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thoroughly during- the process. A half bushel of Thebest 



formula for 



lime is all that can be handled easily. Pour on only whitewash. 

 a little water at first, adding- more as the mixture 

 thickens, and do not allow the lime to become dry, or 

 it will "burn" and become lumpy. When the lime is 

 thoroug-hly slaked and reduced to the consistency of 

 cream, add the salt while the mixture is still hot the 

 salt will dissolve better adding- more water as is 

 necessary to keep it to the proper consistency. The 

 Portland cement should be added only to each pail- 

 ful as used, as it sets if allowed to stand, and does 

 not retain its tenacity. A good sized handful to each 

 pailful of the wash is about rig-ht. By the addition of 

 a teaspoonful of ultramarine blue to each pailful, the 

 brown effect resulting- from the addition of the cement 

 will be neutralized. 



Storag-e rooms should be whitewashed during- whitewashing- 



storage rooms. 



cool, dry weather, with the doors- open, or warm, dry 

 air from a steam coil should be circulated throug-h 

 the room. This is quite a simple matter where a 

 house is equipped with forced circulation. Cover the 

 walls, ceiling- and floor with a coat of whitewash 

 each spring-, and allow ample time for the rooms to 

 air and dry out before goods are placed in them. If 

 whitewash is to have a nice white appearance it must 

 not be too long- in drying-; on the other hand, if dried 

 too quickly it will flake or cleave off more readily. 

 The quickest method of applying whitewash is with 

 a compressed air spray. It will make a fair job, and 

 is done much quicker than by hand. 



The cold water paints, which are now quite com- cold water 



j . r paint. 



mon under various names, are good for many places 

 where whitewash will not do, as on doors and in the 

 corridors, or wherever the clothing- may come in con- 

 tact with the woodwork, or where a product is handled 

 which may be injured by the flaking off of whitewash. 

 Whitewash will generally rub or flake off to some 

 extent, but the best of these cold water paints are 



