DAMP STAINS ON WALLS
Damp stains can bo obliterated very easily by removing the wallpaper or kalsomine and giving the wall or ceiling two coatj of ordinary white oil paint and one coat of 11at white paint. Flat paint can be made by mixing white-lead to a creamy consistency with turpentine, a small quantity of copal varnish beiii_, added to harden it. Paint the wall, allowing 24 hours between coats, and covering the wall at least a foot each way outside the damp patch, so that the dampness will not spread beyond the limits of the paint. When the flat paint is dry, wallpaper or kalsomine can be put on without* difficulty. If the oil paint only is used, it is dilliciili to got the kalsomine to "take" on it. All damp-cures are useless unless the cause is removed first.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22819, 28 August 1937, Page 6 (Supplement)
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