Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1906-06-09
pnYInr Paint.

IuyipG ARhNs
Sbingtme Rrter the weather has
hecbne well settled-is painting time.
Thae Ia no dust flying, 10 insects are
IN he air at that time ready to commit
sui kde by suffocatlon in the coat OF
frekh Faint. The atmospheric condi-
tloIs are also favorable at that season
fotproper drying aud increased life Of
thtpNint.
should be habit with every prop
ert owner every spring To look over
hiSbuildmgs. etc, and see II they need
reblinting. not merely to see II they
vii 90 another wear" but whether the
tide Las not come for putting in the
prgerhial "alitch in time" which shall
evhtually save nine" For one coat
oflaint applied just little before ii is
N1lnlly needed will often save most or
tnt paint on the building by preventing
itIrom letting so aud causing endless
trbIhlC and expense,
Faint lets go because linseed OIL
Which is the cement that holds all
gdd paint together, gradually decays
o1)XidiZes, just MS iron exposed 10 mir
RIk dampness will slowly decay or OSl-
dip. The water nnd oxygen in the air
hIE llt NWllSt vi lNt NlbNblG III bNAN
CABS. and the only reason, outside Of
itS identifying effect, that we apply
paht to wood or iron is because we
witt TO keep water ana nit away from
thdl. Live paint, that Is. paint III
with the linSCed oil is still oily. does
this very effcctuolly. but dead paint
tha4is, paint In which The oil is no
lon9r oily, is no more impPrvious to
air nd water than single thickness
of feesecloth would be. If then we
NpPT a fresh coat Of oily paint before
the old paint is dead. the oil from the
n9V coat will penetrate the old coat,
MD the whole coating viii once more
DcOme alive, and this method of reno
tatiOn may go on Indefinitely.
This explains why it is better econO.
my to repaint little before it becomes
absolutely nee ssary thNn little after.
When the pPint is once dead the fresh
coat will pull The Whole coating Off.
In the days when repAinting meant n
general turning of ,hings upside down,
two weeks "cluttering up OF the
place with kegs, cans and pals, a lot
of inflammable and ill-Smelling mater
ials standing around, etc, the dread OF
painting time was natural SO was the
dread Of soAp-makimg 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 repaint is to pick out our
colors from the card at the store and
pay the painter for putting on the
paint.
When II comes TO picking out the
paint it is not necessary that one
should be a paint chemist any more
than one should be an oil chemist when
buying Kerosene, or department store
buyer when selecting shirts, or soap
chemist when buying soap. All that
is necessary 10 insure 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 one expect to buy
a pure linseed oil paint for the price
of linseed oil alone. 1t can he taken
for granted when any ole offers to
sell dollar bills at discount he Is bait
ing a hook for suckers" So It can
be aiken for granted when any one
whether mail order house, paint man.
ufacturer or dealer-offers paint too
cheap, he is bidding for the trade OF
suckers" no matter what his prom
ises.
But paints sold in responsible stores
under the brands of reputable manu-
facturers are all good products, differ
ing from one another in the less i'm
pOrtant matter of the solid pigments con-
tanned, but practically alike in having
their liquid portions composed essen
TALLY of pure linseed oil. The conf
petition of the better class of paints
out Of ii tie minahfaEi2r goods practically
turer of standing now puts out a poor
paint, under his own name at least.
AS to guarantees ON paint, they can
he 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
that the paint itself has a record. IL
lie secures this guarantee he can af-
ford 10 chance the rest of 1.-THE paint
will undoubtedly give good service II
properly applied according to dlrec'
tions.