Casco Bay breeze. [volume] (South Harpswell, Me.) 1901-1917, 1906-06-21
American. Are Tain. Users.

tSau Peopie cohsuuie more paint. both
In the aggregate and per capita, than
any other peo''.e In the world. In a
recently published article, on, the sub.
1ect Ii WAS figured that our yearly
consumpiion Is over lUO.C.,O. 900 gallons
OF paints OF all kinds. OF which over
one-half Is used In the paintings OF
houses.
The reason for this g:eat ronsumn.
ton is twofold: large proportion of
our buildings. especially i'm small
towns and rural districts. are rou.
structed Of wool. and we. as n pro,,lr
are given TO npatness and cleanliness
For. take it all in all. there is nothin.
so cleanly or so sanitary as paint
Travel where we will throughout the
country. everywhere we find the neat.
cheerful painted dwelling. proclaiminS
at once the prosperity aud he self
respect OF our population
FIFTY years ago this was not so.
painted dwellings. while common in
the larger cities and towns. were the
exception in the rural districts: be-
cause. OH the one hand. large pro-
portion OF those buildings were tenn.
porar! makesilifts. and. on the other
hand. because paint was then a luxury.
expensive ana difficult to obtain i'm the
out-of-the-way places. and requiring
special knowledge and much prepare.
ton TO fit ii for use.
The introduction Of ready mixed or
prepared paints. about 1850. changed
tie entire aspect OF affairs. As the
Observation-Disclosures told the Walking
Delegate in one OF Octave Ihauet's
stories ANY one can slather paint"
The insurmountab,e difficulty with
our predecessors was to get the paint
ready for "slatherinG.' That the coun-
try was ready for paint in a convenient.
Is pI H.
date success Of the industry and its
phenomenal growth in fifty years from
nothing TO GO.OOO.OO0 gallOns-the esti.
mated output for 1907
Some pretty severe things have been
written about an6 s:i.i against tbi,
class Of paints. especially by painters
and manufacturers Of certain kinds OF
paste paints. Doubtless in many in
stances these strict Tres have been ius.
titled and some fearfully and wonder
fully constructed mixtures have i'm the
past been worked Off on the guile.rSs
consumer in the shape of prepared
paint. But such products have had
their short day and quickly disap.
peared. and he 90 Cnte:prising mau.
ufacturers tLat produced them have
come to grief in the bankruptcy
courts or have .earne' by costly ex.
perience that honesty is the best pol
The chief exceptions to this ule are
some mail order houses who sell direct
TO The country trade. at very lcw
price-frequently below the Wholesale
price OF linseed oil. The buyer OF such
goods. ike the bayer of n gold h-,ck,"
has ON Y himself to blame IL he tin
his purchase worthless With gold
selling 1T any bank or mint at a fixed
price own RS Of gold do not sell IL at
a a D,
everywhere at fifty t. seventy cents a
gallon. manufacturers do not sell a
pure linS%pd oil paint at thirty or forty
cents .:,.lon
The "omnositiOn Of prepared paints
diners because paint .'.pertS ave not
yet agreed - TO tn best pigments
and because the LaiI- results or tests
on large scale are constantly i'm.
proving tie formulas of manufacture
ers; but all have come to the conciu-
sion that the essentials OF good paint
are pure iinseed oil. fine grin Sing and
thorough incorporation. AMI in these
particulars all the produces CT repu-
table manufactur, correspond: all
first class prepared paints are thor
oughly mixed and ground and the liq.
uid base Is almost exclusively pure
linseed oil. the necessary volatile
"thinners' and Japan dryers.
ducts is based largely on seIf-interest.
He want to mix the iaint li.nself
and 10 be paid for doins it: GnG to a
certain class Of painters IL Is no rec
ommendation for paint to say that IL
will last five or ten years. The longer
paint lasts the longer he will have
TO wait for the job Of repainting. The
latter consideration has no weight with
the consumer, and the former Is a
false idea OF economy. Hand labor
can never be as cheap or as efficient
as machine work. and every time the
painter mixes paint, did he but know
IT, he Is losing money. because he can
buy better paint than he can mix
at less than il costs him to mix IL.
Prepared paints have won. not only
on their actual merits, but on their
convenience and economy. They are
comparatively cheap. and they are in
comparably handy. But when all is
said. the experienced PAINTER is the
proper person to apply even a ready
mixed paint. He knows better than
any one else the when" and how"
AMI 'Nr difference between painting
and "@laihcrimG' is much greater than
IL ;'' 'ars 10 u novice. Every one 10
IL trade. ami after all painting is the
pain eT's trade and not the household
egs.