TO AVOID GLARE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 977, 21 May 1930, Page 6

TO AVOID GLARE

WHITEWASH RECIPE Seaside houses, where it is possible, are better for a coat of whitewash once a year. It is best to mix the whitewash in an ammonia solution so as to give the clear white appearance desired. The effect of this method is to give a clean and whitened appearance which -obviates the glare that salt water limewash is found to give to the surface of plastered walls. The best way to give fixity and clarity to limewash, while robbing it of hurtful glare to the eyes, is to get the ammonia tinting in a primitive way. If fresh cow-manure be mixed with water, stirred to the consistency of a thin cream, and left to soak for, say, 48 hours, take one bucket of the resultant ammonia-impregnated solution to three buckets of ordinary water. Mix the necessary amount of lime therewith, and apply to a clean brushed down and non-scaly surface. The result will be that a clean, bright, sanitary and limewashed surface, without, glare under the most brilliant sunlight conditions, will be found to yield comfort to the eyes and a greater permanence than any that could result from the older method of, applying limewash. ]

"Washing Knitted Articles.—lf a little ammonia is added to the water in which knitted frocks and jumpers are washed, the task will be considerably lightened. Ammonia loosens the dirt quickly and dissolves grease, thus making unnecessary the hard rubbing which so quickly ruins knitted goods.

Iu districts where the water is hard the use of ammonia is doubly necessary, but it should always be used rather sparingly, in. case it should ,rot the wool.