The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1886-11-04
PAINTING FOR PROFIT,
How Paint should Re Applied to Far
Implements, Gates and Barns.

How Paint should Re Applied to Farm
Implements, Gates and Barns.
Paint sinks into the pores of wood
and covers its surface, protecting it
from air and water, the two great
agents of decay. Yet strange to say
farmers are slow to use paint, Brown
mineral paint is very cheap and any
farmer car mix it with the oil 1t is
good for outbuildings and roofs. Many
farmers are kept from using paint he-
cause they think high priced mechanic
must be employed to mix and apply it
BIT for outside work and implements
the farmer can mix any paints h needs.
or he can buy paints already mixed;
and he can put them on himself Roofs
are rarely pa!ntci, and vet they need
the protection Of paint is much as any
part of the building, and their duras
bility will be doubled if they arc Kept
projected 1t will pay ia paint the
boards of an ordinary fence: and it is
highly profitable FIST 10 paint the part
that comes against the post If this be
done ami the nails are dipped in paint
lt7t 'N'D4 lilIN tlt vi " tll. III bItl US
will last three times as long as they
would without Il mt.
When max" 4 gate paint all lemons
and all parts that Jon before the cate
Is put together, and then paint the gate
well when il IS danc; and have now
pine gates twenty-five wears old that are
sound. 1t will pay to drive the heads
of the nails low the surface, usin :
spike, and then fill the hole with putty
before the gate, fence or whatever 1t
may be, IS painted. The putty and
paint VIII pre- cnt rust'ng OF the IA l.
and decay o. the wood. | am now
using a wagon the first | ever bought
and the only one had for some wears
that | have ha in hard Use for
twenty-siN years, an it is yet a good
Wogon; | have given it a coat Of pant
every third year. From my own eX-
perIcnce. and observation among neigh
bors, | know that pant rightly used
Will increase the durability of plows,
harrows and the other commoner i'm
PIGMENTS one-half, and of mach merry
sevcnty-five to one hundred per cent
10 farm implements and machinery
the paint must BE- applied to the metal
as well as to the wood; and it ishighly
important that both be first thoroughly
cleaned. For implements, gates, etc,
it is better to use red lead paint. 1t
costs more than the brown mineral,
and it is not SO convenient, as only
enough for immed ate use should be
mixed at Il tine, but for the work
designated it is far the better. Mix it
With boiled oil. Use a table 5pOonful of
10, 1.1.,-r B I'll :
pain, is waterproof and a very good
cement, hence is Just the thing to use
when joining tanks or trOughs, and on
them when they are completed. The
paint must be stirred o .casionally, else
it will settle. Paint applied to farm
machinery makes it more durable.
Breakages nearly always occur because
OF the unnot.ced decay of the wood or
rusting of the metal part, which would
have been avoided by the application of
paint. Moreover, the paint permits of
better work. Good work can not be
done with a rusty hoe, fork, pillow or
mower. And as the pant makes the
implement look more neat, the user of
it naturally tries 10 do better work
with it.
The little kegs containing the red
lead are just the tn ngs to mix the paint
in. They are quite heavy, hence are
not easily overturned. You will need a
Dat brush for large surfaces, and a small
''strIping" with which to get into the
corners. And / do not think you can
spend money to better advantage. or do
more profitable work, than in giving
Implements and machines a coat OF
paint as they are put away for the sea-
son. Two coatings will be better than
one, and likely three will be none too
many. Some object to paint an axe,
fork or rake handles. If this objection
cannot be overcome, at least coat these
parts with linseel oil. If it is applied
hot, it will be better absorbed. While
the oil alone is not so good preserva-
tive As when mixed with paint, it will
protect quite we'll from decay. 1t also
increases the durability OF these handles
BY preserving the iibr of tn wood.
preventing t from bssoming br title OF
hrash. Job N. stab, IN y. \, Irsh'
Hiss,