The Falls City tribune., 1910-10-21

That is only one OF their talking
points, It is a harmless fiction.
Possibly they believe il because
many paint makers don't know any
moro about the chemistry of paint
than printers do. THERE IS NO
UNION BETWEEN LINSEtD OH.
AND ANY PIGMENT THAT WE car
PIT INTO IT.
Take any paint pigment grind it
"a fine as is possible. so that it is
IN impalpaber power to the eye,
and place a little under the micros-
cope. It Is then easily seen that the
powder is made up ofparticles having
size, shape and dimensions. One pig
ment then is made up of particles,
when we mix these PARTICLES with
the oil they are held in suspension
and when the oil hardens these par
ticles are held in its meshes but
still as separate particles. Suppose
we illustrate by example. We will
spread "A layer of shot out on a piece
of paper, and pour over them thick
hot glue and allow it to harden. Let
us break this layer of glue and we
find that the shot are imbedded in it
and hat we can see round and half
round holes that the shot occupied.
That is just what paint does. Take
a layer of dried paint, break 1t, and
show the fractional surface under the
microscope and the same appearance
is presented except hal the holes are
not round they are the shape of the
PARTICLES that occupied them.
of linseed oil with something
else in the form of PARTICLES.
Here is another every day proof
Fake any paint and allow it to
stand in the can for several months.
The liquid will be found above I'M
changed, the pigment below also un-
changed.
perhaps | have used many words
10 show a palpable thing but | want
is the paint. Every thing else that
goes into the paint is secondary.
If, then, the oil is the paint, quail
ity is a very important factor. None
of the standard brands of linseed oil
are absolutely pure but they are
nearly pure. For some pharmaceuti-
cal purpose, notably the making of
surgeons soap, these standard oils
will not answer They do not sapon-
ify and a special, purified oil must be
used but all the standard brands are,
as | say, nearly pure and are pure
enough for paint purposes. The
brands that are most sold here are
Midland, Woodman and Minnesot
reliable and as good as the market
affords, but there are two other oils
sold from the Omaha market and
both of them have been ~ f~retailed
here as good oils, that are adulterat-
td. Inc duuiNC aiullio arc pdAla~
fine oil and kerosine and they carry
about thirty percent of adulteration.
These oils are sold TO the retailer
at fifteen or twenty cents below the
market price of good oil and the re-
taller sells it for just enough less
than his competitors price to get the
trade but not low enough to excite
suspicion.
Adulterated oil is more likely to
be found in hardware stores than in
drug store because the druggist must
use linseed oil for many pharmacuti-
cal purposes and he would more
quickly detect the adulteration.
a dealer might unwittingly buy this
adulterated oil for honest oil, but
the price should excite his suspicious
and it is therefore presumable that
the dealer who buys this oil to sell
to his customers is either not over
scrupulous or an easy mark.
1t would not be wise for me to
print publicly the names of those two
brands of adulterated oils, but | am
ready to give them to any one who
asks at the store.
The consumer who buys this adul
terated oil is, of course, victimized
The p%arrafine oil is an actual detri
ment to his paint. the kerosine will
evaporate. 1t is merely a thinner"
The adulteration being thirty pei
cent, almost one third, it follows thai
the film of oil which the buyer de.
Ponds upon for protection to his
building will be only two thirds the
thickness that he would have had. il
he had bought good oil.
Linseed oil is now retailing fol
sl.15 per gallon. Perhaps he bought
this ad%uterated oil for $1.10 but only