PROTECTING WOODWORK

Evening Star, Issue 19660, 13 September 1927, Page 2

PROTECTING WOODWORK

It is false economy to fail to protect woodwork with finishes designed to preserve it, as far as humanly possible, from the attacks of water and weather.

This quality of waterproofness in a finish is of tremendous importance to every home owner. Who _ hasn’t returned to find a leaky radiator creating havoc to the floor? Who does not know the agony of an overturned glass of water or an overflowing tea kettle on the table? All such anxiety is needless. For it is entirely possible to obtain varnishes that will stand all such tests if care is taken to make sure that they arc thoroughly waterproof. The advantages of waterproof protection for modern homes arc therefore obvious. Water in one or another of its many forms —rain, sleet, hail, snow, ice, dampness—is the greatest destructive agent to your woodwork. It causes rust and decay. Its activities never cease. Yet none of these attacks will have power to damage or mar the beauty of woodwork that is finished with the proper waterproof material. This feature of waterproofness is obtainable not only in varnish, but in any desired color. For example, you can obtain varnish in transparent colors that stain and varnish woodwork in one operation. Also yon can procure waterproof varnishes combined with solid covering colors that are applied just like paint, covering the surface completely, bat having the added advantage of waterproofness and higher lustre.