The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-01-05
PAINT FOR FARM BUILDINGS.

FAINT roh FARM btAi<S~'
w. 8. 8. writes the Indiana Farmer:
VIII you send me n recipe for skim
paint. about which something was
published In The Tribune Farmer? !
have lost the paper. DO you stu
recommend Il? / want to paint some
farm building. c. +. Chapman replies
as follows In that paper.
Our barn and h~enhouses have been
painted with this mixture some Tour
years. and. with the following excep-
tons, Is Just as good as when put on.
Where the water from the roof rushed
down tho side and wore Il. II Is half
or. This IL a strip n foot wide. and
received the whole force OF the water
from the gutter OF the roof. A few
boards on one side were very rough
and wooily, soft timber: and the paint
aid not get worked into the grain. but
dried on the fuzzy surface. This has
peeled on n little. but not enough to
look bad yet. In a few places We put
on the paint o thick. and II fakes
OF. especially II the board Is struck
q heavy blow which Jars II. The
weight OF the paint and the failure TO
penetrate the grain. 50 that when set
It would be n part OF the wood. instead
OF on the outside Of the wood, causes
Il 10 fake n little.
Too great care cannot be taken TO
have II thin enough. TO keep II well
stirred and to rub II In reasonably
well. II can be put or much faster.
however. than ordinary paint. and II
looks well. Comparing II with lead
ard oil. put on about the same time
Il II doing Just as well. II a be
used on unplancd boards. where COM
mercial paint would be too expensive.
and Il costs scarcely anything.
In place OF the water lime, which
few seem able to get, n a use
cement OF any grade, ] think, but
have not tried Il. as lime was cheap.
or. A friend mixed cement and oil
(raw). and painted the inside OF n silo
around the bottom. and n year later
said: Il could not cut the boards
with n knife. Il was so hard @
no reason why tho mixture wouli not
be Just rs good.
The recipe Is: MIX. either sweet
or sour. skinned or fresh: yellow
ochre. or venetian red for color: wat
or lime or cement for body: n stin
brush or broom. and n vigorous boy.
Do not mix o than n half barrel
az n time. and no more t!an can DO
applied az once. as the body will al
settle to the bottom and harden. Pit
the milk IN the tub. stir In the colo"
TO suit, then stir In ths lime until u
Is a thin paint. Make It a little thin.
ner than lead and oil usnally Is. and
80 that when IL dries 7ol eau juss G
the grain OF the wood.
Do not attempt TO w every part
Of the wood under the paint. as we DO
With other paints. at least with one
coat: but stain the surface. and rub
In or on the surplus TO prevent max.
ing. think n second thin coat would
set over the first and be 4 COOL thing:
but we put on only the one. and very
hurriedly a. that.
l have tried government whitewash.
and do o believe the various things
added are of any value: II Is no moro
valuable or lasting than ordinary
whitewash: Il is expensive. the daz-
zllng white hurts the eye. and II Is
not durable.
] wish readers woull all cut this out
and keep Il, as this Is about the ff'
tieth time I have had this same In.
quIry. and the recipe is worth the
trouble.