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Pure Lead Paint for Rockland, N. Y., State Hospital (i V lY isn DJHD 1- State Architectural Division Specifies Pure White and Red Lead for Wood, Plaster and Metal. tN t r a n c e d e t a il -CONTINUED TREATMENT GROUP ZR.OCK.LAND S TATE US5PITAL Ji a w h n u rm >m Cmt Mt*r JZEBAKTMLNT OF PUBLIC WBU DIVISION OF AR.CMTLCTUM. _IV/1LLIAM F.. HAtXlAARJ5 m AktHiTttTvl,'. . EW buildings now being erected for the Rockland was not painted, was given two coats of red lead, the N State Hospital at Orangeburg, N. Y., exemplify shop coat being red lead of natural orange-red color the high quality of paint specified in buildings designed and the field coat red lead tinted with lampblack to a by New York State's Department of Public Works, brown. Other metal was given a red lead priming coat Division of Architecture. Lead pigments naturally are and two coats of pure white lead paint. All exterior and prominent in these specifications and as a result, except interior wood and plaster are painted with three coats for special purposes, all the paint used on the new hos of pure white lead and oil, tinted as required, except pital buildings is either pure white lead or pure red under certain special conditions, so that the bulk of the lead. painting is done with pure white lead and oil paint. Principal new buildings being erected at Orangeburg This is in conformity with the New York State Division are three large five-story structures cross-shaped in of Architecture's standard specifications. plan. The two end buildings consist of dormitories, bed This reliance on time-tested white lead and red lead rooms, and other living facilities while the - central by New York State assures the taxpayers of a low an building, which connects with both of the others on all nual painting cost, for long life can be expected between floors, contains dining facilities with the service section paintings and repainting cost is mininmed because at its center. The buildings are steel frame with a stucco white lead provides an excellent surface for repainting exterior finish. without expensive preparation like burning and scrap Structural steel except that encased in concrete, which ing. Almost invariably the practice of large users and [2] specifiers of paint, who have studied painting problems thoroughly, favors the use of white lead and red lead. Some of these practices of architects, painting contrac tors, federal, state and municipal governments, and railroads, have been reported in past issues of LEAD. William E. Haugaard is Commissioner of Architec ture of New York State and is responsible for the new Rockland State Hospital buildings. Turner Construc tion Co. is the general contractor and Kuehnle-Barker, Inc., the painting contractor. Batteries Propel Unique Car (or Pipe Line Inspection I EAD-ACID storage batteries have come to the aid of 1 the Los Angeles Bureau of Water Works and Sup ply in developing an ingenious device for inspecting enamel coatings on the interior of water mains. The device consists of a three-wheeled car just large enough to carry an inspector through 36 in. pipes. On the front of the car, a number of steel brushes, electrically con nected, are mounted. These brushes make contact with the enamel surface and when they pass over spots on which the enamel coating is too thin or defective, they spark. These spots are marked and later painted to give adequate protection to the pipe against corrosion. Power to propel the car and for the brushes, and to light a search-light which shows the way, is provided by two 140 amp. hr. lead-acid storage batteries. Thus by the aid of these dependable batteries it is possible to inspect the miles and miles of large underground TMin that supply Los Angeles with water. Lead-acid storage batteries are found to be useful by many engineers with perplexing problems. They en able dependable power to be brought to many inacces sible locations without expensive wiring. They are safe when external power sources might be dangerous. Leadacid batteries can deliver large currents for short times, as in automobile starting batteries, when such is the demand, and are particularly useful in emergencies. Red Lead and Cork Prevent Two views of the storage-battery-operated car used to in spect pipe line enamel by Los Angeles Bureau of Water Works and Supply. Condensation on Metal ONDENSATION on pipes and other metal sur C faces may be prevented by covering them with a mixture of red lead and cork. After this protection is provided, final coats of paint may be used to obtain the desired decorative effect. Red lead paste for this purpose is thinned only slight ly so that it has nearly the consistency of paste. A mix ture in the proportion of 100 lb. of paste red lead to % gal. boiled linseed oil is about right. If raw oil is used instead of boiled oil, 1 pt. of drier should also be included. After the metal surface to be covered is thoroughly dried and wire brushed, the red lead is applied to a small area. Finely ground cork is then thrown against the wet paint or applied in other con venient ways. Other small areas are treated successively in this manner until the whole metal surface is covered. After this first coat of red lead and cork has dried, two coats of white lead paint, tinted as desired, are brushed on. They should both be mixed in the propor tion of 3 gal. raw linseed oil and 1 pt. drier to each 100 lb. of soft paste white lead. If the finish is to be dark, these last two coats may be red lead, tinted and mixed to ordinary brushing consistency. [3]