The Basin Cracked
Dear Aunt Daisy, Can you possibly help me in this difficulty? My son dropped a bottle of hair oil into the wash-basin in the bathroom, and though it didn’t break the bottle, it badly cracked the basin, I seem to remember hearing you give a remedy for this a good while ago, and should be much obliged if you could let me
have it, per The Listener.-
-With many
thanks,
Doris
Isn’t that the way-the damage is to the more important article. We have had various remedies from time to time, but this is the best method, really. Firstsof » all clean the basin round the crack with methylated spirits. Then get about three pennyworth of white lead. If the shops. have only large tins, you could perhaps get some from a painter who had a tin
opened. Mix the white lead to a paste with gold size. If the ctacks are open enough, fill them with the paste, and leave it to dry. Meanwhile, spread the paste on a piece of strong white linen, and put this on the outside of the basin, over the crack. This forms a hard cement-like surface, which prevents the crack from becoming worse.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 14, Issue 364, 14 June 1946, Page 26
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