The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-06-08
BUYING PAINT.

time. There Is no dust nying, TO n
sects are In the air az that time reaay
10 commit suicide by sunocation N
the coat OF fresh paint. The Amos
pieric conditions are also favorable
AZ that season for proper drying ara
increased life Of the paint
Il should be a habit with every
property owner every spring 20 LOOK
over his buildings. etc. and see
they need repaiafiRs; not merely 70
sec IL they will so another ye~T,
but whether the time has not come
for putting in the proverbial "s;tcn
in time" which shall eventually save
nine" For one coat OF paint appAed
lust little before il il actually need
Ell will often save most ci the paint
on the building BY preventing II from
letting so and causing endless unu'
bic and expense.
Paint let's 60 because linseed OIL,
which Is the cement that holds al
good paint together. gradually decays
or oxidlzes. just as iron exposed 10
air AID dampncss will slowly decay
or oxidlze. The water and oxygen 10
the air are the cause OF the trouble
in both cases, and the only reason,
outside Of its beautibing effect, that
We apply paint 10 wood or iron IS be
cause we want 20 keep water and
air away from them. Live paint
that 10 paint in which the llnseed oil
is still oily. does this very enectual
~; but dead paint, that is paint in
which the oil is no longer oily. is &c
more impervious 10 air and water
than a single thickness OF cheese
cloth would be. IL then we apply a
fresh coat OF oily paint before tAe
old paint is dead. the oil from thc
new coat will penetrate the old coat,
and the whole coating Will once more
become alive; ana this method Of rem.
ovation may so on indefinitely.
This explains why Il Is better econ
omy TO repaint 4 little before it be
comes absolutely necessary than a
little after. When the paint Is once
dead the fresh coat Will pull the
whole coating on.
In the days when rppainting meant
a general turning Of things upside
down. a twoweeks' "clurer!ng up"
Of the place with Kegs. cans and
pals. lot OF infamnable and III.
smelling materials standing around,
etc. the dread OF painting time was
natural. So was the dread Of soap
making time. OF shirt-naking time. Of
eandle-mouldlng time and the like.
But we live in an age when soap
comes from the store better and
cheaper than we can make il. wnen
shirts are sold ready made for less
than We can buy the materials. when
we can burn coal oil or gas cheaper
! than we can make tailow candles,
and whe-. al we have TO DO when we
want TO repaint is 70 pick ont cur
colors from the card at the store and
pay the painter for putting on the
paint.
When 1t comes TO picking ont the
7 paint il is not necessary that one
should be 4 paint chemist, any more
+ than one should be an oil chemis;
when buying kerosene. or a depart
nent store buyer vixen selecting
shirts, or a soap chemist when buy
Z ing soap. All that Is necessary &c
Insure a fair show is some knowl
edge Of the character of our paint
dealer and the reputation and stand
ing Of the maker Of the paint offered
Nor must one expect TO buy a pure
4 linseed oil paint for the price OF lin
seed oil alone. IL can be taken for
granted when anyone offers 10 sell
dollar bills at a discount. be is bait
Ing a hook for suckers" SO il can
be taken for granted when anyone
whether mail order house. paint
manufacturer or dealer-orers paia;
too cheap. he is bidding for the trade
oi suckers" no matter what his
promises.
But paints sold in responsible
stores under the brands Of reputable
manufacturers are all good products
differing from one another In the less
important matter OF the solid pig
ments contained. but practically alike
in having their liquid portions com
posed essentially Of pure linseed oil
The competition Of the better class
Of paints has driven inferior goods
practically on. u the market, and
no manufacturer OF standing now
puts out poor paint, under his owr
name at least
As TO guarantees on paint. they
ran he taken for what they are worth
Any reputable manufacturer vii
make good any defect actually trace
able to tie paint Itself and not to i'm
proper use or treatment Of IL. The
really important guarantee which the
paint buyer should exact from hi.
dealer is that the paint IS made by [;
manufacturer that knows his bust
ness and that tho paint itself has &
record. III he secures this guaranteed
he can afford TO chance the rest o
1.-THE paint viii undoubtedly Civ,
good service II properly applied &C
cording 20 directions.
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