Waterproofing
Dear Aunt Daisy, Could you answer the two following questions? First, I have been told that the alum and sugar of lead solution for waterproofing coats, etc., turns them black-is this correct? Second, do you know of a cheap method of "varnishing" a kitchen wallpaper, as shop varnish is too dear, and a "shellac" varnish darkens the colour. Hoping you can oblige and thanking you.-Wellwisher. I have never heard that the waterproofing solution turns the article black, On the contrary, I have seen charming little waterproof capes with hoods, made by a mother for her three little children from old satin evening frocks; and although those were perhaps just a little bit darkened by the coating of linseed oil which had been put on as a final precaution, they were still approximately the. same colour as before. The waterprooling was quite satisfactory, Secondly, I do not know of any Seine. made varnish which could be used on kitchen wallpaper. Would white shellac darken it? It might be better in the long run to re-paper with a washable paper.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 343, 18 January 1946, Page 22
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179Waterproofing New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 343, 18 January 1946, Page 22
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