The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-09-28
A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
Burning on Paint Makes Insurance
Void.

Il seems that considerable danger to
property exists In the practice OF .
burning on old paint before rcpaint. /
ing The question has long been q .
subject OF debate In the technical /
journals. and now houscholders and /
the newspapers have begun to discuss |
a. Those NJ us who. with trembling, |
have watched the painters blow a
fiery blast from their lamps against
our houses, and have looked sadly at
the size NJ our painting bill because
OF the timc wasted on this prclimin-
AIRY work. are interested in the I'm.
Ncstigation by the Greenfield tMasHJ
Gazette and Courier. which gives con.
siderable space TO the reasons for the
practice. questions It's necessity and
suggests ways to prevent the risk OF
burning down ones house In order to
get the old paint on II says:
There is good deal OF discussion
among houscholdcrs as TO the desir.
ability, In painting houses, OF burning
OF 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.
/ II 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 10 undoubtedly true that whom
a house has been painted over and
over again there comes 20 be an &C.
emulation Of paint Ia punches. II
new paint ~ put on top OF these nc.
cumulations II IL almost sure TO bills.
ter. To burn II OF IL 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 10 the effect that &C.
foundations Of paint are unnecessary
These old.timcrs lay the blame partly
on the painter who fails 20 brush his
paint In well. partly on tho custom OF
painting IN damp weather or not allow
ing sufficient time FOR drying between
coats. and partly to the use OF adulter
atcd paints instead OF old.fashionot
llnscod oil and pure white lead. Tn,
paper says:
Many Of the old houscholdcrs ga,
that II caro- ~ taken az all these point
Il Is absolutely unnecessary TO hay,
paint burned on. They advise tina
. people who have houses painted shoulu
, buy their own materials. aud TO hav
, them put on by the day, so as 20 b
, sure 10 get good lead and oil. o
3 course the burning OF OF paint great
Increases the cost OF the job"
Tho trouble housoholdcrs cvcrywher
have with paint IL pretty well summo
up by our contemporary, and IN
q causes are about the same ovcrywhor,
by far tho most frequent cause OF IN
necessity for the dangerous prnctic
n OF burning old paint Is the use OF poe
h material. The oil should be pure III
u seed and the white lead should be- rel
u white lead. The latter is more ofte
e tempered with than the oil Earth
1, substances, and pulyerizod rock an
n quartz, are frequently used as chca
d eners. TO the great detrlmont OF n
" paint
e Painters rarely adulterate Whit
lead themselves and they very soldo
Is use ready prepared paints-tho mo
u frequent causes OF paint trouble. ~
D. they do often buy adulterated whl
B. lead because the property owner (
N slsts on a low price and the paint,
has TO economic somewhere. n
- suggestion Is therefore good OF
u that the property owner investlga
'e the subject a little. find out the nan
OF some reliable brand OF white lea
n and see that the keg is marked vii
q that brand.
10 The linseod oil is more difficult
10 be sure Of. MS II IN usually sold
X bulk when the quantity IN small; b
y reliable makers of linsced oil can
. learned on inquiry. and. II your deal
IL reliable, you will get what you war
Pure white lead and linseed oil a
80 necessary 10 good paint that n
little trouble necessary TO get the
'a we'll repays the house owner In dolla
and cents saved.