in either of the ways we have described.
For fawn color, add, for each half
bushel of lime used, four pounds of
umber, one pound Indian red, and one
pound lampblack. For stone color,
four pounds of raw umber and two
pounds of lampblack. Spanish brown
ill make a pretty pink, moro or less
deep, according UV 4~~-+itp Yellow
oChre will give very pretty tint, and
it is inexpensive, but better color may
Ne given by means of chrome yellow.
Green pigments should in no case be
placed in whitewash, as most of them
would be decomposed by the action of
the lime, while others would result in
causing the whitewash to peel off.