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Whitewashing

Whitewash of lime is now seldom used for covering inside walls. There is no reason why it should not be. If properly made, it covers a surface almost as smoothly as the chalk of which kalsomine is composed, and is devoid of the disagreeable smell thereof. For covering rough buildings, fences, and other structures, where paint would be too costly, it is excellent, and, if properly made, is fairly water-proof, and may be applied by any one of ordinary intelligence and care. In order, however, that it may saturate the surface and hold, it should be put on hot, for which purpose the vessel containing it may be kept over a good-sized kerosene lamp or a low fire of charcoal.