SELLING LUMBER 



383 



some so-called fireproof paint. There is usually shown a photo- 

 graph of two or three small shacks from which flames and dense 

 clouds of smoke are issuing. One shack is usually so constructed 

 or treated that it is apparently unaffected by the fire, presumably 

 on account of the remarkable paint in question. Whenever such 

 advertising matter is accompanied by the statement that the paint 

 which gave the good results is "fireproof," the reader should be 

 careful about accepting such claims, for, in the writer's opinion, 

 there is no durable exterior fireproof paint in existence. 



The use of a good grade of linseed oil-mineral pigment paint 

 will make lumber resistant to flame and the action of hot cinders. 

 Such paints, however, are not fireproof, but simply "fire-retardant" 

 or "fire-resisting." For exterior use upon dwellings, they consti- 

 tute the only type that it is possible to use with economical results. 

 The incorporation of small percentages of certain salts and metallic 

 compounds (borates, etc.) into such paints may slightly increase 

 their value as fire-retardants, but will never make them fireproofers 

 of wood. It is true, nevertheless, that many fires have been pre- 

 vented through their use, especially roof fires. It is, therefore, a 

 growing custom for the property owner to paint the roof as well as 

 the siding of his home. Shingle roofs, 'properly painted with a 

 good mineral paint, have the following advantages: Light weight, 

 low cost, long life, moisture-proof, fire-resistant, durable, orna- 

 mental. 



Fire-Resistant 

 Shingle Paints 



Advantages 

 of Painted 

 Shingle Roofs 



Creosoted Wood Blocks for 

 Interior Service 



By A. H. Noyes 



Assistant Treasurer, Ayer & Lord Tie Co. 



Chicago, 111. 



The apathy with which lumbermen collectively have viewed 

 the field for creosoted wood block interior installations has been 

 a point of vital interest to us, as manufacturers of blocks for this Big Possibil- 

 service and instances, almost without number, have been brought ities in 

 to our attention where direct opposition by retailers and jobbers interiors k 

 has done much to kill our chance for promotion or sale, on account 



