Boxoffice-October.01.1955

. . Questions
. . ESTIMATES
there are plastic materials which can be
used. Can you tell us what they are, hoto
to use them and where to get them?
and Answer^
This regulor Modern Theatre feature is conducted by Dove E. Smallcy, contributor to many
important magazines on maintenance and editor of Better Maintenance Magazine. Questions from
Qxhibitors are welcomed. Address them to Theatre Mointenance, The Modern Theatre, 825 Van
Brunt Blvd., Kansas City 24, Mo. Enclose stamped, self-addressed envelope for personal reply.
/p DRIPLESS PAINT
We expect to repaint the ceiling of our
auditoriu7n this fall ivhich means we must
cover the seats with canvas. Since we
want to do the work ourselves and do not
have the canvas we are in a quandary what
to do. We can7iot borrow such canvas from
professional painters and nobody else would
want their canvas splattered up with paint.
Maybe you can suggest some solution for
our problem.
n Have you heard of the new dripless
paint? It is in the form of a jelly and
will not drip nor will it spill if you turn
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the can upside down. However, the pressure
of an ordinary paint brush promptly
picks up the paint and the pressure against
a surface spreads it out like ordinary paint.
If you are interested, write us for a source
of supply, or your local dealer may carry it.
9
PLASTIC CEMENT OVER
. WOOD FLOOR
We are going to iiistall new seats i7i
our auditorium this summer. We have a
good, solid wood floor but would like to
cover it with some kind of durable cementlike
concrete. We know we can't lay concrete
over the wood floor but understand
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f^ Oxychloride cement would be best for
your purpose. It can be laid over wood,
forming a very hard surface, resembling
smooth concrete, and a color may be incorporated
in the mix. First a wire netting
like hardware cloth is nailed over the wood
floor. The the oxychloride cement is
trowelled over the netting to a thickness
of about one inch. It may be advisable to
nail strips for attaching the seats before
the cement mix is laid. Dow Chemical Co.,
Midland, Mich., is a large producer of oxychloride
cement and will supply you with
specific instructions for installing it.
Q WAXING LINOLEUM WALLS
We recently installed decorative linoleum
walls on each side of our lobby.
Would it be a good idea to wax these walls
to further embellish them and help to
keep them clean?
n A large manufacturer of resiUent wall
coverings, of which linoleum is one,
answers the question as follows: "Waxing
the sm-face of wall coverings is not advisable
because the high gloss calls attention
to any unevenness in the wall to which the
wall covering has been pasted."
/p FIREPROOFING A DOOR
One of the emergency exit doors of our
balcony opens on a narrow alley. The
present door is made of heavy wood but
we have been told it should be fireproof
in case there should be a fire across the
alley. Is there any way to make the present
door fireproof or must we buy an iron door?
f^ Although your problem is one to be
passed on by your state fire iiispector,
we do know that a heavy wooden door can
be made fireproof sufficiently to pass in
commercial buildings as follows: Pli-st.
cover the door on both sides and all edges
with sheet asbestos. The kind of asbestos
used for covering furnace conduits will
serve. Then cover the asbestos with heavy
galvanized sheet iron. The wooden sills
must be similarly protected with protected
cleats around the door to prevent
flames from penetrating cracks around the
door. This is not a difficult project and
not very expensive. Wood, thus protected,
is a better insulator against heat than iron.
?T0 RESTORE COLOR TO
. CONCRETE FLOOR
My drive-in floor is made of concrete
ivith red coloring mixed in. The red color
is getting dull and I do knoiv that you can
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