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Basement Problems For Paint FREE alkali and moisture, both of which are often present in basement walls, will usually attack ordinary paint. Fortunate- ly, the paint industry has de- veloped alkali - resistant paints to meet these two problems. Jobs In Home Not Just Fad Remember, about 10 years ago, when nearly everybody was try- ing to guess how long the do-it- yourself "fad" would last? In case you hadn't noticed, it's no longer a fad; it's an accept- ed part of the modern' way of life. It is taken so much for granted that studies on the effect of the do-it-yourself movement are seldom heard of any more. The truth is that more persons The first step is to prepare the | are doing - it - themselves these THE OSHAWA TIMES, Saturday, March 19, 1960 § surface properly by removing | days than at any time in the dirt and dust as well as crumbly past, even when the subject was material by vigorous brushing or | being talked and written about a scrubbing with plain water. | jo. more. Homeowners are buy- Grease and oil are wiped 'away | : with an odorless solvent. Cracks | 12 more lumber and other ma- and holes should be filled with special products made for this purpose and sold by paint deal- ers. Where there is very severe! chalking, special hardeners should be used. CHECK FOR MOISTURE Where the walls are generally dry, the home owner has a choice of solvent-thinned masonry paints and increasingly popular latex paints. These dry in an hour or less and are odorless. Portland cement paint, manufactared by several companies, 'is always highly recommended. Latex and portland cement paints are the best bet where walls are damp. When the damp- ness is likely to be permanent, the one safe paint is portland cament paint, since moisture im- proves its eure. Wien basement walls are made of porous concrete block, a spe- cial type of heavy-bodied port- and coment paint is recom- mended. This is known as the aggregate ty pe. For the floor, a basement dee- orator has the choice of either traditional solve - hinned floor enamels or the newer water thinned floor pa'. =. Don't use portland cement paint on floors. Where the floor (or wa'ls) have been given a pariicolariy smooth finish, it is sometimes necessary to etch them with mwuriatic acid both to roughen the | surface and to gel rid of excess | alkalinity. Check with your paint | nation. Next most popular colors | dealer on this, terials than they ever did. Books, magazines and newspaper arti- cles featuring construction and repair projects are continuing to attract a large readership. And the sale of tools, especially those of the power variety, are at an all-time high. It was thought for a time that the establishment of organiza- tions specializing in home re pairs might cut into the do-it- yourself field. These "groups en- able a homeowner to call a cen- tral point to get a repair job done rather than an individual plumber or electrician or carpen- ter. While these outfits appear to be doing well, there are no signs of any slackening in the sales of items used by the homeowners who fix things themselves. CAULKING IN COLOR Caulking compound is available in several different colors and comes in two principal types -- a gun type for use in a caulking gun which forces the compound into cracks in ribbon-like form, and a type applied with a knife, Caulk. ing compound is also available in rolls of ready-to-apply strips POPULAR COMBINATION Pink and gray are room installations, according to ceramic tile contractors over the are listed as yellow and blue. EVERGREENS Upright varieties for comers Silver Juniper, Cangert Jun (green), Mountbatten Jun (bluish), Japanese Yew; Pyramidal Cedar. Spreading types for underneath windows and to fill in large bare spots: Pfitzer green), Hetzi Jun (silver), Andora Jun (purple), Savin Jun (soft green), Meyers Jun (blue), have a big variety of Evergreens select, its pee aial | favorites in colors of ceramic tii: | diluted {used in most kitchen and bath- | TO THE DISCRIMINATING HOME OWNER ... "For That Better Paint Job" WE SUGGEST... tone cearrs PLI-TONE The first really washable flat finish in beautiful new colors. mw... TONE-GLO The easiest of all semi-gloss enamels to apply ALSO . . . a complete line of domestic and imported papers, regular and pre- pasted PLUS . . . All the necessary sundry lines to complete the job. 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We invite vou to drop in at any time FERTLILIZER Give your lawn a good feeding of fertilizer first thing in the Spring and it is amazing how green your lawn stays for the rest of the year. Use for your flowers, So-Green, Bonemeal, Milorganite, or Liquid Fertilizer, Ra-Pid-Gro or RX15, POWER TOOLS CHORE MASTER GARDEN TILLER For all your cultivating and digging: Combination tiller- Mower. A very popular and useful tool. For interior decoration: House Plants, Flower Arrange- ments, Vases, Driftwood, Brassware.