PAINTING BY MEANS OF COMPRESSED 
AIR 
House and Garden 
UAINTING by means of compressed 
air [has obtained more headway 
in the United States than in England, 
and ^the following information shows 
how'the new style of decorating was 
applied to some buildings belonging to 
the Buckley & Douglas Lumber Com¬ 
pany, which include a main building 
').75 feet long by 356 feet wide. The 
structures covered about hve acres, and 
there was fully 1,000 “squares ” or 
100,000 square feet of surface to be 
covered with paint. Rough hemlock 
lumber was used in the sides of these 
buildings, and the problem was to cover 
this timber with some preservative com¬ 
pound as cheaply as possible. After a 
full consideration of various washes, a 
mixture of good raw linseed-oil and red 
oxide of iron was determined on. Bids 
were received from three local painters. 
One of these offered to furnish brushes 
and ladders and to apply the paint for 
IS. 6d. per square; another offered to do 
it for Is. 2d. if the company provided 
all material, and the third made a lump 
bid of £bo for providing labor alone. 
Each of these bids was reasonable, but 
all of the painters deemed two coats 
necessary and thought the season too far 
advanced to undertake the work at the 
time. In this emergency Mr. J. J. 
Hubbell determined to use compressed 
air for the work. He made his own 
sprayer, at a cost of £2, and in addition 
provided 150 feet of 3-4 inch hose, an 
air-pump taken from a locomotive, and 
an air-reservoir, also taken from a loco¬ 
motive. 'This latter had a capacity of 10 
cubic feet and was placed near the large 
building and connected to the air-pump 
by 1-2 inch gas-pipe. Of the hose, 125 
feet were to connect the nozzle with the 
air-reservoir, and 25 feet to connect the 
nozzle with the paint bucket, the latter 
being elevated to about the level of the 
nozzle. The paint came in barrels of 50 
gallons each, and to each head of these 
barrels was screwed an iron flange with 
a short journal attached. The barrel 
was hung on these journals and revolved 
by a crank so as to thoroughly mix the 
paint, which was then drawn off two or 
three gallons at a time. In use the air- 
pressure ranged from 40 pounds to 50 
pounds, and as the air passed through 
the nozzle it sprayed the paint in a fine 
cloud, looking like a jet of red vapor. 
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