A NEW BATHROOM

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20077, 6 April 1935, Page 14

A NEW BATHROOM

ACID AND COAT OF PAINT Although porcelain and porcelain enamel baths are becoming the rule in all new houses, the old tin bath is still with us, especially if we live in the country, remarks an exchange. Now if Fate has decreed that you live with one of these, consider the possibility of renovating it to resemble its modem descendants. If it is rusty, and it usually is, it is a waste of time to paint it over, for the rust will quickly work through again. First clean off as much of the rust as possible with emery paper. Then mixe one part of emery paper. Then mix one part of water, and, using a stiff brush, apply this to the bath. Be careful to avoid splashing the acid on your skin or your clothes, and pour the acid slowly into the water to avoid bubbling. After scrubbing, rinse the bath thoroughly with cold clean water, and allow it to dry. Now apply two coats of paint, allowing each to dry completely, and

finish off with a coat of bath enamel. You will then think less harshly of your old bath, and the rust will not appear again. With the main eyesore removed, you might consider tinting the walls of the room now, and giving the floor and chair a coat of gay lacquer. Then a shower screen, with little curtains to match, in one of the pretty new waterproof cretonnes, will complete the illusion that your old bathroom is quite modern.