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EAD Number 2 White Lead on Wood, Stu cco, Plaster, Inside and Out A. C. EL'STIS A shingle and stucco exterior painted entirely with pure white lead paint. Interior painting uas done with the same useful material. HIS attractive home in exclusive Essex Fells, N. J.. Tis a white lead job from top to bottom, inside and out. The exterior walls are shingles and stucco. Not onlv have the shingles been painted with pure white lead and oil. but the owner has also realized the desirability of protecting the stucco. Stucco is somewhat porous. This permits dampness and cold to enter a house through unpainted stucco walls. Also frost forming in the pores of the stucco mav cause cracks and spalling. Pure white lead paint on stucco removes these drawbacks. It helps in heat ing the house and in keeping it dry. and protects the stucco from early deterioration. This job is an excellent example of the economy a painter enjovs because of the all purpose nature of white lead. This painter did not have to buy and stock a w ide varietv of paints. 'ft bite lead, properlv mixed, served him for the gloss paint on the shingles, the Hat paint on the stucco, for enamel undercoats and interior Hat finishes. The dealer, too, who sold the paint to the contractor, profited through white lead. He was able to sell the material for practically the entire job by stocking only one paint, all purpose paste white lead, and the necessary vehicles to mix with it. instead of tvina his money up in several slow-movina. space consuming lines. ftThite lead in this case, as in thousands of others, has helped everybody, the dealer, the painter and the homeowner, who is a satisfied customer of the painter. The work was done by Carl Gustafson. Montclair. N. J., painting contractor. Formulas for mixing white lead paint for brick, stucco, and concrete were given in the May, 1935. issue of LEAD. An Unusual Example of Superiority of Pure White Lead ARELY is the difference between pure white lead R paint and low grade paint so graphically illus trated as in the photograph on the cover of this issue of LEAD. This is a double house in a Philadelphia suburb. Both sides of the house were painted with white lead originally and both offered good repaint surfaces. Two years ago both sides of the house w'ere repainted. The owner of the house on the right in the photograph stuck to white lead and the excellent con dition of the paint two years later is readily visible. But the other owner decided to try cheap painy^The photograph tells the story. Here is a case of white lead and cheap paint used on the same building under identical conditions. The white lead is in perfect shape after two years exposure, but the low grade paint has gore completely to pieces. The onlv wav the owner of the nouse with low grade paint can get a successful job of repainting now. is to burn and scrape off the failed paint completely. This adds two expensive items to the cost of repainting, the cost of the burning operation and the cost of a new priming coat, expenses which will never have to be borne bv the owner who stuck to white lead. Likew ise. E. V. U ENZEEL Pure white lead (right) and low grade paint [left) on a double house in a Philadelphia suburb show vividly the remarkable superiority of white lead. [2] 25 361 though a few dollars may have been saved originally by using cheap paint, since its life is so short in com parison with white lead, the frequent repainting neces sary will make the cost per year many times that of using white lead. Painters who apply such low grade paint naturally ruin their customers' confidence in them and can not expect repeat business. Conversely the painter who sticks to white lead and oil knows that he will have satisfied customers alwavs. I ies. :nd .lie .id. 1 lie ~te Mural in New Planetarium Hung with White Lead lLeft) If all coated with white lead-varnish paste. [Right) Rolling the mural smooth over the wall coated with white lead and larnish. Mr. Charles Knight, who painted the mural, is viewing the work, i Below I A etc Harden Plan etarium. A etc 1 ork City. Trow bridge and Livingston. Architects. PHOTOS BY WURTS BROS. S ONE enters the por- A, tals of New York's new Hay den Planetarium, he 11 n* Mr. Charles Knight, who is famous for his work at the American Museum of Nat is greeted bv a lovely, richly ural History, painted the colored mural on the oppo mural, which is well lighted site wall. This mural, in and adds distinction to the common with most such attractive halls of the Plane- large scale work, is painted tarium. Trow bridge and Liv on heavy canvas. Ordinary ingston of New York were pastes used for hanging wall paper are insufficiently architects for the building. strong for holding the weight of a mural of this kind. The mixture used to mount murals is a highly useful In consequence, the mural at the Planetarium, like one for many other adhesive purposes. It can also be others of its kind (those at Rockefeller Center were tinted to many colors if used where it can be seen. In described in LEAD. March. 19341. is secured to the this way it may be made to match the materials joined wall bv means of a white lead paste of high strength. together and thus form an invisible joint. This adhesive usually consists of paste white lead It is often employed by marble setters in fine marble mixed with varnish to a heavy t^ish ing or troweling work, particularly where narrow joints are desirable. consistency. After the wall pores have been sealed by Another use is to fasten porcelain lettering to glass a coat of white lead paint as a primer, this thick mix windows for signs on store fronts. It mav be used for ture is brushed or troweled on. Before it sets, the jetting toilet fixtures and fur pointing up surface de painted canvas is hung and rolled to smoothness. The fects before painting. Another extensive application is operation is well shown in the pictures, which show in covering canoes with canvas or in cementing canvas the wall coated with the paste mixture, and ready to decking in place on boats. In fact, the use of this white receive the mural and the final operation of rolling lead-varnish cement would prohablv be much more the canvas. extensive if its virtues were more widely known. r 31 LIA25362 iii ri'. Lead for Services in New Aurora, III. Plumbing Code X September, 1935, the City Council of Aurora, Illinois, passed a strong new plumbing ordinance. In addition to the provisions for licensing both mas ter and journeyman plumbers imposed by the Illinois state licensing law. the new code contains provisions which should produce good, sanitary plumbing in Aurora. Requirement of lead for certain purposes is prominent among these provisions. In the section dealing with water services the re quirement is made that "Water service must be of lead or cast iron from corporation cock to inside of building, all water pipe under cement floors to be lead or cast iron, with proper shut off." Experience has taught that this is a wise provision. Under pave ment and lawns, which-are expensive to tear up for repairs and replacements, the only sound economic policv is to use materials of proved durability. The manv lead services in use all over the country for a half centurv and more prove lead's longevity. Further more. under modern conditions, when electrolysis in the ground is of ever increasing importance, the greater wall thickness of lead and its higher resis tance to electrolytic corrosion make the use of lead even more necessary to assure long life for services. For soil stacks and wastes in buildings of two stories or less, the new Aurora code requires the use of soil pipe stack with soil or lead wastes. This. too. has been proved a sound requirement, for these pipes are almost entirely concealed and expensive to repair or replace. Concealed piping may also lead to un sanitary conditions long before the conditions are dis covered. It is. therefore, essential to use the most durable, trouble-free materials. Since it is also neces sary to make plumbing flexible enough to provide for ever-present settlement and movement in buildings, the flexibility of lead and cast iron with lead joints is essential. Wiped joints are required by the code for all lead work and all roof flashings must be sheet lead. The following Code Committee, of whom the first five represented the Master Plumbers Association and the last four represented the Journeymen, is to be con gratulated on the results of its constructive efforts for the betterment of plumbing in Aurora, which will in directly benefit the plumbing business: Messrs. Ed. Farrell, chairman: Peter Schuster, secretary; Clarence Ruddy, chairman of the State Plumbing Examiners Board; Frank Ruddy. William Frazier. Harry Herbert. George Weber. James Switzer, and Leo A. Hagerty. plumbing inspector. Self-Cleansing of Lead Shown by Old Anti-Siphon Trap HILE doing a remodel Wing job recently in South Orange. AT. J., Mr. Albert F. Ruehl. Newark master plumber and a trustee of the New Jersey State Association of Master Plumbers, found a hand-made lead anti-siphon trap appar ently installed about 1918. Since many authorities have condemned anti-siphon traps on the ground that they will be come clogged. Mr. Ruehl's curi osity led him to cut a section iut of the enlarged chamber of this trap. He found it to be ab- solutelv clean without a single particle of waste matter lodged in the interior of the trap, de spite the fact that the trap was WURTS BROS. Hand made lead anti-syphon trap, perfectly clean alter 18 years use. shows the exceptional ability of lead plumbing to keep internally clean. not provided with a clean-oul plug and therefore could not have been cleaned out during its 18 years of use. This is remarkable evidence of the freedom of lead wastes and fittings from clogging. Here was a frequently con demned type of fitting said to promote clogging, yet when made of lead it showed no ten dency to clog in 18 years of service. It offers one more good reason for using lead foi waste pipes, traps and bends. The smooth bore and oily nature of lead prevent adherence of hair, lint and other solids and. since lead can not rust, no clogging with rust can result. Further- [4] LI A 25 363 more, the interior of wiped joints made by skilled plumbers offer less chance for solids to catch in the joints. The lead waste line in which this trap occurred was also found to be in perfect condition. All closet bends and concealed traps are required to be lead in South Orange, N. J. Mr. J. J. Turner is plumbing inspector of South Orange. All Lead Wastes and Vents in Fireproof Apartment IPING 1.727 joints on lead pipe and fittings Wmeant a lot of work to the skilled plumbers who installed the plumbing in the Marqueen Apart ments in Seattle. Wash., and a job like that merits the envv of real plumbers everywhere. In this build ing of fireproof construction erected in 1925. lead pipe was used for all waste and vent pipes, and cast iron with lead calked joints for all stacks except the vent stacks. Lead drum traps were used under all Marqueen Apartments, Seattle, in which all wastes, vents, drum traps and bends are lead. V. W. Voorhees. Architect. Diagram oj typical plumbing layout jor two bathrooms in the Marqueen Apartments. Seattle. bathtubs and lead bends for all water closet con nections. Mr. V. W. Yoorhees. Seattle architect who designed this building, deserves credit for specifying a material for the plumbing that he knew would give the best and longest protection to health and property. He specifies lead for plumbing in all his buildings wherever he possibly can and is a great believer in it. The plumbing contractors, the Rautman Plumbing and Heating Co., and its highly skilled mechanics should also be commended for installing a real plumber's job throughout. The Marqueen Apartments contain 70 complete apartments, each with bathroom and kitchen. Bath rooms are of double unit construction, the accompanving drawing showing how the piping is laid out and lmw lead pipe was used for all wastes and vents from stack to stack. This type of installation offers numerous advantages to the building owner and tenant. Because lead is durable, rust proof, and sufficiently flexible to allow for building settlement, the plumbing is permanent. Walls and floors do not have to be torn out to make repairs or replacements and leaks will not create un sanitary conditions or ruin decorated walls and ceil ings. Solid matter or rust will not clog the lead wastes, permitting waste matter to be conducted away promptly and removing any tendency for trap siphonage as a result of clogging. Since the vents also are lead, rust can not form in them and drop down into the wastes to cause clogging, and vents, themselves, will always be clean and open, permitting proper vent ing at all times. Vibration can not shake loose the 1,727 plumber's wiped joints in this building because wiped joints are bonded joints. The job of course was a fine one from the plumber's standpoint to start with and any alterations or re modeling will have to be a plumber's job, too. A condition often seen wherein the building janitor changes partitions, resets fixtures and does all plumb ing alterations in connection therewith can not exist here, because only a plumber can handle lead pipe. Furthermore, this plumbing contractor has certainly established himself with the owner and architect as one who produces the best kind of work and whose mechanics are thorouahlv skilled and capable. This is invaluable to the plumber in securing new business. [5] LIA25364 Lead Tapes on a Fine New York Club Tennis Court MONG the largest and finest indoor tennis courts Ai in the world is that in the Court-House, one of .Manhattan's most exclusive clubs. It has recently been resurfaced with Rigmac Red Top fast drying surfacing, using lead tapes for markers. From Nov. 4. 1935. to Jan. 17. 1936. this court was in play for approximately 1.000 hours, which would be about equivalent to the hours of use given the average out door court in a period of two years. In addition two dances have been held on the court after covering it with building paper, nailing carpet down to the court surface and constructing a portable dance floor over the carpet. Yet no attention to the court surface or lead tapes was necessary in that period despite this hard service. Some of the world's greatest tennis exponents have played on this court and praised it highly. Since the lead tapes are perfectly (lush with the court surface. WURTS BROS. Tennis court with lead tapes in the Court-House. New York, on which Mrs. Helen Wills Moods. Vincent Richards and other stars have recently played. thev did not believe lead tapes were there until thev examined the surface closely. The court and lead tapes were installed by Mr. M. McDermott of College Point. Long Island. N. Y.. who has installed many of the best club, commercial and private courts. He uses lead tapes exclusively and fastens them down with rust-proof nails. Lead tapes eliminate all`uncertainty in tennis court lines. They are always straight and true and never become obliter ated. They do not necessitate new marking after rain on outdoor courts and thus shorten the time courts must be out of use after bad weather. And they are. of course, permanent. A circular of Mr. McDermott's, addressed to clubs, private estates and commercial tennis courts, shows the importance with which he regards lead tapes. One of WURTS BROS. Beautiful living-room in the Court-House, New York club. James IV. O'Connor, Architect. the eight points he brings out emphasizing the ad vantages of his courts is. "These courts are installed with lead tapes and rust-proof nails". Litharge Usually Advisable in Putty for Steel Sash UTTIES for glazing steel sash offer a slightly dif Pferent problem, as a rule, from those used for glaz ing wood sash and mav therefore differ in composi tion. The familiar white lead, linseed oil and whiting putties used on wood sash have a relatively slow rate of hardening. This is often undesirable where steel sash is used, particularly on industrial buildings, for vibration or other causes mav result in movement before the putty sets. Therefore, litharge is often added to putty for steel sash as it greatly increases the rate of hardening. Puttv for steel sash may be white lead, linseed oil and whiting to which several pounds, often 6 to S lb., of litharge to each 100 lb. of white lead paste is added. The amount of added litharge depends on the drying rate desired. More often, probably, putty for steel sash is made of red lead, linseed oil and wluting. In this case. [M L IA25365 T1 it may or inav not be desirable to add litharge depending on the kind of red lead employed. If the It? red lead is one containing only 85 or 90 per cent true ;.7y red lead, it is usually unnecessary to add litharge as j\ the red lead already contains 10 or 15 per ceni of .-jet' litharge not concerted to red lead in the manufacture ing process. This is sufficient to promote hardening. If, however, red lead containing 95 to 98 per cent true red lead is used, the addition of some litharge is advisable, for such red lead contains relatively little unconverted litharge. Putties containing appreciable amounts of litharge should be used shortly after mixing or they may become hard before application. f i "-v ii '.V 'Vi Lead for Exacting Calking in New Hudson River Tunnel HE new S37.500.000 Midtown Hudson Vehicular T Tunnel now under construction under the Hudson River to join New York City and Weehawken. Mew Jersev. has been aptly described as a huge "pipe**. It is much like pipe lines with which we are familiar, nnlv of course of gigantic proportions, made up in SEW YORK HERALD TRIBL'NE PHOTO Calkins lead wire into joints of iron casing by means o-j pneumatic hammers in new Midtown Hudson Vehicular Tunnel under construction by the Port oj New York Authority. bility and will be unaffected by the water for a longer time than the materials with which it is used, even though the water is salt. Lead is noted for its resist ance to corrosion by salt water. Furthermore lead is sufficiently flexible to adjust itself to any slight settle ment or shifting of the tunnel structure that might occur and still not permit the joints to leak. Lead has been used for calking for centuries and its relia bility for the purpose is thus well established. Of course this iron "pipe" with lead calked joints will not constitute the finished tunnel, but merely the outer shell. Inside will be concrete 3nd tile walls, a paved roadway, electrical wiring, a duct under the road for incoming fresh air. and an exhaust duct above the ceiling of the roadway to remove air pol luted by automobile exhaust gases. But around this elaborate structure will be the protective shell of iron with joints calked watertight with lead. Lead as a calking material has been proved in use for a great many years. The confidence placed in it by engineers is exemplified by this installation where conditions, such as exceptionally high water pressures, are unusually rigorous. sections with joints calked with lead to prevent leak age at those points. Sections of this pipe consist of iron rings. Each ring is composed of a number of webbed iron plates fastened together, each plate being an arc of the ring circumference. These rings are then joined together to form the "pipe" or tunnel. Naturally, this means there are many joints through which leakage might occur. These joints are calked tight with lead to pre vent leakage. Lead is used in the form of oval shaped wire and is calked into calking recesses in the joints with the aid of pneumatic hammers. Lead is well suited to the purpose because it is soft and calks in well to fill every possible crevice. It has proved its great dura WURTS BROS. Hard lead flashing, gutters, leader-heads and leaders were used on this Gate House. Greenwood Cemetery. Brook lyn, .V. Y. ff'arren and If etmore. Architects. [7] LIA 25 366 !; j ii !: 1 i! i ! I Old Lead Figure in the Art Institute, Chicago RECENT addition to the Howard Van Doren firm included figures of two slaves, one African, A Shaw Memorial that has been installed in the named 'The Black-a Moor', the other Asiatic, called lamed Art Institute of Chicago is the lead figure of The Slave'. These appear to have been the most popu "The Slave" illustrated here. The following interest lar subjects for garden statues and are possiblv from ing description of the figure is quoted from an article the patterns of van Most though they appear to have by Bessie Bennett in the December. 1935. issue of the been sold by John Cheere in St. Martin's Lane. Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago: "The present sundial is composed of a square stone "This object i the lead figure i formerly occupied a plinth on which kneels the figure of the slave, bear place in the memorial garden of Taplow Court, a ing. with uplifted hands, on his head a stone disk residence occupied by the Hampson family in the which in turn supports a metal dial. The figure is seventeenth centurv and in the eighteenth by the Earl nearly life size and wears a turban and loin cloth of Orkney. The garden itself was part of a park, de of striped India material, the latter modeled scribed as 'richlv studded with umbrageous and noble with considerable style and accented with long, slim timber trees' on slopes extending to the banks of the feathers. Thames. There could have been no more appropri "The dial itself is attractively engraved and signed: ate decoration in this landscape than such a sundial, 'Tho. Milks Fecit 170T. The circular plate is in made of lead which is easily the most harmonious scribed with the usual series of circles and meridians material for sculpture in a for interrupted by an ornate fieur- mal garden, particularly when de-lys and a crest displaying weather adds to its peculiar charm a patina not matched on any other metal. "Lead was employed in this period for a varietv of ornamen tal and utilitarian objects, the most successful being architec tural details and ornaments for the garden. Though rather in adequate. the records of the sev enteenth century show a growing appreciation for objects in lead, and in the eighteenth century the founding of lead garden statues became a special industry in London. Picadilly in particular being filled with `leaden figure yards'. Jan van Most, a Dutch sculptor who came to England with William III. is c redited three boars' heads, and includes the days, hour points and the following fascinating list of place names: 'Dublin, Cape Verde. Olinda, Ca.a.. Barbadoes. Boston. Jamaica, Lima in Peru, Mexico. Alcapulca, Pekin, Batavia. Agra. Goa, Spaniola (?), Babylone. Jerusalem, Cayro, Candia. Mes sina. Frankford'. ". . . One notes also on both sides of the gnomon a tabulation of zodiac signs, sun place, rising and setting. "As one stands before this sun dial, contemplating 'The Slave and visualizing its past setting, a passage in Gray's letter from Pembroke (1769) is brought to with establishing the first lead mind: 'How charming it must yard for supplying garden fig be to walk in one's own garden, ures in London. In 1739, his and sit on a bench in the open relative. John Cheere, is known to have taken over van Nost's business. The products of this COURTESY THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO Old English lead figure, "The Slate", recently added to the Howard Van Doren Shaw Memorial installed in Chicago's Art Institute. air, with a fountain, a leaden statue and a rolling stone and an arbour!' " UPON REQUEST. 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