The Forrest City times., 1906-09-28
A DANGEROUS PRACTICE
ourn'ns Of Paint Makes Insur,ne.
 Void.

N ''s III the practice of turning oil old paint before re-paint. .hs' The question has long been subject of debate in the tech,fcaI journals. and now householders and the newspapers have begun to discnss IL. Those of us who, with tremhIir. nave watched the psinters bIo,,, Hei! oiast from their lamps against our houses, and have looked sadly at 'ile size ot our painting bill because oi the time wasted on this prelinir. afy work, are interested in tho in. NestlSation by the Greenfield Mas, 1azette and Courier, which gives con. siuefaBie space to the reasons for the piactic"' questions it's necessity and suggests ways to prevent the risk of turning down ones house in order to get the old paint off It says:
 mere Is good deal of discussion among householders as to the dosir. aoliity. In painting houses. of burning on the old paint, a practice that hoe grown very common of late in Green. Heid and elsewhere. Insurance mon are strongly opposed to this method It makes void insurance policies for hres caused in this manner. Several houses in Greenfield have gotten afro as the result of this method and in some places houses have burned as a result
 IL IS undoubtedly true that when house has been painted over and over again there comes to be an ae. ouihuiatlon Of paint in punches. If He" paint is put on top of these ac. cumulations it is almost sure to hlisz ter. To burn it off is the ouickos. ana cheapest and perhaps the surest method of getting rid of this old paint"
 me Gazette and Courier quotes cer. tam old patrons to the effect that ac. cumulatlons of paint are unnecessary ihese old-timers lay the blame partIy on the painter who fails to brush his paint In we'll partly on the custom of painting In damp weather or not allow. Ing sufficient tine for drying between coats, and partly to the use of adulter. dted pants instead of old-fashioned hhseed oil and pure white lead. The paper says:
 Many of the old householders say mat II care is taken at all these points It IS absolutely unnecessary to have paint burned off. They advise that people who have houses painted should puS thelf own materials, and to have them put on by the day, so as to be sure to get good lead and oil. Of course the burning off of paint proatIv increases the cost of the job"
 The trouble householders everywhere nave With paint is pretty well summed up by our contemporary. and tho causes are about the same everywhere ny Tar the most frequent cause of the necessity for the dangerous practice or burning old paint is the use of poor material. The oil should be pure lin. seed and the white lead should be real white lead. The latter is more often tempered with than the oil. Earthy substances, and pulverized rock and quartz, are frequently used as cheap. eners, to the great detriment of the paint.
 dduIl6TdIe ~D1fe lead themselves and they very seldom use ready prepared paints-the most frequent causes of paint trouble. But they do often buy adulterated white lead because the property owner in- sists on low price and the painter has to econonize somewhere. The suggestion is therefore a good one that the property owner investigate the subject little, find out the name or some reliable brand of white lead and see that the keg is marked with that brand
 The linseed oil is more difficult to be sure of, as it is usually sold in bulk when the quantity is small: but reliable makers of linseed oil can be learned on inquiry, and, if your dealer Is reliable, you will get what you want.
 Pure white lead and linseed oil are so necessary to good paint that the little trouble necessary to get them well repays the house owner in dollars and cents saved.