The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-04-20
The ChOic- Of Paint,

Fl1ty years ago well panied house
was rare sight; to-day au implanted
house is rarer. If people knew the real
value OF paint house in need Of paint
would be "scarcer than hens teeth"
There was some excuse for our fore
fathers. Many Of them lived n houses
hardly worth preserving: they knew
nothing about paint, except that il was
pretty: and 10 get house painted was
serious and costly job. The differ
ence between their case and ours Is
that when they wanted paint II had to
be made for them: whereas when we
need paint we can go 10 the nearest
good store and buy il. in any color or
quality ready for use. We know. or
ought to know by this time. that TO
let house stand unpaintcd is rpost
costly, while a good coat OF paint. ap-
Piled In season, Is the best Of inv.'S
mCnts. If We put off the brief visit Of
the painter we shall in due time have
the carpenter coming to pay us a lo1S
visit at our expense. Lumber is con-
stantly getting scarcer. dearer and
poorer. while prepared paints are get
ting plenticr. better and less expensive.
1t is a short sighted plan to let the val
liable lumber of our houses 20 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 GER
tain unprogresSive painters who have
not yet caught up with the times-Iead
and oil; the other is the ready-for-uSe
paint found In every up-to-date store.
The first must be mixed with oil,
driers, turpentine and colors before it
is ready for use: the other need only
be stirred UP in the can aud ii is
ready to 20 on. To buy lead and oil,
ColOrs. etc. and mix them into a paint
by hand is. in this twentieth century,
about the same as refusing to ride in 4
trolley car because ones grandfather
hSd to walk or ride on horseback
when he wanted to go anywhere.
Prepared paints have been on the mar
ket less than fifty years. but they have
proved on the whole so inexpensive. so
convenient and so good that the con-
sumption to-day is something over six
ty million gallons year and still grow
ing Unless they had been in the main
satisfactory, II stands TO reason there
would have been no such steady
growth In their use.
Mixed paints are necessarily cheaper
than paint Of the hand. mixed kind. be-
cause they are made in large way by
machinery from materials bought in
large quantities by the manufactures.
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
adultcratcd. No painter. however care
ful he may be, can ever be sure that
the materials he buys are not adulter-
ated. but the large paint manufactures
does know In every case. because
everything he buys goes through the
chemists hands before he accepts It.
OF course there are poor paints on
the market (Which are generally cheap
paintS). So there Is poor -four. poor
cloth. poor soap; bat because OF that
do we 60 back to the hand-mill, the
hand-loom and the soap-kcttle OF the
backvoods? No. we use our common
sense in choosing goods. We find out
the reputation Of the different brands
OF flour. cloth and soap; we take ac-
count Of the standing Of the dealer that
handles them, we ask our ueighbors.
So with paint: IL the manufacturer has
a good reputation. IL the dealer is re-
sponsible. IL our ncighbors have had
satisfaction with it, that ought to be
pretty good evidence that the paint is
all right
Many men Of many minds
Many paints OF many kinds;
bur while prepared paints may differ
considerably in composition, the better
grades of them all agree pretty closely
i'm results "All roads lead TO Rome
and the paint manufacturers. starting
by different paths, have all the same
object-to make the best paint possible
10 sell for the least money and 80 cap
ture and keep the trade.
There Is scarcely any other article or
general use on the market to-day tlat
can be bought with anything like tho
assurance Of getting your money! :
worth as the established brands OF pre-.
pared paint. The paint you buy to-day
| may not be like a certain patent medl-
| cine. the same as YOU have always
/ bought" but II not, it will be because
| the manufacturer has found a way or
giving you better article for your
| ,,o,cv ond so making sure OF your