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as ,-e usee opera- essures. -.'-s w ;ii ess hear S Pc,:-'.: Lier.ecu; :cn perI'ccir.ca- iri ee ; imes: : steei. n other til they of ieac. witr.- i rapie SuVc.**;' pellets. 1 many out the r Jeity ocera- piar.ts. ere the varies ch it is L.icate t cases re best acturer c-rr.cgc- r ;r- 3 rr.eet user tc no ocvoe of JT -n :\ Cl :n O D The Right Paint for Hospitals PAINT plays a major role in the interior maintenance ot' the modem hospital. So much so. its selection merits the most careful consideration that can be given to it. Unlike other materials and equipment, paint, once applied, is not easily disposed of should it prove unsatisfactory in service. The safest and by far the least costly procedure is to make sure that the proper paint has been chosen in the first place. Hospital interiors arc painted for reasons of sanitation, cleanliness and appearance. Sanitation and cleanliness are, of course, closely allied. In the first instance, the pur pose of the paint is to provide a smooth surface on which germs and other organisms find it difficult to lodge. In the second, the purpose of the paint is to furnish a washable finish which is not only clean when new but can be kept clean over a period of time. Proper appearance, one phase of which is decoration, is es sential to the well-being of patients and enhances the prestige of the institution in the community. For a hospital superintendent, therefore, the first angle to consider in selecting a paint is its value as an aid in promoting proper standards of cleanliness and good appearance. .Another angle is economy. By economy is meant not only the gallon cost of the material but its cost on the wall as well. This involves a considera tion of its coverage and the ease with which it can be spread on a surface. A paint which lacks hiding power does not go tar. More of it will be required to cover a given area of surface than if a paint with good hiding power were used. Further, a paint which does not brush out easily tires and slows up the painter. He tends to coat in less surface per hour or per day. Since the cost of labor per hour or per day is the same regard less of the area covered, the cost of applying such a paint is needlessly high. Still another phase of economy has to do with the wearing qualities of the paint. It should be obvious that the longer a paint lasts, the more economical it will be. In hospital in teriors, a paint is usually considered service able as long as it continues to provide a wash able surface which comes up to the appear ance standard maintained in the particular institution. When it falls down in either re spect, repainting is necessary. A paint which lengthens the interval between repaintings virtually insures low maintenance charges. .More and more throughout the country, hospital superintendents are coming to the conclusion that the paint best adapted to the maintenance requirements existing in their Several views of the interior of the Emanuel Hospital. Port land, Ore. The entire interior of this hospital was recently painted with Dutch Boy white-lead and Lead .Mixing Oil paint. Ted Xlaver of Port land was the painting con tractor 13 Vo l . 16 No. 2 DUTCH BOY QUARTERLY 1938 Hjl I I I I 1 ! If!! l 1_LL1 I I I I I I I I lLeft) Exterior new of St. Joseph's Hospital. San Francisco. California. This large hospital containing 176 rooms ana 12 wards was recently re painted outside by H. Eckart (j Sons. San Francisco painting contractors. Dutch Boy white-lead and Lead Mix ing OU paint was used. (.Above) A section of the building before painting institutions is the one made from pure white-lead more area in a given time. This means faster paint and Lead Mixing Oil, tinted as required. There are ing work and a lower cost of applying paint. several reasons why this is so. In the first place, white-lead and Lead Mixing Oil paint provides a type of finish highly desirable Paint Used Area Covered Per 8 hr. day from an appearance standpoint. It has a sub stantial, "quality" look. It dries practically fiat with a very slight sheen. Finally, it is an adaptable material from the decorative angle. Being custommade. it is custom-tinted. The painter, from a White-lead--Lead Mixing Oil............... 1420 sq. ft. Paint A................................................... 1120 sq. ft. Paint B................................................... 1040 sq. ft. Paint C................................................... 960 sq. ft. selected group of colors in oil, can produce vir tually any color or any shade of color desired. In the second place, white-lead and Lead Mixing Oil make a paint that is truly washable--one that has the ability to clean readily as well as to stand up without injury. This is a highly important factor in a hospital interior where an appearance of clean In the same test, a record was kept of the cover ing capacity of the four paints. The results below indicate chat white-lead, in addition to spreading easily, covers more surface. Area Covered Per Paint Used Gallon liness is very nearly as important as cleanliness White-lead--Lead Mixing Oil............... 710 sq. ft. itself. Paint A.................................................... 560 sq. ft. In the third place, white-lead and Lead Mixing Paint B................................................... 416 sq. ft. Oil paint is preferred by many hospital mainte Paint C.................................................... 384 sq.ft. nance heads because of its real economy--w hether viewed from the standpoint of first cost or cost per While gallon cost, coverage and spreading quali year of service. ties determine the first-cost economy of paint, it is As pointed out above, the economy angle in the ability to "take it" over a reasonably long paint selection involves a consideration not only period of time which determines a paint's economy of gallon cost but also of coverage and the ease in terms of years of wear. with which a material can be spread on a surface. Aside from records of actual service performance, While gallon cost is known, figures on coverage dramatic proof of the stamina of white-lead and and spread are not always readily available. To Lead Mixing Oil paint is offered by the fact that snow how white-lead and Lead Mixing Oil paint this same material, as shown by the photograph stacks up on this latter score, the test described on this page, is also used to protect and beautify zr. the following paragraphs was recently made. exterior surfaces of brick, stucco and concrete. Three fiat paints were selected to compare There should be little room for doubt that a paint with white-lead. The same painter applied each which has sufficient durability to stand up under paint on comparable surfaces. The results, given the severe conditions encountered on the outside here, show that a painter using white-lead can cover will wear long and satisfactorily on the inside. 14