A CHEERFUL RENOVATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19719, 19 August 1927, Page 7

A CHEERFUL RENOVATION.

If you have some old-fashioned caneseated chairs which have grown very shabby, a bright and cheery transformation can be worked upon them with the aid of some bright enamel and gilt or silver paint. Choose your colour, of course, in accordance with the rest of the furniture. Before starting the chair both woodwork and cane should be quite free from grease, and so should be washed down with warm soda water. Then the surface of the wood must be rubbed down to provide a suitable surface for the enamel. ' This is best done with pumice powder mixed with water to the consistency of cream. Use a thick pad of flannel to apply it, afterwards rinsing in clean cold water, and allowing the woodwork to dry thoroughly. This method is less laborious than* rubbing down with giasspaper. The framework is then ready for the undercoat. When this is dry, rub down to prepare for the application of the enamel. "Take caro that you buy an up-to-date cellulose enamel which smooths itself out as it is applied. The silver or gilt paint should not be applied to the cane till the enamel is ; absolutely dry. Use a small brush for I the. cane work and apply the paint i sparingly. A pretty shot effect may be by first of all painting the cane in the same colour as the woodwork, and before it is dry rubbing, it over with a cloth. This removes the colour from the outstanding parts. When quite dry silver or gilt may be applied to the wiped parts. If you have any paint left, nse it to renovate your old shopping basket iii the same manner as the cane seats. You will; be delighted with the result.