Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-09-26
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Burning Of Paint Makes insurance

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It seems that considerable danger
to property syista Ii Chg Practice o.
burning Of old sstnt befefS ferrsints
Tag. The Question has long been I
subject Of debate Ii the technical
Journals! apd no@ hsass.holaer aad
It. Those Of us who, With trembling,
have watched the painters blow a
fiery blast from their lamps against
our houses; and have looked sadly at
the size Of bur painting bill because
of the time wasted on this preIimils
airy work, are interested in the in
vostigation by the Greenfield tMass.}
Gazette and Courier, which gives
considerable space to the reasons tor
the practice, Questions Its necessity
aud suggests ways tq, prevent the risk
Of burning down ones house ii ordet
to get the old paint OF. It says:
There is q good deal Of discussion
among house-holders ab to the desir-
ability Ii painting houses. of burning
of The Old paint; a. practice that has
! grown very common Of ,Iate in
Greenfield and elsewhere. Insurance
men are strongly oppoaed 70 this
method. 1t makes void insurance.
policies for hrea caused in this man
ner:. Several houses Iii GresgAeld
have gotten afre as the result Of this
method, and in some places houses
have burned as a result.
"1t is undoubtedly true that when
q house has been painted over and
over again ahers COMES TO .be an &C.
emulation of paint in buncnes:: 1t
new paint is put on top of these &C.
cumulations 1t is almost sure to blis-
ter: To burn it off is the quickest
and cheapest and perhaps the surest
method Of getting rid Of this old
paint
The Gazetcs and Courier quotes
certain old patrons to the effect that
accumhlations of paint are unneces-
sary. These old-timers lay the blame
partly on the painter who fails to
brush his paint in we'll. partly on the
custom of painting Id damp weather
or not allowing sufficient time for
drying between coats, and partly to
the use of adulterated paints instead
of old-fashioned iiiisesd oil and pure
white lead. The paper says:
Many Of the older house-holders
say that If care is taken at all these
points; 1t is absolutely unnecessary
to have paint burned of; They adj
wise that people who have houses
painted should buy their own materi-
ais, aud to have them Pat on by the
day, so as to be sure to get good lead
and oil. OF course the burning off
of paint gr.atls Increases the cost
of the Job"
The trouble house-holders every-
where have with paint is pretty well
summed up by our contemporary, and
the causes are about the same every
where. By far the most frequent
cause of the necessity for the danger
Gus practice of burning old paint Is
the use OF poor material. The oil
should be rlre linseed and the white
lead should He real white lead. The
latter is moe often tampered with
than the oil, Earthly substances, and
pulyerized rock and quartz, are fre-
quently used as cheapeners. to the
great detriment Of the paint.
Painters rarely adulterate white
lead themselves and they very seldom
use ready prepared paints-tho most
frequent causes of paint trouble. But
they do often buy adulterated white
lead because the property owner In
sists on low price and the painter
has to econoniize somewhere. The
suggestion is therefore good one
that the property owner investigate
the subject little, find Oft the name
of some reliable brand OF white lead,
and see that. the keg is marked with
that brand.
Tie linsaed oil is more difficult to
be sure OF, as il il usually sold III
bulk when the GuaEt!ty is small; but
reliable makers of linseed oil can be
learned on inquiry and, if your dealer
is reliable, YOU will get what you
want.
Pure white lead and linsesd oil are
so necessary to Gocd paint that the
little trouble necessary to get them
we'll repays the house owner in dol
lars and cents saTed.
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