Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1906-06-08
BUYING PAINT.

epringtime-after the weather hal
become we'll settled--is painting
time. There is no dust flying, no in
Sects are In the air at that time ready
10 commit suicide by suffocation In
the coat Of fresh paint. The atmos.
pheric conditions are also favorable
1t that season for proper drying and
Increased life Of the paint.
II should be . habit with every
property owner every spring to look
over his buildings, ETC., and see II
they need repainting; not merely to
see II they will 60 another year,
but whether the time has not come
Tor putting in the proverbial stitch
In time" which shall eventually save
nine" For one coat of paint applied
Just a little before 1t Is actually need.
ed will often save most of the paint
on the building by preventing it from
letting go and causing endless trou.
BILE and expense.
Paint let's go because linseed oil,
which Is the cement" that holds all
good paint together, gradually decays
or oxidizes, just as iron exposed to
air and dampness will slowly decay
or oxidize. The water and oxygen in
the air are the cause of the trouble
IN both cases, and the only reason.
outside of its identifying effect, that
we apply paint to wood or iron is be.
cause we want to keep water and
air away from them. Live paint,
that is paint in which the linseed oil
IL still oily, does this very effectual.
ly; but dead paint, that is paint in
which the oil Is no longer oily, is no
o impervious to air and water
than a single thickness of cheese.
cloth would be. If then we apply q
fresh coat OF oily paint before the
Old paint is dead, the oil from the
new coat will penetrate the old coat,
and the whole coating will once more
become alive; and this method of rem.
ovation may go OF Indefinitely.
This explains why 1t is better econ.
omy to repaint a little before It be.
comes absolutely necessary than q
little after. When the paint is once
dead the fresh coat will pull the
whole coating of.
In the days when r%epainting meant
q general turning of things upside
down. a t~wo-weeks' "cluttering up"
Of the place with kegs, cans and
pals. a lot of inflammable and i'll.
smelling materials standing around.
ETC., the dread Of painting time was
natural On yuoc tha l,ool
making time. Of shirt-making time, of
candle-moulding time and the like.
But we live in an age when soap
comes from the store better and
cheaper than we can makc It. when
shirts are sold ready made for less
than We can buy the materials, when
we a burn coal oil or gas cheaper
than we a make tallow candles,
and when all we have to do when We
want to repaint Is to pick out our
colors from the card at the store and
pay the painter for putting on the
paint.
When 1t comes to picking out the
paint 1t is not necessary that one
should be a paint chemist, any more
than n should be an oil chemist
when buying kerosene. or a depart.
ment store buyer when selecting
shirts, or a soap chemist when buy.
Ing soap. All that is necessary to
insure a fair show Is some knowl.
OF the character of our paint
dealer and the reputation and stand.
Ing OF the maker of the paint offered.
NOR must n expect to buy q pure
iinseed oil paint for the price of lin.
seed oil alone. 1t can be taken for
granted when anyone offers to sell
dollar bills at a discount, he Is bait.
Ing a hook for suckers" So 1t a
taken for granted when anyone
whether mail order house, paint
manufacturer or dealer-offers paint
cheap. he is bidding for the trade
of Suckers" no matter what his
promises.
But paints sold In responsible
stores under the brands OF reputable
manufacturers are all good products.
1ifering from one another in the less
important matter of the solid Dig.
ments contained, but practically alike
n having their liquid portions com.
posed essentially of pure linseed oil.
The competition OF the better class
d paints has driven inferior goods
practically out OF the market, and
manufacturer Of standing now
puts out a poor paint, under his own
lame at least.
Al To guaranteoa mr. poirk th.,