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  AMERICAN 
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  .August, 
  1907 
  

  

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  A 
  practical 
  treatise 
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  in 
  advance. 
  Dryness 
  of 
  wood 
  and 
  weather 
  are 
  

   essential 
  for 
  painting 
  either 
  a 
  new 
  or 
  old 
  house. 
  

   Even 
  damp, 
  foggy 
  days 
  will 
  sometimes 
  prevent 
  

   paint 
  from 
  soaking 
  properly 
  in 
  the 
  wood 
  and 
  

   thus 
  anchoring 
  the 
  whole 
  coat. 
  In 
  repaint- 
  

   ing 
  an 
  old 
  house 
  all 
  loose 
  paint 
  must 
  first 
  be 
  

   removed. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  pleasing 
  colors 
  

   to 
  select 
  from 
  to-day, 
  but 
  of 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  natural 
  

   and 
  artificial 
  pigments 
  comparatively 
  few 
  col- 
  

   ors 
  are 
  really 
  durable. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  

   work 
  to 
  select 
  a 
  pleasing 
  combination 
  of 
  tints, 
  

   and 
  then 
  find 
  after 
  a 
  few 
  months 
  that 
  the 
  col- 
  

   ors 
  have 
  faded, 
  leaving 
  a 
  decidedly 
  blotched 
  

   appearance. 
  Permanence 
  of 
  colors 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   durability 
  of 
  the 
  coat 
  of 
  paint 
  are 
  desirable. 
  A 
  

   color 
  scheme, 
  no 
  matter 
  how 
  beautiful, 
  if 
  it 
  

   quickly 
  fades, 
  must 
  only 
  serve 
  to 
  exasperate. 
  

   The 
  analine 
  lakes 
  furnish 
  the 
  most 
  brilliant 
  

   and 
  most 
  delicate 
  shades 
  and 
  colors, 
  but 
  they 
  

   vanish 
  when 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  sunlight 
  almost 
  as 
  

   soon 
  as 
  the 
  paint 
  has 
  dried. 
  Few 
  conscientious 
  

   architects 
  specify 
  these 
  for 
  good 
  work. 
  They 
  

   are 
  used 
  in 
  some 
  cheap 
  paints 
  intended 
  to 
  

   catch 
  the 
  eye, 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  short 
  time 
  the 
  

   light 
  tints 
  have 
  darkened 
  and 
  the 
  darker 
  shades 
  

   have 
  faded 
  or 
  altered. 
  The 
  only 
  durable, 
  un- 
  

   fading 
  dark 
  pigments 
  are 
  the 
  several 
  lamp, 
  gas 
  

   and 
  bone 
  blacks, 
  and 
  the 
  only 
  suitable 
  white 
  

   pigments 
  are 
  white 
  lead 
  and 
  oxide 
  of 
  zinc. 
  

   With 
  these 
  latter 
  marble 
  dust, 
  whiting, 
  silica 
  

   and 
  other 
  adulterants 
  are 
  often 
  mixed 
  in 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  proportions, 
  thus 
  destroying 
  the 
  

   quality 
  of 
  the 
  paint. 
  The 
  iron 
  oxides 
  form 
  

   the 
  most 
  durable 
  of 
  red 
  pigments, 
  but 
  beautiful 
  

   aniline 
  dyes 
  are 
  often 
  mixed 
  with 
  them. 
  The 
  

   dyes 
  fade 
  quickly 
  and 
  the 
  color 
  scheme 
  is 
  lost. 
  

   Of 
  the 
  yellow 
  pigments 
  the 
  ochers 
  are 
  more 
  

   durable 
  than 
  the 
  chromes, 
  but 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  

   brighter. 
  The 
  Prussian 
  blues 
  and 
  ultrama- 
  

   rines 
  are 
  not 
  very 
  permanent 
  unless 
  combined 
  

   with 
  oxide 
  of 
  zinc. 
  The 
  green 
  shades 
  are 
  

   generally 
  produced 
  by 
  combinations 
  of 
  Prus- 
  

   sian 
  blue 
  and 
  chrome 
  yellow 
  mixed 
  with 
  such 
  

   inert 
  pigments 
  as 
  barytes, 
  and 
  they 
  hold 
  their 
  

   colors 
  moderately 
  well 
  when 
  mixed 
  with 
  suf- 
  

   ficient 
  oxide 
  of 
  zinc. 
  The 
  mineral 
  browns 
  of 
  

   umber 
  and 
  sienna 
  are 
  very 
  durable. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  possible 
  to 
  secure 
  a 
  good 
  color 
  scheme 
  

   with 
  these 
  durable 
  pigments, 
  but 
  brilliancy 
  of 
  

   effect 
  generally 
  means 
  quick 
  fading. 
  Our 
  

   natural 
  love 
  for 
  rich, 
  delicate 
  tints 
  deceives 
  us 
  

   into 
  accepting 
  a 
  color 
  scheme 
  which 
  can 
  have 
  

   no 
  permanency. 
  The 
  new 
  house 
  built 
  for 
  

   speculative 
  purposes 
  to 
  catch 
  the 
  unwary 
  is 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  bedecked 
  with 
  rich 
  colors 
  that 
  fascinate 
  

   the 
  eye, 
  but 
  like 
  many 
  other 
  features 
  of. 
  such 
  

   cheap 
  houses 
  the 
  outside 
  appearance 
  of 
  beauty 
  

   is 
  barely 
  skin-deep. 
  Paint 
  can 
  cover 
  a 
  multi- 
  

   tude 
  of 
  sins. 
  

  

  The 
  cost 
  of 
  painting 
  is 
  always 
  a 
  question 
  

   which 
  seriously 
  concerns 
  the 
  householder. 
  It 
  

   is 
  a 
  charge 
  against 
  the 
  property, 
  which, 
  like 
  

   insurance, 
  taxes 
  and 
  general 
  repairs, 
  should 
  be 
  

   apportioned 
  in 
  advance 
  over 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  years. 
  

   The 
  real 
  estate 
  agent 
  never 
  calls 
  attention 
  to 
  

   this 
  charge 
  when 
  he 
  tries 
  so 
  hard 
  to 
  show 
  a 
  

   possible 
  client 
  how 
  little 
  it 
  will 
  cost 
  to 
  main- 
  

   tain 
  a 
  modest 
  little 
  wooden 
  home 
  in 
  the 
  coun- 
  

   try. 
  Taxes 
  are 
  easily 
  apportioned, 
  interest 
  on 
  

   the 
  investment 
  is 
  a 
  fixed 
  quantity, 
  street, 
  side- 
  

   walk 
  and 
  water 
  improvements 
  can 
  all 
  be 
  an- 
  

   ticipated, 
  and 
  general 
  repairs 
  figured 
  down 
  to 
  

   a 
  nicety. 
  But 
  painting! 
  — 
  that 
  is 
  so 
  far 
  in 
  the 
  

   future 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  rarely 
  considered 
  by 
  the 
  novice 
  

   eager 
  to 
  own 
  his 
  home. 
  But 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  year 
  the 
  freshness 
  of 
  the 
  paint 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  

   dimmed 
  by 
  exposure 
  to 
  wind 
  and 
  storms, 
  and 
  

   by 
  the 
  third 
  season 
  the 
  house 
  begins 
  to 
  look 
  

   "genteelly 
  shabby." 
  The 
  house 
  is 
  crying 
  

   aloud 
  for 
  a 
  new 
  suit 
  of 
  clothes. 
  It 
  needs 
  paint 
  

   to 
  retain 
  its 
  self-respect, 
  but 
  more 
  than 
  that 
  it 
  

   demands 
  paint 
  to 
  prevent 
  "dry 
  rot" 
  in 
  the 
  

   very 
  bones 
  of 
  its 
  structure. 
  The 
  insidious 
  

   work 
  of 
  decomposition 
  attacks 
  pillar 
  and 
  post, 
  

   and 
  finds 
  its 
  way 
  among 
  the 
  large 
  timbers 
  

  

  