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To Reduce Paint Skins to Oil

Dissolve 1/2 pound sal-soda in 1 gallon rain water. The skins that dry upon the top of paint which has been left standing for any length of time, may be made fit for use again by covering them with the sal-soda water and soaking them therein for a couple of days; then heat them, adding oil to reduce the mixture to a proper consistence for painting, and strain. 2776. To Remove the Smell of New Paint. Hay sprinkled with a little chloride of lime, and left for an hour in a closed room, will remove the smell of new paint.