The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-10-25
A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.
Burning Of Paint Make, insurance
Void.

bOld.
IL seem that considerable danger IN
property exists in the practice ~
burning OF old paint before re-paint.
ing. The question has long beer a
SUBJECT OF debate in the technical
Journals, and now h%ouseholders ana
The newspapers have begun to discuss
IT, lhose of us who, with trembling,
have watched the painters blow a
merry blast from their lamps against
our houses, and have looked sadly M
the size OF our painting bill because
OF the time wasted on this prelimin.
airy work, are Interested in the in.
Vestlgation by the Greenfield (Mass)
Gazette and Courier, which gives con.
siderable space to the reasons for the
practice, question: its n~ecegsity and
suggests ways to prevent the risk of
burning down ones house I'm order to
get the old paint off. 1t says:
There is a good deal of discussion
among ~householders as to the desir.
ability, in painting houses. of burning
OH the cid paint, a practice that has
grown very common of late in Green
held and elsewhere. Insurance men
are strongly opposed TO this method
u makes void insurance policies for
nres caused in this name Several
houses in Greenfield have gotten afire
as the result of this method and in
some places houses have burned as q
result.
1t is undoubtedly true that when
a house has been painted over and
over again there comes to be an ac.
cumulation of paint in lunches. II
new paint is put on top of these &C.
foundations 1t is almost sure to Bills.
ter. To burn it off is the quickest
ana cheapest and perhaps the surest
nethod of getting rid of this old
amt"
The Gazette and Courier quotes Ger
,aln old patrons to the effect that &C.
cumulations of paint are Unnecessary
These old-timers lay the blame nartlv
on the painter who fails to brush his
paint in well, partly on the custom of
painting in damp weather or not allow.
ing sui1cient time for drying between
coats, and partly to the use of adulter-
{ paints instead of old-fashioned
llnseed oil and pure white lead. The
paper says:
Many of the old householders ga,
that If care is taken at all these noints
II Is absolutely unnecessary to have
paint burned off. They advise that
people who have houses painted should
Duy their W materials, and to have
them but on by the day, 80 as to be
sure TO get good lead and Oil. OF
course the burning off of paint greatly
increases the cost of the Job"
The trouble householders everywhere
have with paint is pretty well summed
up by our contemporary, and the
causes are about the same everywhere.
ny far the most frequent cause of the
necessity for the dangerous practice
OF burning old paint is the use of moor
material. The oil should be pure lin.
seed n the white lead should be real
white lead. The latter is more often
tempered with than the oil. Earthv
substances, and pulverized rock and
quartz, are frequently used as cheap-
eners, to the great detriment of the
paint.
Painters rarely adulterate white
lead themselves and they very seldom
use ready prepared paints-the most
frequent causes of paint trouble Blu.
they do often buy adulterated white
lead because the property owner in.
sists on a low price and the painter
has to economic somewhere. The
suggestion is therefore a good one
that the property owner investigate
the subject a little, find out the name
OF some reliable brand of white lead.
and @ that the keg Is marked with
that brand.
The linseed oil is more dif1cult To
be sure of, as it is usually sold liz
bulk when the quantity is small: but
reliable makers of linseed oil car 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
we'll repays the house owner in dollars
and cents saved.