m*- w - Clpdigital.org

104 ILLUSTRATED WORLD
PAINTING AUTO RADIATORS
AT HOME
P)ON'T take all the time and waste
all your energy trying to paint your
automobile radiator in a hurry, and
making a poor job of it.
The Spray Painting Outfit
-S S-^__^ K.
If you have an oil can and a foot
pump, combine the two and make an
up-to-date spraying device that will
make easy the job of painting.
Take a one-half gallon oil can, and
make it into an atomizer by attaching to
it a tire pump, as shown in the illustration.
Mount a small brass
pipe in one side of the can,
the upper end of it extending
a short distance outside
of the top. Mount a second
piece of pipe in a horizontal
position in the top
of the can. If the can has
had a handle, the first pipe
can easily go through that
opening. Solder both pipes
to the top of the can, and
use a screw top to make it
tight.
When the air is forced
through the horizontal
tube, and caused to pass
across the opening in the
upper end of the vertical
tube, the liquid in the can
is drawn up and forced out
in a fine spray. A mixture
for spraying the radiator
This Pressure Gage Enables the
Motorist to Keep His Tires at
Precisely the Right Poundage
may be made of lampblack and turpentine.
A sheet of paper should be placed
back of the radiator to protect the engine,
and around the outer edge, to prevent
the liquid from spattering the brass
finish.
TRY THIS ON YOUR COLD FEET
UXURIOUS surroundings are not
consistent with cold feet; so we find
that in motordom the inventors are
working overtime to make the limousine
so deliciously warm that milady will feel
as snug and cozy as in her boudoir. A
portable electric radiator now comes to
bat to show what it can do to raise the
general average of heating devices. It
has a voltage range of from sixty to one
hundred and twenty-five volts and can
be operated on the voltage of the storage
batteries on the car or from an ordinary
lamp socket in the house.
TELLS YOU WHEN TO STOP
T H E R E is a great deal of comfort
given the average driver of a car
when he knows that he has an air pressure
of 80 pounds if his tires are Ay by
35, and a pressure of about
65 pounds if he is driving
a Ford. If he pumps his
tires up too hard there is
an excessive strain on the
fabric, and if he pumps
them not enough, the
fabric is worn away even
more. To keep them at the
right point has entailed a
•great deal of trouble.
This new tire-testing
pump connection permits
the driver to measure the
air in the tires without disconnecting
the pump. It
solves the problem of
when to stop pumping,
without attaching and reattaching
the pump and be­
ginning all over again if it
is found that enough air is
not pumped in.