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Scall t Is this what happens when you paint Galvanized Iron? Galvanized coating repels paint film. Yet painting is often nec essary. How to get the most satisfactory results. because the: paint was not brushed on "dose." Second and third coats 100 pounds Dutch Boy red-lead, 2)^ gallons pure; linseed oil, 1 pint pure turpentine and 2 to 4 ounces lamp black should be used for the second coat. This makes A2A gallons of paint which should cover 2850 square feet. For the third coat, repeat the second coat formula if a light brown finish is desired. Other decorative finishes may be had by tinting the third red-lead coat to dark brown, light green, dark green or black or by using white-lead paint over the red-lead undercoating. FEW painted surfaces are so troublesome as those To protect steel against corrosion--use red-lead on galvanized iron. The new galvanized coating repels the paint film--often makes it flake and scalPe ure red-lead gives complete protection to steel work off--sometimes only a few weeks after the paint has of any kind. It sticks close to the metal surface, form been applied. ing a tough, durable coating that will not crack or Yet painting new galvanized iron is often necessary --if only for decorative reasons. In such cases use scale. This film is elastic enough to expand or contract with changing temperatures. red-lead. It runs less danger of failure than any other Dutch Boy red-lead is pure, highly oxidized, uniform. paint. It is obtainable in either paste or liquid form. The Here is a proved method of avoiding paint failure on galvanized iron--of obtaining an attractive finish that will last. Allow the metal to remain exposed to the weather for at least six months. Then apply three coats of paint, mixed according to the following formulas: liquid comes in the natural orange-red for next-tometal coats and in browns, greens and black for finish ing coats. The paste comes in the natural orangered and can be shaded to dark colors. We maintain a special technical staff to help you in the solution of your painting problems. Their advice is free of charge. Write to our Priming coat nearest branch. Mix 100 pounds Dutch Boy red-lead with 3 gallons pure linseed oil and 1 pint pure turpentine. This makes 5J4 gallons of paint, and should cover 3150 square feet. Caution: Do not merely spread the paint upon the metal and expect it to stick at all hazards. Brush the paint out well and use enough pressure to force it into every microscopic irregularity of the surface. Many a paintingjob of this kind has gone wrong simply NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY New York, 111 Broadway Boston, BOO Albany St. Buffalo, 116 Oak St. Chicago, 900 West ISth St. Cincinnati, 659 Freeman Ave. CteVidand.820 W. Superior Ave. St. Louis, 722 Chestnut St, San Francisco, <85 California St. Pittsburgh, National Lead fe Oil Co. ofPa., 316 Fourth Av<. Philadelphia, John T. Lewi* & Ben. Co., 437 Chestnut St. DUTCH BOY RED-LEAD ii This advertisement appears in Engineering News-Record, May 26, 1927: Railway Age, June 11, 1927; Gas Age Record, May 28, 1927: National Petroleum News, June 8, 1927 ; OH.and Gas Journal, June 16, 1927 0000-NLI-000017632