The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-06-08
BUYING PAINT.

time, There is no dust flying, no IN
sects are in the air at that time ready
to commit suicide by suffocation II
the coat of fresh paint. The atmos'
pheric conditions are also favorable
ut that season for proper drying ana
Increased life of the paint.
II should be a habit with every
property owner every spring to look
over his buildings, etc, and see II
they need repainting; not merely to
see If they will so another year.
but whether the time has not come
for putting in the proyerblal stitch
In time" which shall eventually save
nine" For one coat of paint applied
lust a little before 1t is actually need
ed will often save most Of the paint
on the building by preventing 1t from
letting so and causing endless trou-
bic and expense.
Paint let's 20 because linseed oil,
which is the cement" that holds all
good paint together, gradually decays
or oxidize8, just as iron exposed to
air and dampness will slowly decay
or oxdize. The water and oxygen in
the air are the cause Of the trouble
in both cases, and the only reason,
outside of its identifying effect, that
We apply paint to wood OF iron Is be-
cause we want to keep water and
air away from them. Live paint,
that is paint in which the linscod oil
is still oily, does this very eilectual'
ly; but dead paint. that is paint in
which the oil is no longer oily, Is no
more impervious to air and water
than a single thickness Of cheese.
cloth would be. II then we apply a
fresh coat OF oily paint before tho
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 rem
ovation may 80 on indefinitely.
This explains why it is better econ
omy to repaint a little before 1t be-
comes absolutely necessary than a
little after. When the paint is once
dead the fresh coat will pull the
whole coating OF
In the days when repainting meant
a general turning Of things upside
down, a two.wceks' "cluttcring up"
of the place with kegs. cans and
pals. a lot of innammable and ILL
| smelling materials standing around,
! etc, the dread OF painting time was
| natural So was the dread of soap.
making time OF sbirt-making time, OF
, candle.mouiding time and the like.
/ But we live in an age when soap
comes from the store better and
cheaper than we can make 1t, 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 tallow candles
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 It comes to picking out the
paint it is not necessary that one
should be n paint chemist, any more
than one should be an oil chemist
when buying kerosene, or a depart
ment store buyer when selecting
shirts, or a soap chemist when buy
ing soap. All that is necessary tC
insure a fair show Is some knowl
edge Of the character of our pain
dealer and the reputation and stand
Ing of the maker of the paint offered
Nor must one expect to buy n pure
lnsccd oil paint for the price of lin
seed oil alone. 1t can be taken fO
granted when anyone offers to sci
dollar bills at discount, he is bait
ing q hook for suckers" So 1t cal
be taken for granted when anyone
whether mail order house. pain
manufacturer or dealer-oflcrs pain
too cheap, he is bidding for the trad
Of suckers" no matter what hi
promises.
But paints sold in responsible
stores under the brands OF reputabl
. manufacturers are all good products
differing from one another in the les
important matter OF the solid pit
; ments contained, but practically alik
in having their liquid portions con
posed essentially Of pure linsecd OF
The competition of the better elias
of paints has driven inferior good
practically out of the market, an
no manufacturer OF standing no
puts out a poor paint, under his ow
, name at least.
AS to guarantees on paint, the
can be taken for what they are WORT
Any reputable manufacturer wi
make good any defect actually trac
= able to the paint itself and not to in
proper use or treatment of It, TIL
J really important guarantee which II
d paint buyer should exact from h
dealer is that the paint is made by
{ manufacturer that knows his bus
u ness and that the paint itself has
. record. II he secures this guarant'
g he can afford to chance the rest
} 1.-THE paint will undoubtedly gi'
good service If properly applied a
I cording TO directions.
Kicker by Habit.
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