The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-06-07

become well settled-ls painting time.
There Is no dust dying. no insects are
In the air at that time ready to commit
suicide by sunocatIon in the coat or
fresh paint. The atmospheric condl-
lions are also favorable at that season
Tor proper drying and ipcrsased life Of
the paint.
Itshould be habit with every. prop
erty owner every spring to look over
his buildings, etc. and see IL they need
repalnting, not merely 10 see IL they
will go another year" but whether the
time las not come for putting I'm the
proverbial "stitch in time" which shall
eventually "save nine" For one coat
OF paint applied just 4 little before 1t is
actually needed will often save most OF
the paint on the building by preventing
1t from letting 80 and causing endless
trouble and expense.
Paint lets go because linseed oil.
which Is the cement that holds all
good paint together. gradually decays
or oxidizes, just as iron exposed TO air
and dampnesS will slowly decay or oxi-
die. The water and oxygen in. the air
are the cause OF the trouble in both
cases. and the only reason. outside OF
its beautifylng effect. that we apply
paint to wood or iron is because we
them. Live paint, that Is, paint i'm
which the linseed oil Is still oily, does
this very effectually. but dead paint,
that Is, paint in which the oil Is no
longer oily, is no more lmpervious to
air and water than a single thickness
OF cheeSecloth would be. IL then we
apply fresh coat of oily paint before
the old paint is dead. the oil from the
new coat Will penetrate the old coat,
and the whole coating will once more
become alive, and-this method OF reno-
walton may go OH Indefinitely.
This explains why it is better econo-
my to repaint q little before it becomes
absolutely necessary than little after.
When the peint is once dead the fresh
coat will pull the Whole coating of.
In the days when repainting meant
general turning of things upside down,
n two-weeks' "clutterlng up. OF the
place with kegs, cans and pals. lot
of inhammable and ill-Smelllng mater.
ials standing around. etc, the dread OF
painting time was natural. So was the
dread OF soap-making time. OF shirt
making time, OF candle moulding time
and the like. But we live in an age
when soap comes from the store bet
ter and cheaper than we can make IT,
when 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 tallow-can-
dies, and when all we have TO do when
we want to repNint is to pick out our
colors from the card ut the store and
pay the painter for putting on the
paint.
When Ii comes TO picking ont the
paint it is not necessary that one
should be paint chemist any more
than one should be an oil chemist when
buying kerosene, or a department store
buyer when selecting shirts, or soap
chemist when buying soap. All that
is necessary to insure a fair show Is
some knowledge OF the character OF
our paint dealer and the reputation
and standing of the maker of the paint
offered. Nor must enc expect TO buy
q pure linseed oil paint for the price
of linseed oil alone. 1t can be taken
for granted when any one offers TO
sell dollar bills alta discount. lie is bait
ing q hook for suckers" So l. can
be taken for granted when any one
whether mail order house, paint man
ufacturer or dealer-ofrers paint 100
cheap, he is bidding for the trade OF
suckers" no matter what his prom
Uses.
But paints sold i'm responsible stores
under the brands of reputable manu-
facturers are all good products. differ
ing from one another in the less i'm
portantmdttero Of thesolid pigments con-
talned, but practically alike in having
their liquid portions composed essen
tally of pure ;llnseed oil. The COM
petition of the better class OF paints
has driven inferior goods practically
out OF the market, and no manufac-
turer OF standing now puts out poor
paint, under his own name at least.
AS to guarantees ON paint. they can
be taken for what they are worth.
Any reputable manufacturer will make
good any defect actually traceable to
the paint itself and not 10 improper
/ use or treatment OF it. The really I'M
portant guarantee which the paint
buyer should exact from his dealer is
that the paint is made by manu-
facturer that knows his business and
thaS the paint Itself has a record. II
he secures this guarantee he can af-
ford to chance the rest of 1.-THE paint
Will undoubtedly give good service il
yRropegly applied according TO direc-
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