The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-09-28
A DANG ERous PRACTICE.
Burning of Paint Makes Insurance.
Void.

II seems that considerable danger 20
property exists in the practice OF /
burning of old paint before repaint
ing The question has long been a |
subject OF debate in the technical /
journals. ana now householders and |
the newspapers have begun TO discuss |
II. Those OF us who. wi;h trembling |
have watched the painters blow a
fiery blast from their lamps against |
our houses. and have locked sadly at
the size OF our painting dill because
of the time wasted on this preli min |
AIRY work, are interested in the In |
vestigation by the Greenfield (Mass) !
Gazette and Courier. which gives con
siderable space TO the reasons for the
practice, questions its necessity and
suggests ways to prevent the risk OF
burning down ones house in order to
get the old paint of. II says:
There is good deal OF discussion
among house holders as TO the desir
ability. in painting houses. OF burning
of the old paint, practice that has
grown very common Of late in Green
field and elsewhere. Insurance men
are strongly opposed to this method
II makes void insurance policies for
fires caused in this manner. Several
houses in Greenfield have gotten atire
as the result OF this method, and In
some places houses have burned as a
result.
1t is undoubtedly true that when
a house has been painted over and
over again there comes to be an ac'
emulation OF paint in punches. II
new paint is put on top OF these ac'
cumulations 1T Is almost sure To bis
ter To burn il of is the quickest
and cheapest and perhaps the surest
method OF getting rid OF this old
paint"
The Gazette and Courier quotes Ger
tain old patrons TO the effect that ac-
cumulations OF paint are unnecessary.
These odtlmers lay the blame partly
on the painter who fails TO brush his
paint in we'll. partly on the custom OF
painting in damp weather or not allow
ing sufficient time for drying between
coats, and partly TO the use OF adulter
ated paints instead of old-fashioned
linseed oil and pure white lead. The
paper says:
Many Of the old householders say
I that IL care IS taken at all these points
I Il is absolutely unnecessary TO have
/ paint burned of They advise that
people who have houses painted should
+ buy their own materials, and to have
them put on by the day, so as TO be
sure TO get good lead and oil. OF
course the burning of Of paint greatly
increases the cost OF the job"
The trouble householders everywhere
have with paint is pretty well summed
up by our contemporary, and the
causes are about the same everywhere.
BY far the most frequent cause of the
necessity for the dangerous practice
of burning old paint is the use OF poor
material. The oil should be pure lin
seed and the white lead should be real
white lead. The latter is more often
tempered with than the oil Earthy
substances. and pulverized rock and
Quartz, are frequently used as cheap
eners, to the great detriment of the
paint.
Painters rarely adulterato white
lead themselves and they very seldom
use ready prepared paints-the most
frequent causes of paint trouble. But
they do often buy adulterated white
lead because the property owner in
sists on low price and the painter
has to economic somewhere. TIE
suggestion is therefore good one
that the property owner investigate
the subject a little, find out the name
OF some reliable brand OF white lead
and see that the key 10 marked with
that brand.
The linseed oil is more difficult "a
be sure Of. as il is usually sold In
bulk when the quantity is small; but
reliable makers OF linseed oil can be
learned on inquiry. and. IL your dealer
is reliable, you will get what you want
Pure white lead and linseed oil arc
80 necessary to good paint that the
little trouble necessary to get them
well repays the house owner in dollars
and cents saved.