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To Keep Whitewash

Keep the lime covered with water and in a tub which has a cover, to prevent dust or dirt from falling in. If n. If the water evaporates the lime is useless, but if kept covered it will be good as long as any remains. there will be left too little body of paste on the surface to hold the paper. A coating of good glue size, made by dissolving 1 pound of glue in a gallon of water (see No. 2815), or a coating of good paste, put on and allowed to dry before the paper is hung, will provide for this difficulty. If the wall be white-