The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-08-25

very old and dry the oil may be absorb
| ed before Il can set or dry, and the pig
ment left as dry powder. 50 that IN the
first coat plenty Of OIL should be used.
no: only 10 act as A binder. but to allow
| for possible absorption.
There are additional reasons why pure
white lead is the best pigment. Among
others. II has greater opacity than any
other substance. therefore hiding the
surface better: consequently fewer coats
are required. We have said that the
cost of paint Is not very great. but IL Is
the labor oe applying that is expensive
Therefore, when you can cover as well
with two coats of white lead paint as
with three OF four coats OF other paint, X
follows that the lead paint IS the cheap
est by far Any substance that iS added
to white lead. except for the purpose %
cO,oring. diminishes in some way the
value OF the paint. Zinc is sometimes
used. Now zinc is very inferior in COW
ering 20 white lead. and besides, In dry
ing it forms with the linseed oil very
hard, unelastic surface. which Is apt 10
crack and scale of. When repaintng
becomes necessary. the surface is such
that il will not readily hold the new
coat, 50 that the entire lot OF old paint
has 20 be burned off. a very expensive
operation. If first-class JOB Is wanted.
The substance most commonly added
70 white lead is bary.es. and IL = added
simply because IL is cheap, and - make
weight BaryteS Is powdered rock.
which is found largely in Virginia. Ms
souri,, and other parts OF the country. II
is not opaque-one of the first requisites
in a. paint material. and has no action in
the OIL and If ground or mixed with oil
alone il will neither cover nor hide the
under surface. nor form an elastic water
proof binder with the linseed oil, whicn
we have heretofore described. The great
attraction barytes has for paint manu-
facturers is It's cheapness, and because y
can be and is readily palned OF on the
consumer and property-owner as pure
white lead.
The only protection the buyer has is q
insist on having pure white lead, bear
ing the guaranty OF some reputable max
er, whose brand he can rely upon The
adulteration of pure white lead by zinc.
barytes, and other substances. IS a most
common one. II such mixtures were sold
under labels honestly stating what they
were. and the consumer and property
owner bought them as such. no Objec-
ton could be made; but they are often
sold as pure white lead. though chemical
analyses repeatedly made show that
they contain none. or. az best. but a
small percentage of white lead u not
directly as pure. some misleading trade
mark IS added: such as star White
Lead. 3. Louis" etc. etc. the Intention
being % deceive and induce the buyer
= think hs * getting A pure article.
Within the last fifteen Or twenty-five
years large demand has been created
f1r what are known a. Ready Mixed
Pants. or paint prepared with oil and
drier ready FOR use. which appeals &
the user as a great convenience. some
makes ot these appear . give fair SAT-
isfa-tion. but the very general c1m2islni
a > . their want o. durability has caused
the whole class - fail s0meEaa, INTO
cisrepute. The cause for this - not
nard % ind We have previously SHOWN
that the base II the best paint for gen
eral use should be pure waite lead srI
pure ilnsee4 OIL NCr white iesd iu ia
nature ls 80 heavy an ar-icie p, deuse
are i.s particles o. Is this ,1at gives q
80 great value as a covering plzuentB
.aat IL cannot be he'd Ia Suspension f0-
any length q time IN pure irssed Oh
A. matter of fact mot reasy nir-1
paints contain but Lttss T1te lead. o.a-
- and cheaper substance. iafe-sor as
pigments. being FgJsfl-g.ei tae-ets-.
ard u order = enable tle psint - Gry
quickly various fr1erH contain NJ tsrre--
tine an4 oarzi-e a-s in-- 5g-s5 TIE
eTec; % t0ese IS - ,h.u .le o.l an1 ran
'se- 3. Jess capable - h5f1s1z enc var.-
o1s pigments 70 s1s5enfi 1o- T caurte--
a 80 the tendency % ssTtIe re o.i "a treat
i - make . -1icker. a-kaHes an xster
xhica s1r-n cap - er1uiess1s El.a che
oI being frequently u@s5 T. - -.
fsIsG.t theu. % Sc WY s--h PANTS -
o.tes prove disappointing - t5s ussr.
1o- 6oes t1e exDezs@ s-es sere. bscs azs
= se desires - re9a-a- E.-l 4 pare
z--ic-e and Secure -ae best ress.fs f-a
cd cos.s ms. f-E- =. entirely rsasores
TIE uso-aI - a. this ss. ;he beat t-
.as cseasezt IN tas Is-g rsa- Est,e- -
salts are o5tslre1. x-sGter az-sslT-v
al sE-lE.acts7n- 1es-3es ~ ths Yressr..
il-ls the hsst j. srtsaliT tae caes1@s-.
Any cne desiring . use paint eaa sssy
s.ssai1-s.y Pg-s E-5!te La. srsss- On.
gla-anfT - = -esp7zsiase nssuufAesu-e-
Ps-e Ll1ze@i Oh e3SsEy r1a-znsee~s
s1e pure Coi - s1t caa nix f-era .,- T
- -@z1y - 1'-s a. - F-ea.er cs~t r,e-
ga-so7 tHsn lufs-z- a-t4e,ez- 49,, a, 4
not cover nearly - ra81a O. ~ xe.L
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