Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-05-09
THE CHOICE OF PAINT.

was rare sight, to-day an unpainted
house Is rarer. II people knew the
real value OF paint q 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 q serious and cost.
ly job. The difference between their
case and ours Is that when they want.
ed paint 1t had to be made for them:
whereas when we need paint we can
go to the nearest good store and buy
II. In any color or quality ready for
use. We know, or ought to know by
this time, that to let house stand
implanted Is most costly, while a good
coat OF paint. applied in season, is the
best OF investments. II we put of the
brief visit Of the painter we shall In
/ due time have the carpenter coming
/ 10 pay us a long visit at our expense.
Lumber Is constantly getting scarcer,
/ uearer and poorer, while prepared
paints are getting plentier. better and
| less expensive. 1t Is q 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-t$ 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 paint by hand is, in this
twentieth century, about the same
as refusing to ride in a trolley car
| because ones grandfather had to walk
or ride on horseback when he wanted
to so anywhere. Prepared paints have
been on the market less than fifty
years. but they have proved on the
whole so inexpensive, SO convenient
and so good that the consumption to.
day Is something over sixty million
gallons a year and still growing. I'm.
less they had been in the main salts.
factory, 1t stands to reason there
would have been no such steady
growth in their use.
| Mixed paints are necessarily ohean.
er than paint of the hand-mixed kind
because they are made in a large way
by machinery from materials bought
In large quantities by the manufac.
turer. They are necessarily better
than paints mixed by hand, because
they are more finely ground and more
thoroughly mixed, and because there
Is less chance Of the raw materials in
them being adulterated No painter
however careful he may be. can ever
De sure that the materials he buys are
not adulterated, but the large paint
manufacturer does know in every
case. because everytf ing he buys goes
through the chemists hands before
he accepts it,
VI course there are poor paints on
the market (Which are generally
cheap paints). So there is poor four
poor cloth, poor soap; but because of
that do we go back to the hand-miu
the hand-loom and the soa p-kettle OF
the backwoods No. we use orr COM
mon sense in choosing goods. We find
out the reputation of the different
brands OF flour. cloth and soap: we
take account of the standing of the
dealer that handles them, we ask
our neighbors. So with paint; II the
manufacturer has a good reputation
II the dealer is responsible. IL orr
neighbors have had Satisfaction with
IT, that ought to be pretty good evil
uence that the paint is all right.
Many men of many kinds.
Many paints of many kinds;
out while prepared paints may differ
considerably in composition. the bet
Ter grades of them all agree pretty
closely in results. Cali roads lead to
Rome" and the paint manufacturers
starting by different paths. have ali
me same object-to make the best
paint possible to sell for the least
money. and SO capture and keep the
trade.
Ihere Is scarcely any other article
Oh general use on the market TODAY
mat can be bought with anything like
Inc assurance OF getting your moneys
worth as the established brands OF pre.
pared paint. The paint you buy to-
day may not be like a certain patent
medicine, the same as you have al
ways bought" but IL not. IL will no
because the manufacturer has found
way OF giving you a better article
Tor your money, and so making more
sure OF your next order.