The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-06-07
TIE CHOICE OF PAINT.


Fifty years ago a weil-painted house
vas a rare sight; to-day an unpainted
house Is rarcr. IN people knew the
real value OF paint q house in need
Of paint would be "scarcer than hens
teeth" There vas some excuse for
our forcfathtrs Many OF them lived
In houses hardly worth preserving;
they knew nothing abolt paint. sx-
cept that Il was pretty: and 20 get a
house painted was a serious and cost.
" Job. The difference between their
case and ours Is that when thsy want
ed paint Il had 10 BE- inade for them:
whereas when we reed paint We can
20 to the nearest good store and buy
Il, in any color or quality ready for
use We know. OF ought 10 know by
this time. that - 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 tine have the carpenter coming
70 pay us a long visit at oHr expense
. r.
dearer and poorer. while prepared
paints are getting plentler. better and
less expensive. Il IS a sh0rtsightei
plan 70 let the valuable lumber OF our
houses 90 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 unprogresslre painters who
have not yet caught up with the times
lead and Gil; 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 be.
fore It is ready for use. the other
need only be stirred Up in the can
and it is ready to 20 OF. 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 4 trolley car
I because ones grandfather had TO walk
or ride on horseback when he wanted
to 90 anywhere. Prepared paints have
I 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
I gallons year and stiIl growing. Tn
/ less they had been ia the main salts.
I factory. II stands TO reason there
would have been no such steady
/ growth in their use.
Z
/ er than paint OF the lIand-mixed kind.
| because they are made in a large way
/ by machinery from materials bought
in large quantities BY the manufac.
\ turer. They are neasssarily 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 adultersted. No painter.
however careful he may Be, can ever
be sure that the materials he buys are
not adulterated. but the large pain,
manufacturer does know in every
case, because everything he buys goer
| through the chemists hands before
he accepts IL.
/ "a NSIA-~N AANAF dAt AlODA EdlnLS OIL
the market (Which are generally
cheap paints). So there is poor -four
poor cloth. poor soap; but because OF
that do we 90 back to the hand-milI
the hand-loom and the soap-kettle OF
the baekwoods No. we use our com.
mon sense in choosing goods We find
out the reputation Of the different
brands Of -four. cloth and soap. we
take account OF the standing of the
dealer that handles them. we ask
our neighbors. So with paint; If the
manufacturer has a good reputation
II the dealer is responsible, il our
ueighbors have had satisfaction with
II, that ought TO be pretty good evi
dence that the paint is all right
Many men Of many kinds
Many paints of many kinds;
but while prepared paints may differ
considerably in composition, the bet
ter grades OF them all agree pretty
closely in results. "All roads lead tC
Rome" and the paint manufacturers
starting by different paths, have al
the same object-to make the bes
paint possible to sell for the leas
money. and so capture and keep tht
trade.
There is scarcely any other article
Of general use on the market to-day
that can be bought with anything lik,
the 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 paten
medicine. "the same as you have al
ways bought" but If not. II will b.
because the manufacturer has founC
a way Of giving you a better artlcl,
for your money. and so making more
sure Of your next order