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A Furnace That Breathes 
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House & Garden 
A Review of Stains and Enamels Catalogs 
(Continued from page 130 ) 
“Shingle Stain” “Flowkote Enamel” 
“Tufcote Varnish Stain” published by 
E. I. duPont De Nemours & Co., Inc. 
Wlmington, Del. These comprise 
another set of informative leaflets; the 
first of which is concerned with the 
outside of the house. The colors given 
for coating shingles of the roof, as well 
as the walls, are said to be altogether 
weatherproof and to have a quality, 
even when they are freshly applied, 
of having have been exposed to the 
weather for quite a while. It is said 
of “Flow Kote Enamel” that it pro¬ 
duces a finish like liquid porcelain on 
both exterior and interior work. 
“Tufcote” seems to be a splendid re¬ 
viver for furniture, floors and wood¬ 
work which have become old and 
dingy. It combines the color of the 
various natural wood stains with the 
finish of a good varnish. 
“Quality and Beauty” “Stains Made 
With Brains” published by the Mari¬ 
etta Paint & Color Co., Marietta, 
Ohio. The first of these attractive little 
booklets is concerned chiefly with an 
enamel called “Spartanite” which will 
not turn yellow as so many enamels 
have a habit of doing. The illustrations 
show where an enamel of this kind 
can be used to very good advantage, 
and there are directions which make it 
possible to apply the enamel without 
engaging outside assistance. The book 
on stains is an interesting resume of 
the history and development of stains. 
“Symphonies in Stain” published by 
Dexter Brothers Co., Boston, Mass., is 
an attractive little booklet devoted to 
the use of stains on outside shingles. 
Several types of country houses are 
illustrated, as well as interesting photo¬ 
graphs of the Paul Revere house, and 
the House of Seven Gables, which show 
the effect and long lived quality of 
shingles treated with a weather-resist¬ 
ing stain. The reasons for staining 
and the advantages which come from 
stains are carefully and clearly pointed 
out. 
“The Inviting Home” published by 
the Boston Varnish Company , Boston, 
Mass., is a sixteen page booklet illus¬ 
trated in colors showing the different 
surfaces inside and outside the house 
which require individual treatment. 
Color schemes that extend not only to 
the floors, walls and woodwork, but 
to the hangings and rugs, are for the 
most part suggestive and in splendid 
taste. The pictures show that there 
are certain advantages in the use of an 
enamel finish on walls over the cus¬ 
tomary paper, chief among which is the 
fact that walls so finished may be 
cleaned with soap and water. 
“Fire Resisting Shingle Stain” pub¬ 
lished by Pyro-Non Paint Co., SOS 
Driggs Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y., is a 
tiny leaflet as reassuring as it is 
small, for it suggests a means to pre¬ 
pare shingles with a liquid that will 
absolutely prevent sparks and flaming 
brands from igniting the roof. It is 
only necessary, it seems, to soak the 
shingle in the specified liquid for 
several hours and then allow it to dry 
before applying the stain. Samples of 
shingles so treated and stained are a 
part of the leaflet and we are en¬ 
couraged to test the fire resisting 
qualities by attempting to light one. 
“My Home, Why Not Yours” pub¬ 
lished by Pratt & Lambert, Buffalo, 
N. Y., is not only one of the most at¬ 
tractive of the commercial booklets but 
one of the most informative as well. 
There are many splendid suggestions 
under the heading of Interior Decora¬ 
tion which are extremely helpful be¬ 
cause they are so sensibly presented. 
The colored illustrations are decorative 
and the photographs of interiors are 
from well-chosen examples. A valu¬ 
able section of the book is its key to 
table of color effects in which all the 
various wood finishes are listed with 
the accompanying stain with which to 
achieve them. 
“Beautiful Homes” “Natural Woods 
and How to Finish Them” published by 
Berry Brothers, Detroit, Mich. The 
first of these booklets presents color 
treatments, by means of enamels and 
wall finishes, for every part of the 
house from basement to bedrooms. 
While the introduction makes a state¬ 
ment open to dispute, that the really 
beautiful home depends less upon ex¬ 
terior design than on a pleasing in¬ 
terior, it does right to emphasize the 
importance of making the inside of 
the house as lovely as possible. And 
its suggestions are all directed nicely 
toward that desirable end. The other 
of the two booklets tells very clearly 
how to attain the various natural wood 
finishes, with a note on the problem of 
varnish removing. 
“Old Virginia White and Tints” 
“Cresote Shingle Stains” “Waterproof 
Brick Stains” published by Samuel 
Cabot, Inc., Boston, Mass. One of 
the most effective finishes for clap¬ 
board and for shingles laid in clap¬ 
board effect is a dull white stain. Old 
Virginia white is one of the best of 
these. It is a splendid substitute for 
paint and for many tastes it is prefer¬ 
able. This booklet shows a great many 
houses on which it has been used and 
gives directions for its application. 
The same thing is done for shingle 
stains in the second booklet and for 
brick stains in the third. 
“The Immaculate Finish of Refine¬ 
ment” “Architectural Varnishes, Stains, 
Fillers & Enamels” published by the 
Standard Varnish Works, New York. 
The use of a good white enamel is 
certainly a good way to achieve the 
end described by the title of the first 
booklet. In it the various preparatory 
treatments are described, as well as 
the final finishes, which may be either 
gloss white, a white rubbed effect or 
flat white. The second booklet is de¬ 
signed primarily for professional use, 
containing as it does the specifications 
for the various finishes. 
“Portfolio of White Enamel In¬ 
teriors” published by Patton Pitcairn 
Division of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass 
Co., Milwaukee, Wis. This booklet 
printed on intense black paper is one 
of the most effective of all the cata¬ 
logs. The admirably shown in¬ 
teriors are examples of fine architec¬ 
ture and attractive interior decoration. 
They range through all parts of the 
private house to the rooms of hotels, 
restaurants and hospitals and show the 
adaptabiltiy of Banzai enamel to all 
the various kinds of wood work and 
furniture. It is said of this particular 
enamel that it is so elastic that one may 
dent the finished wood with a hammer 
w-ithout fracturing the enamel or 
freeze the finished wood in a solid cake 
of ice and melt it out again without 
harming this durable surface. 
Correction 
Through an error, the house shown on buted to Dwight James Baum. The 
page 66 of the October issue was attri- architect was Frank P. Whiting. 
