Fred T. Hodgson · Frederick J. Drake and Co. · leaf 494
e floor is cleaned, it should be 490 CEMENTS AND CONCRETES allowed to stand for a day or two, when the wholefloor is to he rubbed with sharp sand and a board ofsoft lumber. This treatment, which the last traces ofcement, is preferable to the washing off with an acidsolution, as it will not attack… … Fig. 41. The Tiles for the Walls or Wainscoting are first laidout and compared with the plan provided for settingthem. Guide strips are then placed on the wall paral-lel and about two feet apart, the bottom one being so HOW TO USE THEM 491 arranged as to allow the base to be set after the bodyis in…
