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  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  August, 
  1907 
  

  

  Embellishments 
  for 
  

  

  Concrete 
  

   Buildings 
  

  

  Interior 
  and 
  Exterior 
  

  

  The 
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   buildings, 
  both 
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  correspond 
  with 
  everyone 
  

   contemplating 
  the 
  erection 
  of 
  concrete 
  

   residences 
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  other 
  buildings 
  as 
  to 
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  of 
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  Weatherproof 
  

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  make 
  

   themselves 
  known. 
  But 
  

   sun, 
  heat, 
  frost, 
  damp- 
  

   ness, 
  etc., 
  quietly, 
  yet 
  

   surely, 
  ruin 
  all 
  roofings 
  

   — 
  except 
  

  

  Genuine 
  Bangor 
  Slate 
  Roofs 
  

  

  "outlive 
  the 
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   slate 
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  newing 
  its 
  youth 
  fulness 
  with 
  the 
  passing 
  sea- 
  

   sons. 
  By 
  general 
  consent 
  the 
  autumn 
  is 
  chosen 
  

   as 
  the 
  most 
  appropriate 
  season 
  for 
  painting 
  the 
  

   house. 
  Exigencies 
  of 
  business 
  and 
  household 
  

   necessity 
  may 
  induce 
  some 
  to 
  paint 
  in 
  the 
  

   spring, 
  but 
  the 
  best 
  results 
  are 
  obtained 
  in 
  late 
  

   autumn. 
  The 
  dry 
  October 
  weather 
  is 
  best 
  

   suited 
  for 
  such 
  work. 
  The 
  summer's 
  swarm 
  

   of 
  insects 
  have 
  disappeared 
  by 
  that 
  time, 
  the 
  

   air 
  and 
  sun 
  are 
  soft 
  and 
  drying, 
  rains 
  and 
  

   storms 
  are 
  infrequent, 
  and 
  the 
  dust 
  of 
  summer 
  

   has 
  been 
  laid 
  by 
  the 
  September 
  showers. 
  

   Moreover, 
  the 
  woodwork 
  of 
  the 
  exterior 
  has 
  

   had 
  ample 
  opportunity 
  to 
  part 
  with 
  all 
  sur- 
  

   plus 
  moisture, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition 
  

   for 
  treatment 
  with 
  paint. 
  Painting 
  the 
  house 
  

   is 
  a 
  serious 
  problem 
  which 
  involves 
  many 
  con- 
  

   siderations 
  as 
  to 
  artistic 
  choice 
  of 
  colors, 
  the 
  

   suitability 
  of 
  climate 
  and 
  surroundings 
  and 
  the 
  

   selection 
  of 
  the 
  paints 
  of 
  right 
  texture 
  and 
  

   composition. 
  

  

  How 
  often 
  does 
  a 
  house 
  require 
  painting? 
  

   This 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  answered 
  arbitrarily. 
  A 
  

   cottage 
  near 
  the 
  seashore 
  may 
  require 
  paint- 
  

   ing 
  every 
  second 
  year, 
  while 
  another 
  located 
  

   in 
  a 
  dry 
  climate 
  can 
  go 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  years 
  

   without 
  a 
  renewal 
  of 
  its 
  outside 
  coat. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   mistake 
  to 
  let 
  a 
  house 
  go 
  until 
  it 
  begins 
  to 
  

   look 
  as 
  if 
  it 
  needed 
  painting. 
  Before 
  the 
  

   house 
  begins 
  to 
  look 
  shabby 
  the 
  property 
  be- 
  

   gins 
  to 
  deteriorate. 
  When 
  the 
  paint 
  begins 
  to 
  

   be 
  powdery, 
  or 
  brittle, 
  or 
  porous, 
  it 
  needs 
  re- 
  

   newal 
  at 
  once. 
  The 
  best 
  way 
  is 
  to 
  test 
  the 
  

   paint 
  with 
  the 
  finger 
  or 
  knife. 
  If 
  the 
  old 
  

   paint 
  chips 
  off, 
  or 
  soaks 
  up 
  water, 
  or 
  can 
  be 
  

   rubbed 
  off 
  in 
  a 
  powder 
  by 
  the 
  finger, 
  the 
  time 
  

   has 
  passed 
  when 
  the 
  paint 
  protects 
  the 
  wood. 
  

   Underneath 
  the 
  paint 
  the 
  wood 
  is 
  disintegrat- 
  

   ing. 
  Wood 
  that 
  is 
  properly 
  painted 
  will 
  prac- 
  

   tically 
  last 
  forever, 
  but 
  if 
  not 
  so 
  protected 
  it 
  

   rots 
  rapidly. 
  Paint 
  is 
  thus 
  an 
  insurance 
  just 
  

   as 
  important 
  as 
  that 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  fire 
  in- 
  

   surance 
  policy. 
  Lumber 
  is 
  more 
  expensive 
  

   than 
  paint, 
  and 
  carpentry 
  work 
  more 
  than 
  

   either. 
  The 
  most 
  important 
  part 
  of 
  all 
  paint 
  

   is 
  the 
  linseed 
  oil 
  which 
  is 
  used 
  to 
  dissolve 
  and 
  

   mix 
  the 
  pigments, 
  and 
  so 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  oil 
  lasts 
  

   the 
  paint 
  protects 
  the 
  surface, 
  but 
  when 
  the 
  

   oil 
  is 
  "dead" 
  the 
  old 
  paint 
  has 
  lost 
  its 
  pro- 
  

   tective 
  value. 
  

  

  The 
  composition 
  of 
  paint 
  should 
  thus 
  be 
  

   clearly 
  understood 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  meet 
  this 
  ques- 
  

   tion 
  intelligently. 
  The 
  body 
  of 
  good 
  paint 
  

   consists 
  of 
  either 
  white 
  lead 
  or 
  oxide 
  of 
  zinc, 
  

   or 
  the 
  two 
  mixed, 
  with 
  such 
  inert 
  materials 
  

   as 
  gypsum, 
  whiting, 
  silica 
  and 
  barytes, 
  and 
  the 
  

   various 
  coloring 
  pigments, 
  such 
  as 
  lamp 
  and 
  

   bone 
  black, 
  red 
  iron 
  oxides, 
  Prussian 
  blues, 
  

   ochers 
  and 
  chromes, 
  umbers, 
  siennas 
  and 
  other 
  

   mineral 
  elements. 
  The 
  universal 
  solvent 
  of 
  

   these 
  materials 
  is 
  pure 
  linseed 
  oil. 
  There 
  has 
  

   never 
  been 
  found 
  any 
  adequate 
  substitute 
  for 
  

   linseed 
  oil, 
  but 
  many 
  adulterated 
  oils 
  may 
  be 
  

   employed 
  in 
  cheap 
  paints. 
  Petroleum 
  oil, 
  cot- 
  

   tonseed 
  oil, 
  fish 
  oil 
  and 
  rosin 
  oil 
  are 
  sometimes 
  

   used 
  as 
  adulterants, 
  but 
  they 
  never 
  serve 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  as 
  satisfactorily 
  as 
  pure 
  linseed 
  oil. 
  

   As 
  a 
  rule 
  the 
  paint 
  which 
  requires 
  the 
  great- 
  

   est 
  amount 
  of 
  linseed 
  oil 
  for 
  its 
  proper 
  applica- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  durable 
  in 
  color 
  and 
  use. 
  

   Where 
  quick 
  drying 
  is 
  essential 
  turpentine 
  and 
  

   benzine 
  are 
  often 
  mixed 
  with 
  the 
  paints, 
  but 
  

   these 
  decrease 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  oil 
  and 
  thicken 
  

   the 
  coat 
  of 
  pigments, 
  and 
  they 
  give 
  a 
  "dead" 
  

   surface 
  which 
  never 
  lasts 
  long. 
  

  

  Good 
  paint 
  can 
  not, 
  therefore, 
  be 
  tampered 
  

   with, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  greater 
  economy 
  to 
  have 
  

   the 
  work 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  mild, 
  warm, 
  dry 
  days 
  

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  autumn, 
  when 
  no 
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  "dryer" 
  is 
  

   needed, 
  than 
  to 
  hurry 
  the 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  

   spring 
  to 
  avoid 
  hot, 
  blistering 
  weather 
  or 
  a 
  

   week 
  of 
  rain. 
  

  

  The 
  house 
  to 
  be 
  properly 
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  must 
  be 
  

   in 
  a 
  suitable 
  condition. 
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  the 
  house 
  is 
  a 
  new 
  

   one 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
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