Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-04-26
THE o OF PAINT.

was q rare sight; to-day an implanted
house is rarer. If people knew the
real value of paint a house in need
of paint would be "scarcer than hens
teeth" There was some excuse for
our forefathers. Many Of them lived
in houses hardly worth preserving;
they knew nothing about paint, ex
cept that 1t was pretty; and to get a
house painted was a serious and cost
ly job. The difference between their
case and ours is that when they want.
ed paint it had to be made for them;
whereas when we need paint we can
go to the nearest good store and buy
it, in any color or quality ready for
use. We know, or ought to know by
this time, that to let a house stand
implanted Is most costly, while a good
coat of paint, applied in season, is the
best of investments. If we put off the
brief visit of the painter we shall in
due time have the carpenter coming
to pay is a long visit at our expense.
Lumber is constantly getting scarcer,
dearer and poorer, while prepared
paints are getting plentier, better and
less expensive. 1t is a short-sighted
plan to let the valuable lumber of our
houses go to pieces for the want Of
paint.
For the man that needs paint there
are two forms from which to choose;
one is the old form, still favored by
certain unprogressive painters who
have not yet caught up with the times
lead and oil; the other is the ready.
for-use paint found in every up-to-date
store. The first must be mixed with
oil, driers, turpentine and colors be
fore it is ready for use; the other
need only be stirred up in the can
and it is ready to go on. To buy
lead and oil, colors, ETC., and mix
them into a paint by hand is, in this
twentieth century, about the same
as refusing to ride in a trolley cal
because ones grandfather had to wall
or ride on horseback when he wanted
to 60 anywhere. Prepared paints have
been on the market less than fit.
yCuI0, puL IlOS IafC PAofNu ch sh'
whole SO inexpensive, so convenient
and so good that the consumption to
day is something over sixty million
gallons a year and still growing. Tn
less they had been in the main salts
factory, it stands to reason Their
would have been no such stead,
growth in their use.
Mixed paints are necessarily cheap
err than paint of the hand-miXed kind
because they are made in a large wa
by machinery from materials bough
in large quantities by the manufac
turer. They are necessarily bette
than paints mixed by hand, becaus
y, they are more finely ground and NOR
: thoroughly mixed, and because ther
j is less chance of the raw materials j
them being adulterated. No painte
y however careful he may be, can eve
be sure that the materials he buys al
, not adulterated, but the large pair
4 manufacturer does know in ever
case, because everything he buys got
through the chemists hands befol
he accepts it.
Of course there are poor paints c
!, the market (Which are general
: cheap paints). So there is poor f1ou
: poor cloth, poor soap; but because
that do we go back to the hand-mi
: the hand-loom and the soap-kettle
+ the backwoods No, we use our COZ
mon in choosing goods. We fiji
out the reputation of the differe
brands of -four, cloth and soap;
|, take account of the standing of Il
n dealer that handles them, we a!
e our neighbors. So with paint; if Il
manufacturer has a good reputatio
: If the dealer is responsible, if O.
Z n%eighbors have had satisfaction wi
n 1t, that ought to be pretty good e.
dence that the paint is all right.
Many men of many kinds
Many paints of many kinds;
r but while prepared paints may diff
d. considerably in composition, the b
y, ter grades of them all agree pref
a closely in results. "All roads lead
ID Rome" and the paint manufacture
a. starting by different paths, have
the same object-to make the BIZ
paint possible to sell for the lef
money, and so capture and keep t
Il trade.
There is scarcely any other arti,
II, of general use on the market tod
that a be bought with anything Ii
the assurance of getting your none,
worth as the established brands of p
pared paint. The paint you buy
as day may not be like a certain pate
ne medicine, "the same as you have
lis ways bought" hut if not, it will
i'd because the manufacturer has fou
a way of giving you a better arti
for your money, and so making mt
"a sure Of your next order.
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