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Otago Witness, Issue 3881, 31 July 1928, Page 10

THE HANDY MAN’S CORNER. REPAINTING A ROOM. (Speciai. fob the Otago Witness.) There is no real difficulty in repainting need painting with a little brush (a hog- insrs (1) »->xt tl ~, , a room, but to get a workmanlike result hair fitch). This can be held and used tlrnn munti'ns Th t ? eM,s ®! ve ? < 2 >’ one must use common sense, and make in much the same wav as an ordinarv • li U . IIIS or short vertical bars proper preparations. Actually, putting pencil, L best grip shown in th do the top, middle, on the final paint is a relatively small sketch £Fat s g and tto “ ralla (4) > aild finish b ? P aint ‘ item compared to the cleaning and ' mg the outer uprights, called styles (5), preparation which should precede it A W , „ P aintln g the room, proceed in and, of course, the exposed edge of the lot of dust and dirt will always have the following order: Commence by doing door. As soon as the undercoat is dry the accumulated on any painted surfaces, no picture or frieze rail. Then deal finishing coat is given in the same order, matter how carefully they have been Wlth thc wlndow frames, painting the out with great care to ensure a complete cleaned. Every bit of this dirt should be * cover ” that is, a total obliteration of cleared away. Suppose, for example, it. -/'’Z 0 ’ - undercoat - Bc ver y careful to use is decided to repaint two rooms. In on e // / \ S enou gh paint—not so much nor so the paintwork may be in good order; Z\ ® liquid that„ it runs into “tears” or in the other it is old, cracked, and soiled, 'iJ I'"’ “ tram^nes ”. and leaves unsightly and will need very different treatment to ZtfZ ' L streaks, but just enough to ensure comthe first room. ' P] A, plete cover. Lot do the best room'first. Begin F|C l C ft. a ™£tete -J JJL or colour It should be a little lighter ULLA-I \ I »»d allowed to dry Uoteputting iSihe tone, or may be plain white if preferred. r~ 4a \ J nuttv Kexf m™- all +i.„ 8 i The paint should be put into a painter’s NG 2 ZA S?fin/ ni S n O ? la^ es « “ ke+tlp ”tn brrro S. >l7 /PK w ith fine sandpaper. Brush off and give * make™? bVush X Z bris?l°e d FIG 3 F ZL> amount’J? 1 ’" p O atent n ” e d d rie°rs: bristle brush about 2m wide, will do FlG.4’ When this is hard, give it another rub «.». «»< ur, «„ t , ttol o . e Always work with the brush well charged then the window sills and jambs or sides, to drv ‘ n nf i d th f g ’- LeaVG with paint, especially the top part, near and finall y the architraves. The idea is of bod ’ Pn7 » thL gl '? . a , (< caa * the handle. Put on with long, even to work outwards, doing the most ex- colon, d ■ i -A? i strokes, spreading the paint eveSy and P-t. last. to th SU h T Endeavour . The. right order in which to paint the colour is really dry and hard, apply the li^ht b fiS 1 1 v T ,F ark ! ° y 3 d °T 1S Sh ° wn ln Fig ’ 2 ’ The first P arts last coat ’ usin g a g°° d grade of the light finishing stroke. Small parts may to be dealt with are the panel mould- selected paint or enamel