Covering Umbrellas at Home
Dear Aunt Daisy, You have been good enough to help me on previous occasions, and once again I am applying to you. My friend and I are thinking of trying to cover our umbrellas, but it is impossible to buy suitable material. Do you know of a method whereby ordinary coloured sateen could be waterproofed? We had thought of shower curtaining, but do not think it would stand the strain. "Umbrella," Dunedin. You are brave to tackle a job like that yourself: I would suggest any strong silk or cotton rhaterial-make it up and when the urnbreila is covered, treat it with this waterproof mixture-it makes it semitransparent, like the oiled silk umbrellas you get. You need three pints of pale linseed oil; loz. of sugar of lead; and 4oz. of white resin. You should be able to get these at a paint shop, or ironmonger. Grind up the sugar of lead with some of the resin, and then add to the remainder, Gently warm this in the oil, till it is thoroughly mixed and dissolved. Apply to-:calico or silk, with a bush, and let it dry thoroughly-not in the sun.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 382, 18 October 1946, Page 27
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195Covering Umbrellas at Home New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 382, 18 October 1946, Page 27
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