The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-09-28
A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
Burning on Paint Makes Insurance
Void.


It seems that considerable danger to
property exists in the practice Of
burning son OLD paint before -e-relrt
ing. The question has long been a
subject Of debate in the technical /
journals, and now householders ami |
the newspapers have begun to discuss
it. Those Of us who, with trembling.
have watched the painters blow a
fiery blast from their lamps against |
our houses and have booked sadly at |
the size Of our painting bill because
Of the time wasted on this prelinin-
airy work, are interested Ia the in
vestigation by the Greenfield (Mass)
Gazette and Courier. which gives con
siderable space to the reasons for the
practice, questions its necessity and
suggests ways to prevent the risk of
| burning down ones house in order to
get the old paint of. It says:
There is good deal OF discussion
among householders as to the desir-
ability, in painting houses, of burning
on the old paint, a practice that has
grown very common of late In Green
field and elsewhere. Insurance men
are strongly opposed to this method.
1t makes void insurance policies for
fires caused in this manner. Several
houses in Greenfield have gotten afre
as the result of this method. and in
some places houses have burned as a
result.
1T is undoubtedly true that when
a house has been painted over and
over again there comes to be an &C
emulation of paint in lunches. If
new paint is put ON top Of these ac-
cumulations 1t is almost sure to blis-
ter. To burn 1t off is the quickest
and cheapest and perhaps the surest
method Of getting rid of this old
> paint"
The Gazette and Courier quotes Ger
tain old patrons to the effect that ac
cumulations Of paint are unnecessary
These old-timers lay the blame partly
on the painter who fails to brush hi.
paint in we'll, partly on the custom O
painting in damp weather or not allow
! ing sufficient time for drying between
. coats, and partly to the use Of adulter
: ated paints instead of old-fashione,
\ linseed oil and pure white lead. Tn,
paper says:
Many of the old householders sa,
: that If care is taken at all these point
1t is absolutely unnecessary to hav
paint burned off. They advise tina
/ people who have houses painted shout
buy their own materials, and to hav
!. them put on by the day, so as to b
y sure to get good lead and oil. @
! course the burning off of paint great
increases the cost of the job"
l. The trouble householders everywher
9 have with paint is pretty we'll summe
h up by our contemporary, and tn
d causes are about the same everywher
&c BY far the most frequent cause of til
necessity for the dangerous practiC
of burning old paint is the use Of poo
= material The oil should be pure Ii
10 seed and the white lead should be re-
white lead The latter is more ofte
h tempered with than the oil. EartE
Q. substances, and pulverized rock al
C. quartz, are frequently used as chea
ic eners, to the great detriment Of Il
: paint.
Painters rarely adulterate viii
lead themselves and they very seldo
ei use ready prepared paints--the mo
st frequent causes of paint trouble. B
rt they do often buy adulterated viii
m lead because the property owner |
To sists on a low price and the paint
1s has to economic somewhere. T.
:. suggestion is therefore a good o.
- that the property owner investiga
"s the subject little, find out the mar
of some reliable brand of white lea
wv and see that the key is marked wi
re that brand.
ar. The linseed oil is more difficult
:. be sure OF, as it Is usually sold
bulk when the quantity is SMALL b
70 reliable makers of linseed oil can
ne learned on inquiry, and, If your deal
~ is reliable. you will get what you wa
de- Pure white lead and linseed oil g
ur- so necessary to good paint that I
little trouble necessary to get the
H. well repays the house owner in dolli
and cents saved.
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