The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-02-09
Something New and Useful.-Honor t.
Whom Honor is Due.

At a recent meeting of the Board of Managers
of the Mechanic Institute held in San Francisco
the committee on Mixed Paints admitted a long
and interesting report. which we deem of such i'm
portance to our readers that We hasten TO make
prominent some Of the leading points. Tie award
of the institute medal. highest in the git of the
society. was made to the California Paint Company
over all competitors and the report is unequiyo-
cal in favor of the Averill Mixed Paints made by
the company named.
The committee appointed by the Institute for
the examination of mixed paints were Profs.
Hilgard and Ever, of the State University and
Mr.. Frost and Mr.. Hops, two leading firms of
practical painters.
The claim of the Averill paints was, that it is
the best mixed paint and the award certified the
truth of this claim.
The tests were in every way fair and impartial
and the committee were furnished with the ma
teTial distinguished by numbers and not by It's
name. Samples were taken by the secretary from
the exhibits at the pavilions and put in unlabeled
cans, and with this unnamed material the commit
tee dealt until they reached their conclusion con-
corning composition, etc.
The first test was the application of the paint to
a boardssurface in the pavilion by a painter WHO
did not know the name of the paint he was using.
All the mixed paints entered were tested in this
practical way to determine their spreading quail
ties and covering power. On the first test 1t APP
pears from the report that the Averill mixed paint
was declared the best.
Then samples of each paint were delivered to
Profs. Hilgard and Rising for analysis at the State
University. These analysis showed that the Aver
ill paint was composed OF the materials as
claimed. namely white lead, zinc, and pure lin
seed oil, and unadulterated. The chemists also
report in the Averill paint the presence OF silicate
of soda, or = water-glass," and speak highly OF
the use Of it as a means of holding the lead and
oil in permanent chemical solution, so that no
separation and consequent degeneration OF this
paint can occur. They draw a contrast between
this and ordinary paint. In ordinary paint the oil
separates from the lead and this leaves the lead
dry, so that it rubs off like the lime in wbite-wash.
This is wholly obviated in the Averill system of
manufacturing mixed paint.
The report of the committee details the pains
taken to visit houses painted with the competing
paints, and they conclude that the AveTill mixed
paint weather best, neither " peeling" nor
g chalking.' and in enduring, retaining gloss, ex-
hibits those qualities which all users Of paints de-
sire. Examination was made of houses painted
from one to seven years with the Averill mixed
paint, and the result was the declaration of its
superiority over all other paints.
There has probably never been iii this country
so thorough a test of paints as was made by the
Committee of the Mechanics Institute. Begin
ming. as they did, with the working qualities of
the fresh paint, they pursued it through accurate
analysis OF materials and finally applied the prac-
teal test of observation where the paint had stood
for years the storm and sunshine on exposed sur
faces. The award from such an examination and
from a committee OF men whose names are surety
to the community of their honesty, is the highest
possible testimonial OF the quality of the goods
which are offered to the public for their patronage.
1t would be well for purchasers If all supplies Of
fered them by manufacturers could boast Of such
evidence of purity. value and endurance.-S. +.
Commercial Herdld.-Messrs. Dillingham; Il Co.,
are the sole Agents for the sale Of the Averill
paints for the Hawaiian Islands.