Milford chronicle., 1928-07-13
WHY MIDSUMMER PAINTING is
BEST
BY Helen Martin

BY Helen Martin
The summer season is an Idea.
time to repaint a house, with many
reasons in its favor. A general idea
prevails that spring and fall are the
painting seasons, but in this people
are much in error. Painting Is by
no means seasonal, but on the con-
trary should be done whenever a
house is in need of it-provided
weather conditions are suitable.
(Even cold weather, when dry and
comfortable to work in is about as
good as any other for painting, so
long as the wood is dry.)
AS for midsummer there is really
no bette rhine for exterior painting.
For the climate is warm, dry and all
that could be asked. 1t is generally
agreed that painting should be done
when the Thermometer registers for
ty degrees or above. This is due to
the fact that when the temperature
is low the air deposits moisture,
which, with excessive variations in
temperature, is at the bottom of
most paint difficulties. This nois-
ture, also present IN rainy and fog
gy, as well as in cold weather, con-
denses on the surface of the wood
and interferes with good results.
This being true, there is a good
opportunity in the summer time to
take advantage of dae Temperature
and the unusually long stretches Of
clear weather, when the days are
also longer and brighter and more
inviting to outdoor work. Of course
an unexpected damp spell may oc-
cur at any time of the year, but the
summer weather is more dependable
than that of either spring or fall.
There are a great many other
practical reasons that recommend
painting in the summer months. The
painters you may have in mind to do
the work are more likely available
then, and the work is apt to be done
with extra care and conscientious
ness, whereas in the more popular
painting seasons of spring and fall.
everybody wants his home painted at
once, necessitating rushed work. In
cidentally, it is sometimes inpos-
s1ble to obtain paitner's services
during the fall rush. If you delay
work until spring, when your house |
needs paint now, the loss through |
Weathering will be considerable.
Then, there is the matter of con- |
Venlence. Painting in the spring or |
fall is more difficult for the house |
hold in general, because these
months are usually full of activities
the children finishing or preparing
to return to school, entertaining that
must be done, and getting ready for
the summer vacations.
During the summer everything is
quite different. There is little or no
activity to cause inconvenience in
repa1nting, either inside or out. Most
of the family, are vacationing at this
time, or are able to spend the day
fishing or swimming or doing any
o fthe outdoor things that
are possible only in warm weather.
Interior painting, such as floors,
walls, and woodwork is bound to
cause some inconvenience at a time
Of year when all the rooms are need
ed and great numbers of people are
going in and out, but in the summer
months meals can be served on the
porch, which quite naturally turns
Itself into a living room.
Thus, in the summertime the
whole house, both inside and out,
,an be painted with little or no trou-
bic to anyone, and at a saving of
line, energy and, no doubt money.
When great deal of extra care can
be given to painting work, as is pos
'ible in dull season, the finished
lob naturally lasts longer than one
hat is hurried through or subjected
% Interruptions and delay due to the
vagaries of the more temperamental
and this feature alone saves
money.