Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1906-11-02
A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
Burning on Paint Makes Insurance
Void.

II seems that considerable danger To
property exists In the practice of
burning OF old paint before re.paint.
Ing The question has long been a
subject OF debate In the technical
journals, and now householders and
the newspapers have begun TO discuss
It. Those of us who, with trembling
have watched the painters blow a
hery blast from their lamps AGAINST
our houses and have looked sadly st
the size of our painting bill because
OF the time wasted on this prelimln.
airy work, are interested In the In.
vestigation by the Greenfield (Aiassl
Gazette and Courier, which gives con.
siderable space to the reasons for the
practice, questions It's necessity and
suggests ways to prevent the risk of
burning down ones house in order to
get the old paint on 1t says:
There is good deal OF discussion
among householders as to the deslr.
ability. In painting houses. Of burning
on the Old paint, q 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 afire
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 &C.
emulation of paint In lunches. II
new paint is put on top OF these ac.
foundations It is almost sure to Bills.
ter. To burn it 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 10 the effect that ac.
cumulations o. paint are unnecessary.
These old.timers lay the blame partly
on the painter who fails to brush his
paint in well, partly on the custom of
painting in damp weather or not allow. !
ing sufficient time for driving between
coats, and partly to the use of adulter.
ated paints instead Of old.fashioned
lnseed oil and pure white lead. The
paper says.
Many of the old houscholders say
that II care is taken at all these points
1t 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 he
sure TO get good lead and oil. OIL
course the burning OF OF paint greatly
increases the cost Of the Job"
The trouble househoders eyeryWhera
have with paint is pretty we'll summed
up by our contemporary, and the
causes are about the same everywhere
By far the most frequent cause of tho
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 pulyerlzed rock and
quartz, are frequently used as cheap.
eaers. TO the great detrimeut of the
paint
Painters rarely adulterate white
lead themselves and they very seldom
us" ready prepared pauts-,hc most
frequent causes Of paint trouble. But
they do often buy adulterated white
lead because the property owner in.
siSts on a low price and the painter
has 10 economize somewhere. The
suggestion is therefore good one
that the property owner investigate
the subject little, find out the name
OF some reliable brand OF white lead
and see that the keg Is marked with
that brand
The linseed oil Is more difficult TO
be sure Of, as It is usually sold in
bulk when the quantity Is small. but
reliable makers Of linseed oil can he
learned on inquiry, and, II your dealer
Is reliable, YOU will get what you want
Pure white lead and linseed oil are
so necessary to good paint that the
little trouble necessary to get them
well repays the house owner in dollars
and cents saved.
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