The Falls City tribune., 1911-01-06
TALKS Alb Ut PAIN
THE PAINTERS TRIALS AND
TRiHUlATloNS
Or. Morsman talks ateu. PAM
Troubles and tells how to
mend them

Why is it that paint sometimes goe
wrong. This happens occasionally
and il il is a miexd paint the proper
" owner thinks he has a grievance
against the paint maker who often is
Obliged TO make good his guarantee
by furnishing more paint 10 re-paint
with. lie does this not because he
thinks his paint was at fault, but be
cause he cannot satisfy his custom
er in any other way, and ninety-nine
out of a hundred men will agree with
the property owner and believe the
paint at fault. They will be mistak-
en- in n%inety-nine cases out of a hun.
dred.
The paint that will not go wrong
under certain conditions is not good
paint, and the fact hat a paint goes
wrong under these conditions proves
its good quality.
What are the most common paint
troubles. They are clustering. peel.
ing chalking aud cracking.
4 paint that will not blister is bad
paint, very bad. SO bad that L is ut
terly Worthless as a protection
against weather.
A paint that will not peel is not
o 20 paint. Not good enough to pay
Tor the labor Of putting il ON.
Chalking and cracking are not the
fault of the material but of the man
who mixed them. mean recent
ehalking, All old jobs will chalk
and it doesn't make any difference
how good the materials were. or how
much skill was used.
! am not trying to save the bacon
Tor any mixed paint man, If he is fool
sh enough TO guarantee his product
when he knows. or ought to know.
chat these failures happen with the
best Of paint, he must take his med
tine.'
My statements are somewhat start
Ing 10 the ninety and nine men but
sot 70 the expert. These ninety and
ssne men will have TO be shown
anG l EXPECT to prove my position.
Leg MS go back TO my article on
bnseed oil. Remember that | said
che oil is the paint. | demonstrated
shat statement. | showed you how
Gc fllui of oil was formed and how
IL ~entInSIed the particles of pigment
u its mashes. | told you that the
Gil film was water tight, a tight.
That it entered into all the interstie-
IS Of the wood and hardened there,
mat ii spread out over the surface
and formed an impervious
coating. water proof and gas proof.
There is nothing SO convincing as ex-
pcrtment. Try this one. Take a dry
soft, pine beard. mark a spot ON it
as bfo nc n dollar drap urafar a that
spot drop by drop. until it will not
soak up any more. Now paint the
surface and dry in a cool place. Put
ON a second coat of paint after the
ursr Is dry. Place this board in the
sun or near the stove and in n FEW
days no argument will be necessary
hor there will be a blister ON the
painted surface just over the dollar
spot.
What is the theory. The spot was
vet We put over it the water tight
and gas tight film and heated il
The heat made steam of the water
Steam requires more space than wa
ter, and TO get it, it pushed the film
which it couldn't penetrate, off the
BOARD. Perhaps it stretched the film
until it broke and the steam escaped
Perhaps the steam condensed agair
INTO water and soaked back into the
the wood, If the steam could have
penetrated the film, there would have
been no blister. Which kind of paint
do we want, the kind that water can