Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-10-10
n DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
Burning OF Paint Makes Insur,,e.
Void.

IL seems that considerable danger To
property exists in tho practice OF
burning on old paint before re-naint.
ing. The question has long oeen n
subject OF debate in the technical
Journals, and now househoiders and
the newspapers have begun TO discuss
IL Those of us who. with trembling
nave watched the painters blow
merry hiast from their lamps against
our houses, and have looked sadly M
the size OF our painting bill because
OF the time wasted on this prelimin,
AIRY work, are interested in the in.
Vesugation by the Greenfield Mass
Gazette and Courier. which gives con.
siderable space TO the reasons for the
practice, questions its necessity ana
suggests ways 10 prevent the risk q,
burning down ones house I'm order 20
get the old Paint of. Ii saws:
There is good deal of discussion
among householders as TO the desir-
aolilty, In painting houses. OF burning
on the old paint, practice that has
grown very common OF late in Groom.
heId and elsewhere. Insurance mon
are strongly opposed to this method
IL makes void insurance policies for
nres caused in this manner. Severa,
houses in Greenfield have gotten afro
as the result OF this method. and In
some places houses have burned no ,
result
1t is undoubtedly true that whom
mouse has been painted over and
o'ei again there comes to be an ac-
cumniauon CT paint in lunches. II
ne" paint rs put on top OF these ac.
foundations IL is almost sure I'd bills.
ter. To burn it off is the ouickast
ana cheapest and PERHAPS the surast
method OF getting rid of this old
paint.
Inc Gazette and Courier quotes Ger.
'"ih ola patrons TO the effect that No.
FOUNDATIONS OF paint are unnecessary
lhese old-timers lay the blame nartIy
on the painter who fails to brush nj.
paint in well. partly on the custon, -,
painting In damp weather or not allow.
ing sufhcient time for drying between
COATS and partly To the use of adulter.
a'ed paints instead OF old.fasbionad
Hhseed oil and pure white lead Tho
paper says:
Many OF the old householders sav
that II care is taken at all these noints
IL Is absolutely unnecessary to have
paint burned off They advise that
people VINO have houses painted should
guy their own materials, and to have
them put on Icy the day, so as to he
sure TO get good lead and oil. or
course the burning off of paint gra.tI,,
increases the cost of the Job"
Inc trouble householders everywhere
nave with paint is pretty well summed
up by our contemporary, and the
causes are about the same everywbere
By far the most frequent cause of tbe
necessity for the dangerous practice
OF burning old paint is the use OF moor
material. The oil should be pure lin
SEED and the white lead should be real
white lead. The latter is more often
tainpered with than the oil. Eartbv
substances. and pulverized rock and
quartz, are frequently used as cheap-
ehers' 10 the great detriment of the
paint.
Painters rarely adulterate white
iead themselves and they very seldom
use READY prepared paints--the most
frequent causes of paint trouble. But
they do often buy adulterateo white
lead because the property owner I'm.
slsts on low price and the painter
has to economic somewhere. The
suggestion is therefore a good one
mat the property owner investigate
the subject a little. find out the name
OF some reliable brand Of white lead
and see that the heg is marked with
that brand.
The linseed oil is more difficult to
be sure Of, as II is usually sold I'm
bulk when the quantity is small: but
reliable makers Of linseed oil can he
learned on inquiry, and, If your dealer
is reliable, you will get what you want.
Pure white lead and linseed oil are
20 necessary TO good paint that the
niue trouble necessary TO get them
well repays the house owner in dollars
and cents saved