The Grenada sentinel., 1906-09-29
a DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
surning Off Paint Makes Insurance
Void.

'hdI CONSIDERABLE danger to
property exists in the practice of
e burning off old paint before re-paint.
ns' Inc question has long been a
subject of debate In the technical
journals, and now householders and
me newspapers have begun to discuss
IL. Those of us who. with trembling
nave watched the painters blow a
nery blast from their lamps against
our houses, and have looked sadly at
1ne size OF our painting bill because
Vi 'he ume wasted on this prelimin-
ary work, are interested in the in.
vestlgat1on by the Greenfield (Mass
1azette and Courier, which gives con-
siderable space to the reasons for the
pracuce, questions its necessity and
suggests ways to prevent the risk of
burning down ones house in order TO
get the old paint off. 1t says:
mere is good deal of discussion
among householders as to the desir-
ability, IN painting houses, of burning
OH the old paint, a practice that has
grown very common Of late in Green
neIo ana elsewhere. Insurance men
are strongly opposed to this method.
u makes void insurance policies for
AreS caused in this manner. Several
houses in Greenfield have gotten afire
as the result of this method. and in
eone places houses have burned as a
result.
IL is undoubtedly true that when
mouse has been painted over and
over again there comes to be an ac-
cumulation of paint In punches. If
new paint is put on top of these ac-
cumulations it is almost sure 10 blis.
Ter. 10 burn it off is the quickest
and cheapest and perhaps the surest
method of getting rid of this old
paint" ~
Inc Gazette and Courier quotes Ger.
tain Old patrons to the effect that ar
CumulauonS of paint are unnecessary
lhese old-timers lay the blame partly
on the painter who fails to brush his
paint In well, partly on the custom of
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 eld-fashioned |
hnseed oil and pure white lead. The |
paper says;
Many of the old householders saw
That If care is taken at all these points
IL Is absolutely unnecessary to have
paint burned off. They advise that
people who have houses painted should
Duy thelr own materials, and to have
tnem put on by the day, so as to be
sure to get good lead and oil. Of
course the burning off of paint greatly
increases the cost of the iob.'
The trouble householders evervwhere
nave with paint is pretty well summed
up Dy our contemporary, and the
causes are about the same everywhere.
BY far the most frequent cause of tbe
necessity for the dangerous practice
OF burning cid paint is the use of Door
material. The oil should be pure lin
SEED and the white lead should be real
Whlte lead. The latter is more often
taMpered with than the oil. Eartbv
substances, and pulverized rock and
quartz, are frequently used as chean-
eners, to the great detriment of the
paint
Painters rarely adulterate whfte ,
ead themselves and they very seldom ,
use ready prepared paints-the most
frequent causes Of paint trouble. But :
hey do often buy adulterated white
cad because the property owner in ,
'ists on low price and the painter :
las to economize somewhere. The ,
is therefore a good one '
hat the property owner investigate .
he subject little, find out the name q
Y some reliable brand of white lead. !
M see that the keg is marked with :
bat brand :
The linseed oil is more difficult In ,
e sure of, as it is usually sold in =
uih when the Quantity is small: but U
eliable makers of linseed oil can be ,
earned en- inquiry, and, if your dealer "
reliable, you will get what you want. q
Pure white lead and linseed oil are
0 necessary to good paint that the
tile trouble necessary to get them
yell repays the house owner in dollars .
nd cents saved