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Ki <1 oo o o>--k VO 00 VoO TABLE OF CONTENTS OF V A pagk Calcim Acid Recovery Equipment....................... 87 Camp Acid Resistant Lead Linings.................. 86 Pain Acid, Sulphuric ......................................... 85 Camp Addresses of Painters in Service....................18 Camp Advertisement Cooperating with tries "Home Front" Campaigns.................. 46 Camp Advertisement, Linseed Replacement Camp Oil ............................................................... 7' Card, Advertisement, Paste White Lead-2, 48, 50 Casei Advertisement, Rationing ....................... 21 Ceilin Advertisement, War Bond............. 23, 72, 96 Chimn Advertisement, White Lead Paint Chinn 24, 26, 67 Churc Advertising by LAd Industries Ass'n. 39 Clean Advertising Campaign, Dutch Boy..11,38 Concr Advertising Features for 1943............. 11 Cons Alloys for Dies and Punches.................. 85 Coop Ammunition for 1943 Business............. 11 Fro Announcing a New Oil Crack (Insert betw. pages 36-37) - Cupo Answers to Paint Questions...........19,43,68 Anti-Friction Metal .................................. 90 Army Trains Its Painters at Camp Lee, Va. ..................................................... 16 Deco Defen B Deve Die Babbitt Bearings ....................................... 89 Disco Baroid Sales Division .............................. 81 Displ Battery, Storage, Lead ........................... 83 Down Be Paintriotic .................... -........................ it Drilli Bearings for Engines .............................. 89 Dutch Better Painting with Less Oil............. 8 ' Dutch Bittel, Miss Benita .................................. 66 Dutch Bond, War, Advertisement...........23, 72, 96 Adv Brick Painting ............................................ 63 Dutch Bullet Lead ................................................ 84 Ann 0000-NLI-000019891 0000-NLI-000019892 PAGE Dutch Boy Paint Advertising............. 11,38 Dutch Boy White Lead Keg, Fibre - 51 E Engine Bearings ....................................... 89 Examination of Paint Scales.................. 33 F H PACE Hawthorne, Glen, (Painting Con tractor) ..................................................... 59 Help with Your Tax Problems............. 14 Hot-Dip Lead Coatings.................. 92 House, Concrete Block, Painting................. 70 How Much Time Between Coats?...............43 How the Painter Can Help Conserve Manpower ................................................. 40 How to Open Fibre Keg..................-........ 52 Huntington, L. I., N. Y. Church......... 48 Features, Advertising, for 1943............. Fibre Keg for Dutch Boy White Lead Filling Wall Cracks to Stay Flush-- Finish, Fumed Oak, Not Right for Soft Pine ............................................................ Finish, Silver Gray, on Knotty Pine.... Finishing Juniper Woodwork................ Floor Painting .......................................... Floor, PaintingConcrete Garage........... Floor, Rejuvenatewith Paint.................. Floor Stencils ............................................. Formulas for Paint with Less Linseed Oil ........................................................ Frames, Window, Priming before Plastering ................................................... Fumed Oak Finish Not Right for Soft Pine ............................................................ it 51 68 45 20 20 53 19 53 53 10 19 45 G Galvanized Iron, Painting....................... Galvanized Iron, Tarry, Painting...... Garage Floor, Concrete, Painting...... Gas, Sewer, Discoloration....................... Glass, Removing Rust from.................. Gloss, Uneven, on One-Coat Job........ Government "Home Front" Cam paigns, Cooperating with.................... Greenhouses, Sunlight-Reducing Paint for................................................................. 27 70 19 23 69 69 46 +4 iv I Improving Oil Well Output.................. 81 Interior Painting ....................................... 3 Iron, Galvanized, Painting.............. --27, 70 J Job, One-Coat, Uneven Gloss on........... Jobs, Selling ................................................. Juniper Woodwork, Finishing................ 69 59 20 K Keeping America Posted on Paint...... Keg, Fibre, for Dutch Boy White Lead ............................................................ Kirksite "A" ................................................. Kittinger, A., W. ....................................... Kittinger, J. O. .......................................... Kittinger Lumber Co., Owensboro, Ky. Knotty Pine Finished in Silver Gray- 38 51 85 66 66 66 20 L Laboratory Examination of Paint Scales .......................................................... Lead-Coated Copper Cupola, Painting Lead Coatings, Hot-Dip ......................... 33 44 92 PAGE Lead for Bullets ....................................... Lead in Optical Glass.............................. Lead in Storage Batteries........................ 84 83 83 Lead Industries Ass'n.Advertising-39 Lead Mining Activities of National Lead Co. ................................................... 77 Less Oil for Better Painting-................ 8 Let's Look at Some Samples.................. 59 Linseed Oil, Quick-Drying....................... 92 Linseed Replacement Oil......................... 60 Linseed Replacement Oil, Advertise ment ............................................................ 71 Linseed Replacement Oil, Announcing (Insert betw. pages 36-37) Lumber and Paint Go Together............. 66 Oil, L Oil, me Oil, L Oil, Oil W Oleum On Pai One-C Open M Magnesium Plant, Luckey, Ohio ........ Magnus Metal Division........................... Maintenance of Painted Walls in Wartime ................................................... Make the Metal Last with Red Lead Make Things Last . . . It's Paintriotic Manpower Conservation ......................... McIntyre Development ........................... Metal, Bearing ............................................ Metal Ceiling, Repainting....................... Metals Reserve Company......................... Mining, Lead and Zinc........................... Modified Silver Gray on Knotty Pine 78 90 3 27 it 40 76 84 20 78 77 20 N National Bureau of Standards Gives Recommendations for Mixing White Lead Paint with Less Linseed Oil--- 9 National Lead Company in Wartime 75 New Fibre Keg for Dutch Boy White Lead ............................................................ 51 New Paint Vehicle Announced (Insert betw. pages 36-37) Paint Paint Paint Paint Paint Paint Oil Paint Paint Paint Paint Paint Paint of Paint hou Paint, Paint pow Painte Lee Painte Paint Paint Pla Paint Paint Paint 0 0 0 0 -N L I-0 0 0 0 19893 PACK Painting Cupola of Lead-Coated Cop per ............................................................... 44 Painting Downspouts .............................. 32 Painting Floors ............. -............................. 53 Painting Galvanized Iron....................... 27 Painting, Interior ..................................... 3 Painting Metal .......................................... 27 Painting Tarry Galvanized Iron......... 70 Painting, Wall ............................................ 3 Painting with Less Oil.............................. 8 Paste White Lead, Advertisement -2, 48, 50 Perfection Anti-Friction Metal............. 90 Pigments, Paint .......................................... 84 Plaster, Painting Sand-Finish................ 68 Preserving Stencilled Wall Decoration 43 Priming Window Frames and Casings before Plastering ..................................... 19 Problems, Paint, and Answers---19,43, 68 Q PAGE Samples, Show Your Customers........... 59 Sand-Finish Plaster, Painting................ 68 Satco Metal ................................................... 91 Save Tin Cans ............................................ 62 Selling Paint Jobs....................................... 59 Seven-Ten ("710'') Oil, Linseed......... 92 Sewer Gas Discoloration..................... -- 22 Sharp, C. D. ......................... -...................... 66 Show Samples of Your Work................ 59 Shugert, H. A. .......................................... 59 Silver Gray Finish on Knotty Pine...... 20 Soft Pine Not Suited to Fumed Oak Finish .......................................................... 45 Solder ............................................................... 88 Starching Walls ....................................... r- 4 Stencilled Wall Decoration, Preserving 43 Stencils for Floors---................................ 53 Storage Battery Lead.................................. 83 Sulphuric Acid ..............................-........... 85 Sunlight-Reducing Paint for Green houses .......................................................... 44 Questions and Answers, Paint-- 19, 43, 68 Quick-Drying Linseed Oil....................... 92 T R Rationing Advertisement ....................... 21 Recommendations for Mixing White Lead Paint with Less LinseedOil---- 9 Red Lead Paint for Metal....................... 27 Rejuvenate the Floor with Paint......... 53 Removing Rust from Glass.................... 69 Repainting Metal Ceiling----................. 20 Replacement Oil, Linseed......................... 60 Replacement Oil, Linseed, Advertise ment ............................................................ 71 Replacement Oil, Linseed, Announcing (Insert betw. pages 36-37) Rust, Removing from Glass.................. 69 Tarry Galvanized Iron, Painting........ Tax Problems, Help with......................... Tin-Saving Campaign ........................... Titanium Mine ............................................ Too Long Between Coats......................... Training Army Painters' at Camp Lee, Va. ..................................................... Turn in Your Tin..................................... 70 14 62 76 43 16 62 u Uneven Gloss on One-Coat Job............. 69 V S Salvaging Metal from Scrap.................. 77 VI Vehicle, New, for Use in Place of Straight Linseed Oil (Insert betw. pages 36-37) w PAGE Wage-Tax Card ....................................... 14 Wall Decoration, Stencilled, Preserv ing .....;..................................................... 45 Wall Painting ............................................ 3 Walls, Starching ....................................... 4 Walts, Washing ......................................... 6 War Bond Advertisement............. 23, 72, 96 Wartime Activities of National Lead Company ................................................... 75 Wartime Maintenance of Painted Walls .......................................................... 3 Washing Walls .......................................... 6 What's Your Problem?..................19, 43, 68 White Lead Paint Advertisement.^, 26, 67 White Lins White Windo Plas Wood Why Year and You're Jobs K' Published by NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY Koom 1815, 111 Broadway New York, N. Y. VOLUME 36 NUMBER 1, 1943 WARTIME MAINTENANCE OF A skilled hand, a good brush and a bucket of DUTCH BOY ... here's a combination that forecasts a good paint job. But what type of job? Is it painting new outside wood ... or brick... or stucco ... or concrete? Is it finish-coating a repaint job? Or doing flat or eggshell work on interior plaster or wallboard? It could be any one of these types of jobs. Dutch Boy White Lead, as most experienced painters know, is an all-purpose material. With a few accessory oils and thinners, Dutch Boy opens up a range of possibilities about as wide as the scope of the painting craft itself. That's an advantage not to be overlooked these days, par ticularly when costs are considered--gallon for gallon, square for square, job for job. t. * fr f i| I * I 1 ! I Standardize on DUTCH BOY and let your paint-mixing "savvy" pay you some real dividends AS a wartime conservation measure, l \ many home owners, when hav ing their rooms done over this spring, undoubtedly will want a job that will last well beyond the normal peacetime maintenance period. And they will welcome a job that can easily be re stored to its original fresh, neat ap pearance merely by a thorough wash ing with materials usually at hand. War conditions, as we all know, have forced changes in the formula tion of numerous paints and have been responsible also for the introduction of new coatings and the revival of old. But, war conditions or no, there is at least one paint that has been "through the mill", that has proved its mettle and, very important right now, that is available everywhere. That paint is one mixed by the painter--Dutch Boy White Lead and Lead Mixing Oil. For wartime painting, when the job may have to last for the duration, when adaptability, washahility, con tinued good appearance and long-run economy are not only important but downright essential, white lead-Lead Mixing Oil paint will be the choice of many painters. It is not a "cheap" paint--it costs more per gallon than some w year fo white talk p Whe this pa and sp side pa most r mixed of Du Mixing requiri 50 lbs. with \ If the Colors For painted wall p mine-ty Wall P applyin Oil pa able, o 50 lbs. gals. Le Plas other s pared b holes s i 1. 0000-NLI-000019895 -N Lj-000019896 t; ___________________________ ^ Dutch BcV| Painter---------------------- grease cleaned off completely. No paint can be expected to bridge and hide wide cracks and deep holes nor can it get a grip on dirt or grease or on old cracking and scaling paint. New plaster, or old walls that may still contain "live" alkali, should be given a wash coat of zinc sulphate solution (two lbs. of zinc sulphate to the gallon of water) before painting. With all surfaces in proper condi tion--properly patched, clean, dry and smooth--the plaster can be given its priming coat, or its first paint coat if it is a repaint job. Succeeding coats In washing a painted wall on* man applies the cleaning solution, using a calcimine brush, while his partner follows with a wet sponge, cleaning off the dirt loosened by the solution. are applied when the previous coat is dry and hard. STARCHING To suggest starching a white lcadLead Mixing Oil job may seem to some like suggesting wearing a belt with suspenders--the paint itself is washable so why make it more so? For one thing, starching makes a wall easier to wash because the dust and grime collects on the sfarch coat, not on the paint film. For another, starch ing gives a uniform, flat appearance even to a wall or ceiling that may not have been painted as carefully as it should have been. The practice of starching painted walls is one of long standing and is 4 A ! Any old brush will not do for brushing on the starch coat; It must be good to lay off an even Aim. The calcimine brush, Dutch brush, or the wide wall paint brush In good shape-all serve well. used as a matter of course by many painters. There are some precautions to keep in mind. If the starch coat is applied before the paint is hard and dry, there is a chance that the starch, especially if it is applied too warm and too thick, will, upon drying, shrink enough to pull the paint off in spots. Obviously there isn't sufficient time on most jobs to allow several days for the paint to dry before starching but it is best to wait as long as possible. Since starching is not a messy or smelly job, it can often be done after the lad natura back in Ano ing up paint c A sta glossy it does of the color. surface paint with v cut the To m solve starch lukewa to mor form a about then po tion un comes c sistency present The wall o five inc brush. by yard see, and plied. observe by beg window For the 0000-NLI-000019897 Dutch Bot| Painter. ______________ _____________ especially thick starch, as there is a tendency for thick ridges to change color when dry. For stippling the starch coat on walls a roller stippler is often used. The handle Is long enough to reach most home room wall tops. For the narrow spaces between casings thero is available a roller only 3 inches wide. pling brush may be used or, what is much faster, a new roller stippler which is simply a carpet-covered roller attached at right angles to a handle. If neither a wall stippling brush nor a roller stippler is available, the starch coat may be stippled with a sponge or even with a wadded-up coarse-textured bath towel. The important point is to stipple, by some means, in order to eliminate the brush marks and to distribute the starch uniformly, WASHING The most effective washing mate rials and methods are rather generally known, yet they are not universally used. Washing is, of course, much easier on starched surfaces, as has been pointed out. Hut even here a poor washing job can mar the appearance of the paint finish if streaks and runs remain as evidence of slap-dash methods. There are a number of washing powders or preparations on the mar ket that are efficient, convenient and economical. Some painters, however, like to use shop or job mixed cleaners. One such cleaner that is widely used consists of Hour paste and trisodium phosphate dissolved in warm water. The Hour paste keeps the solution wet longer on the walls and makes appli cation with a brush less likely to re sult in spatters and drips as is the case without it. The trisodium phosphate (commonly termed "TSP" in the trade) is an excellent dirt solvent and mild bleach. It makes no suds, like soap, but cleans well because it emul sifies oil and grease-bound dirt, break ing them down so that a clean water rinse with a sponge removes them. The flour paste-TSP cleaner is prepared by first dissolving two to four tablespoon fills of TSP in about 2 gallons of warm water and adding 6 & to this solution about a pint of Hour paste. This paste is made by wetting a cupful of Hour with cold water, beat ing thoroughly to break up lumps, then pouring on boiling water to thin the paste and, finally, allowing the mixture to cool before adding it to the TSP solution. Apply the cleaner with any wide, clean brush to only about a square yard of surface at a time. Sponge off immediately yith clean, warm water. Change the water as often as it be comes too dirty and rinse out the sponge after every wiping. The new synthetic sponges, in the large sizes --4j/j" x 6" x i", at least--are just as effective as any of the natural sponges and they cost considerably less. Small sizes, of either type sponge, shouldn't be used for this work be cause they don't hold enough water and are a nuisance to handle. Unusually dirty walls, such as may often be found in kitchens and bath rooms and sometimes where there is oil heating, may require more than the usual once-over treatment. Or they may need a stronger cleaning solution than the one suggested. The painter can tell, of course, whether his solu tion is really "getting the dirt" and if it isn't, he can readily give it a little more potency by adding extra tri sodium phosphate. He must not, how ever, get the cleaner too strong as it might attack the paint coating itself. Finally, as to working procedure, the washing should start in a corner of the If th the or ru area prac S shou port the Wash requi at a m are fu cost. by si 0000-NLI-000019898 BETTER PAINT WITH LESS OIL TO describe the special part that linseed oil has always played in more oil. Three important reasons are: Better hiding power. It is obvious paint, someone in the dim and distantht at since the pigment does the hiding, past remarked "Linseed oil is the life the less it is dispersed with a nearly- blood of paint." In the sense that it transparent vehicle, the better the coat is the oil that is the "live" element in will hide. Also, the denser the group a paint coating and that when this ing of the pigment particles, the more vehicle loses its binding power the solid and substantial the film will be. paint film "perishes," the statement is Less dirt collection. A newly ap of course true. It doesn't necessarily plied exterior paint acts like sticky I follow, however, that because linseed flypaper to all dust and dirt particles oil is the "lifeblood" of paint, the with which it comes in contact. The more oil that is used, the longer will longer the time the paint takes to set be the paint's life. Nor does it follow up and dry, the greater the opportun that the less oil used the shorter the ity offered for discoloration. A paint paint's life. As with nearly every lean in oil takes less time to dry and thing, enough is enough. dries harder than one rich in oil. Because of the diversified nature of Longer-lasting good appearance. the surfaces, exposure conditions, and Because `there has been less dirt col other controlling factors with which lected by the paint film during its early his craft must deal, the painter finds stages, there is less dirt to be "shed" it a practical impossibility to set up as the normal slow erosion, or "chalk and adhere to a rigid pigment-vehicle ing", occurs over the years. Thus the ratio. In one case he may need a heav job maintains a cleaner appearance. ily pigmented paint, in another a It is significant that while painters lighter weight paint. His experience are often cautioned to use less oil, al and his judgment guide him in his most never are they advised to use formulation of a particular coating for more oil. The answer, of course, is a particular purpose. Where there is that it is easier to use more rather than any leeway--and this is no criticism less. But, as the following article of the craft, because the reasons for points out, we've reached a time when i it are entirely understandable--the linseed oil is less plentiful (while painter usually is inclined to add more white lead is still in good supply) and oil than is actually necessary. It makes it is necessary to make the available more paint and it goes on easier. supply of oil go into as many gallons On the other hand, there are good of paint as possible. This end can be and sufficient--and we think, better-- achieved--with no impairment of the reasons for using less oil in most cases service paint must render, and without where the painter may wish to add jeopardizing the painter's reputation. 8 NATIONAL BUREAU O Gives Recommendatio WHITE LEAD PAINT with WHILE wartime conditions have not greatly affected the supply ing am of a number of staple paint commoindi ties, other basic paint materials are in mil none too secure positions, so far as ave visible and certain future supplies are fac concerned. Linseed oil is now in this uct category. T Because other paint oils such as vat China wood (tung) oil and perilla oil Na have practically ceased coming into ing our markets, linseed oil has had to als take their place, particularly in coat Bo ings that are produced for military ma see terials. Service in this new wartime ges field demonstrates the versatility of tor linseed oil but it also makes this vital pai vehicle "short" for normal purposes. lins Moreover, there is less flaxseed rea available for making linseed oil in this dur country because of the greatly reduced las import tonnage. Of the 31,554,000 pai bushels of seed crushed in the United I States in 1940, more than 11,000,000 mu bushels were imported. Due to the om scarcity of ships, current imports of flaxseed are negligible. It thus became neces sary recently for the War Production Board to is sue Conservation Order No. M-71, to cur tail the use of dry 0000-NLI-000019899 REPAINTING EXTERIOR WOOD FIRST COAT loo lbs. white lead 1 J4 gals, raw linseed oil 2 gals, turpentine or mineral spirits 1 pint liquid drier SECOND COAT io o lbs. white lead 2 gals, raw linseed oil 54 gal. turpentine or mineral spirits I pint liquid drier PAINTING NEW EXTERIOR WOOD (Three>Coal Job) PRIMING COAT ioo lbs. white lead 2/ gals, raw linseed oil 2/4 gals, turpentine or mineral spirits 1 pint liquid drier SECOND COAT 100 lbs. white lead 1 gal. raw linseed oil 1 54 gals, turpentine or mineral spirits 1 pint liquid drier THIRD COAT IOO lbs. white lead 2 gals, raw linseed oil 54 gal. turpentine or mineral spirits 1 pint liquid drier PAINTING NEW EXTERIOR WOOD (Two*Coal Job) ' FIRST COAT 100 lbs. white lead 1 gal. raw linseed oil '/> gal. turpentine or mineral spirits Y\ gal. spar varnish 1 pint liquid drier SECOND COAT IOO lbs. white lead 2 gals, raw linseed oil 54 gal- turpentine or mineral spirits 1 pint liquid drier (// boiled linseed oil is used in anv formula, instead of raxv, omit drier.) 9 10 The white lead specified in these formulas is soft paste--if heavy paste is used, add an additional quart of tur pentine or mineral spirits. Based on the normal consumption of linseed oil by the painting trade in the mixing of white lead paint, it seems evident that the adoption of the wartime formulas will result in con serving 30% of the linseed oil which might otherwise be required. It is interesting, and pertinent to the present subject, to recall that dur ing World War I there was a short age of linseed oil brought about large ly by the same lack of shipping space (for imported flaxseed) which is chiefly responsible for the current shortage. However, the result of the scarcity of oil 25 years ago was sky rocketing prices, up to about $3.00 per gallon. And the result of those high prices was the introduction (nto the paint vehicle field of a flood of substi tutes--"war oils'', "linseed oil com pounds" and other mostly worthless "dopes"--with the further result a large number of bad paint jobs and ruined reputations. The problem this time is being tackled much more realistically by con servation measures. And if the paint ing industry gives the cooperation of which it is capable, as it undoubtedly will, there will be little incentive for the introduction by unscrupulous per sons of worthless liquids masquerad ing as oil substitutes--there just won't be any market for them if the genuine oil we have is fairly priced, properly distributed and conservatively used. I an to M WARTIME is no time to let the ad home front go to pot. The things th wTe own must be made to last. Pr"aF tically all construction materials that need weather protection are scarce and w getting scarcer. No one, least of all the w men-in-government, is advocating the S abandonment of the home front to the A elements for the duration. Indeed, the an government suggests that property fie maintenance be vigorously continued, in not at the expense of the war effort, Jo but to promote it. a A case in point is the fostering by ve the Department of Agriculture of a in conservation movement which in th cludes a campaign to keep farm equip A ment from rusting into a state of use tr lessness by prompt and proper painting. R The FHA recommends that houses be R properly kept up to prevent weather D damage and the subsequent need of ex ra pensive repairs. az The makers of Dutch Boy Products believe that just as there is a real need in for making things last, so too, is there u a real need to remind the public of fe that fact. It is patriotic to protect ex ti isting property with paint. So Dutch T Boy advertising asks American home fo owners to "Be PaintnoUc". And the c PAIHTRimg ~ laAr . SHEiHEAM^i!i! y^\ \fUt' Xf4py j n> **USH pM^ fOlDE*1 jesss? hSt&M V/El ** SIGN ^ ai' * ^"v^J If V0' 0/O/iffb 'J&l \ ITad fO^OE* r ed PRODUCTS b o o k l et . s^a 1- . t&~r&?J?SS&V ADVERT in LEADING COLOR CHART I. fl.! S HOwe DEFENSE" BOOKLET ~ PORfCA (Imgl J8*C' v? L-*\ covp' * [msMmteMmo/tar m^ mmsrettr 0066I0000-nN-0000 PAINT DISPLAY ** WH^W'o< 0' pa^t l fOLOER DUTCH BOY HinLMII 'Q/faKamt ca PAINT WINDOW STICKER PASTE 1OW STICKER1 * . /AjUltkJfclf PASTE DISPLAY 0000-NLI-000019901 ers, color charts, color cards, booklets, blotters, "dodgers," wet paint signs, etc. Then, too, there are up-to-theminute new editions of those long time painter's pocket pals--the Hand book on Painting and the Painter's Color Pack. All of the above features are de signed to do a necessary job--yes, a patriotic job--by stressing the impor tance of paint on the home front. And pointing out that the way to get a job that will last is to insist on a lasting paint--Dutch Boy white lead. While the variety of these Dutch Boy features is wide the supply of each item is necessarily limited. If you wish to identify your store or your contracting business with the "Be Paintriotic" campaign by judicious use of the features available to you, mail your request to the office of National Lead Company located near est you. Here are the addresses: NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY 111 Broadway, New York; 116 Oak St., Buffalo; 900 West 18th St., Chicago; 659 Freeman Ave., Cincinnati; 1213 West Third St., Cleveland; 722 Chestnut St., St. Louis; 2240 24th St., San Francisco; National-Boston Lead Co., 800 Albany St., Boston; National Lead & Oil Co. of Penna., 137(j River Ave., Pittsburgh; John T. Lewis & Bros. Co., Widener Bldg., Philadelphia. HELP WITH YOUR TAX PROBLEMS ALL employing contracting painters A Ashould by this time, be fully informed regarding the employer's duties under the Victory Tax provi sions of the Revenue Act of 1942. If there are any employing painters not so informed, they should write im mediately to the Collector of Internal Revenue for their district and ask for a copy of Circular VT. T he law requires employers, which of course includes painting contrac tors, to keep a record of the amounts deducted from employees' wages for the Victory Tax, the dates thereof, and the dates and amounts of the em ployer's transmissal of these taxes to the Collector of Internal Revenue. Users of the Dutch Boy Business Record Outfit can readily record the 14 above data on their Business Record Sheets, just as they have made their entries the past few years for Federal Old Age Benefit deductions. The method of making these entries on the Business Record Sheet is not at all complicated or time-consuming. Briefly, this is the procedure: The weekly (or bi-weekly, monthly, etc.) earnings of each employee are entered, in full, as usual in "Labor" column 8; the net amount paid the employee, after deduction of Federal Old Age Benefit Tax (which is still in effect, of course) and the new 5% Victory T ax, is entered in "Cash" column 2; the amounts of the two taxes deducted--F.O.A.B. and Vic tory--are entered as separate items in "General Assets--Credit" column 15. At the end of the quarter, when it is necessary to forward to the Collector of Internal Revenue the tax money you have withheld from employees, you make an entry, for the amount of money sent, in "Cash" column 2 and, at the same time, make appropriate entries for the F.O.A.B. Tax and the Victory Tax, separately, in "General Assets--Debit" column 14. Obvious ly these entries in column 14 will bal ance those made previously in column 15 when the taxes were withheld from your employee's wages. As a further aid to the painting con tractor in keeping his tax records sys tematically, we are making available a new type of Record Card (see cut below) which sells at two cents per C0Py> postpaid. 1 hese new cards, called "Wage-Tax Cards", have space for recording days and hours worked each we weekly Benefit deducti any oth The Record the cou doubt m use this newer provides ployee no room For a both ty cents pe Room York, N in your "Employ the new THE ARMY TRAINS ITS PAINTERS AT CAMP LEE THE brush is practically on a par Training Center at Camp Lee, paint with the rifle at the Quartermas ing specialists are trained for duty in ter Corps Painting School, Camp Lecea, mps, posts and stations throughout Virginia, although we don't suppose the country, and for service in the the soldier-painter trainees go into ac field. The Painting School is a part tion at any such command as "Ready! of the Supply Training Section di 0 1 Dip! Commence Painting!" The fact rected by Colonel John V. Rowan is, however, that the paint brush is under the command of Brigadier Gen 25 mightier than the rifle for certain eral Guy I. Rowe. Head of the school rr military purposes and Camp Lee trains is Lieutenant George H. Wolford, men to use the brush most effectively. who is assisted by a staff of experienced o Painters are necessary in the Army, non-commissioned officers, including H-k as they are in civilian life, to keep Master Sergeant Edward Perkowski, equipment from deteriorating, to pro formerly with the Kramer Decorating N tect property from weather damage, Co. of Cleveland, Staff Sergeant Ed N> to paint signs and posters, and do ward Dadulak, formerly with the other jobs with the tools of the trade. sign painting firm of Murnjiy & Rey In the Quartermaster Replacement nolds of Hackensack, Tn . J., Staff Sergeant Emil Wilberding, formerly with Hansen Glass & Paint Co. of JC * ' v-jV Sioux City, la., Sergeant Paul Szabady, who was an independent artist in Chicago, and Corporal Arthur Nie- moeller, who was in the decorating field in Cincinnati. , The soldiers assigned to the Paint ing' School are selected on the basis of experience and ability, after compre hensive tests and interviews by the Army's Classification and Assignment Section. Most of the men selected Army pointers mull know their "stuff** in soldierin These soldier-painters are going through their mil master Replacement Training Center, Comp Lee, Va they will be prepared for any emergency in camp have, of course, previously been active in some phase of the painting craft in civilian life. Not all painters who en ter the Army, however, are assigned to this school because the Classifica tion and Assignment Section may de cide that a man's aptitude and talents qualify him for service in some other branch of the Army where he can be used to better advantage. Before beginning their technical training, soldier-painters at Camp Lee undergo a period of rigorous basic military training. "They are given the regular military drills, are taught how to handle a rifle, roll a pack, pitch a tent, etc. They take day-long hikes with full field equipment, make overnight bivouacs in pup tents and get fr Obsta Fo ing, period And n have before bottom Ins brushe how it has have years, Camp handl The of wh 0000-NLI-000019903 Dulcli Boi| Riinier. ___________________________ % ly discussed and demonstrated to the soldier-painters. They are instructed in the mixing of white lead paint and in tinting and matching various colors. Much emphasis is placed upon the economy angle, the men being taught that paint must not be wasted and that as much surface as possible should be properly coated with a minimum of material. They're taught that every thing wasted is an aid to the Axis. One important phase of the train ing at Camp Lee is the sign painting instruction. The men spend many hours perfecting their lettering before being assigned the job of turning out the numerous signs needed at the camp --street labels, traffic warning signals, regulating signs, desk signs, training aid posters, truck signs, etc. Many offices in the camp have been painted by the trainees, as well as the rows of buildings used by the Baking School. When the soldier-painters at Camp Lee have finished their courses, they may be assigned to various U. S. camps, posts or stations or may be sent to join units in combat zones. Many painters are needed in Quartermaster bases and depots in theatres of opera tions behind the front lines. Camp Lee's Painting School gradu ates are firm believers in the adage, "Save the surface and you save all". When they have helped to put the finishing touches on the Axis and have taken off their Army O.D.'s and stepped into their old familiar "whites", these soldier-painters will find that, while serving their Country, they have also become better fitted to serve their own communities. NOTICE TO READERS NOW "ABSENT ON LEAVE" Among the copies of this magazine re turned by the Post Office as "Undeliver able", we find an increasing number with the notation "With armed forces" . . . like the envelope pictured. We have no wish to discontinue sending "The Dutch Boy Painter" to any regular reader who has joined the armed forces or who is working in a war plant or on a farm raising wartime food. We would like to continue to keep him in touch with developments in tj^ painting field. We suggest thatj*in these cases of tem porary separation from their regular occupation, the "home folks" forward the magazine to the absent painter or send us his present address. That address is all-important because, un less we have it, the Post Office will return the magazine to us and we will have no choice but to remove the name from our list. National Lead Company's stag of practical paint men problems without charge. Address your tetter to ill Broadway, New York, N. Y. Please state your p your name and address on your letter. Our reply will problems discussed below have been selected becau interest. Space limitations permit the printing of onl Painting Concrete Garage Floor P Question: One of my customers is con verting his commercial garage to other purposes. He wants the concrete floor fixed up and painted. Naturally there is a lot of grease on the floor. How can 1 clean up the spots so they won't bother the paint jobf Answer: It may be difficult to re move the grease and oil spots but they must be eliminated if the paint is to stay put. A method often used calls for the use of a fairly strong sal soda solu tion which is washed freely over the concrete surface and then scrubbing in briskly with scrubbing brushes, hand or power-driven. After the scrubbing, the floor is rinsed well with clean water, mopped up and allowed plenty of time to dry out thoroughly. If oil spots still show up, the above treatment is repeated. This should get rid of the remaining spots. Following this second drying out, give the floor a liberal soaking with a mixture consist ing of equal parts of vinegar and water. Then give the concrete time to dry out thoroughly, after which it can be painted in the regular manner. Q buil gest and He the him good A inte unt ther the som you term calle A terio the prac the prac actio of th off p 0000-NLI-000019904 Dutell Bo ij Palrtlcr_------------------- as land on the frames, sills and casings. Even the most careful of plasterers will get some of their material where it doesn't belong, especially in making the joint where wall meets woodwork, and if the live plaster is allowed to dry on the new priming coat it will "burn out" the oil and invite discolora tion of succeeding paint coats. Modified Silver Gray on Knotty Pine ' Question: I have a knotty fine interior to finish but not in the usual way. The owner wants a slightly whitened or bleached-out effect. Can you suggest a way to do thisf Answer: The finish your customer apparently wants is neither unusual nor is it any real problem. Painters often produce the effect by giving the woodwork a coat of silver gray "stain", then when this coat has set slightly, wiping off some of the paint. The "stain" is mixed on the basis of 25 lbs. Dutch Boy white lead thinned with one gallon of Dutch Boy Lead Mixing Oil. This mix makes a little less then two gallons of "stain" which will cover about 700 square feet of surface per gallon. Brush this "stain" on the wood in the regular way, then a half hour or so after ap plication, wipe the "stain" with a large wad of waste or burlap, working across the grain of the wood. This will remove some of the "stain" but will leave enough in the pores and grain of the wood to give a slightly 20 antique or frosty effect. To make sure that this is the finish your customer has in mind, however, better locate a few odd pieces of the knotty pine left from the job and give the customer a little demonstration before you finish the interior. Finishing Juniper Woodwork Question: What is the best method of finishing junifer woodwork in its natural colorf Answer: The procedure usually fol lowed is to first apply a very thin coat of white shellac, rub this down care fully to remove the gloss, then apply a coat or two of wax. Waxing tends least of all treatments to darken the woodwork. In some instances the wax is applied directly to the bare wood but this practice may prove to be bad if ever the owner wants to refinish the woodwork in some other manner. As you know, neither shellac nor varnish nor paint will properly adhere to a waxed surface. Before any of these coatings can be applied, the wax must be removed. If the wax is applied directly to the bare wood it will be difficult to take off, while if it is ap plied to the shellac coat, it can be readily removed. Repainting a Metal Ceiling Question: We are going to repaint the 60 x 80' embossed metal ceiling of our auditorium here and since there are several spots where the old paint is feeling off we 1 at home this ration book's II-i Iri H s MussuMimjMmj iMmufmfiirhn S^ We know our men get what they ne 0000-NLI-000019905 Dutch Boi| Pointer------------------ think the safest thing to do is to remove all the old paint and start with a clean sur face, Can you suggest the best method of getting a good, lasting jobf Answer: Removing the old paint by the usual torch-and-scraper method is out of the question on an embossed ceiling. We suggest using a prepared slow-drying liquid or paste remover. Some of the soft, loosened paint can be stripped off with putty knives or scrapers, after the remover has done its work, and the remainder of the softened coating in the hard-to-get-at indentations of the metal can be scrubbed out with a stiff wire brush. After all the old paint has been re moved, wipe the metal surface with rags soaked in benzine or some other suitable solvent, being careful of fire and of making sure that the rags are properly disposed of after use. Next give the ceiling a priming coat of Dutch Hoy red lead paint, using the Semi Quick-Drying variety or a paint mixed from paste red lead, on the basis of 25 lbs. Dutch Boy red lead, one-half gallon Dutch Boy raw linseed oil, one-half pint turpentine and one-half pint Dutch Boy drier. Brush this priming coat on care fully, being sure to coat both the de pressions and raised areas equally well. When this coat is dry and hard, apply a second coat, using a white lead and Lead Mixing Oil paint mixed on the basis of 25 lbs. of Dutch Boy white lead and three-fourths of a gallon of Dutch Boy Lead Mixing Oil. This paint should be tinted a little off-white to increase its hiding power over the red lead coat. Or if the ceiling is not to be white, tint this second coat to approximately the specified finish coat color with Dutch Boy colors in oil. For a flat finishing coat use a paint mixed on the basis of 25 lbs. Dutch Boy white lead and a little less than a gallon of Dutch Boy Lead Mixing Oil, tinted, if desired, with Dutch Boy colors in oil. If a gloss finish is wanted, use a regular prepared enamel. Sewer Gas Discoloration Question: It has long been a question around here as to the cause of paint dis coloring on some houses located near the outlet of one of the city's sewers. Is there any test that could be made to determine whether sewer gas is the cause f Answer: Chemists tell us that com mon sewer gas contains an appreciable amount of hydrogen sulphide. This gas has a darkening effect on some paint films and has been known to cause considerable trouble. Where the concentration of the gas has been bad, local Boards of Health have stepped in to see that steps were taken by the proper authorities to reduce or elim inate the nuisance. A simple test to tell whether hydro gen sulphide is causing the discolora tion consists of applying a few drops of ordinary peroxide of hydrogen to the discolored paint surface. If this liquid restores the paint to its original color -- without any rubbing -- the trouble is due to sulphide gas. 22 When the forces of Nature bring community, neighbor joins neighb and to restore order, cost what it men seek to force their will upon t freedom-loving citizenry rises to fight off the chal lenge, cost what it may. Fighting, and win ning, this war is costing "blood, And it is costing money. The go money by taxation and by the sale must be paid--that is the law. T bought--that is our duty, and p these bonds bear the governmen ment, with interest. Lend your dollar you can, now, when it will most good. The money will be re will do you the most good. Keep th "Some will give all. . . forev You are asked to lend.. you'd expect this paint to be a top quality article. Dutch Boy Pure White Lead Paint certainly is that! But the words "top quality'' don't tell the whole story--not by a pailful! To get that you'll have to make a date with a gallon and brush up a personal acquaintance. Stroke out a brushful on an off-color piece of siding. Take note of the husky body, the spreading capacity, the hiding power and the dazzling whiteness. Some paint, eh ? And that's only the beginning. Here's a paint that not only acts good, looks good and feels good when you put it on--it makes good on the long haul. Be cause it's pure white lead through and through, Dutch Boy Paint stays on the job, doing the job it was designed to do--make homes last. 0000-NLI-000019906 0 0 0 0 -N L I-0 0 0 019907 Fitness is the order of the day ... on the battle front ... on the home front. Everyone and everything must be fit. And that includes paint. Because we must depend on paint to keep our homes fit -- to make them last. Dutch Boy Pure While Lead Paint -- both the Primer and the Out side White -- is fit for heavy, wartime duty. It's a sturdy, lasting 1A paint, 100% while lead, ready-mixed, ready for action, ready to do a stand out, stand up job. Dealers are featuring Dutch Boy White Lead Paint. Get Some! i i i ' .-YU Published by NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY Room 1815, lit Broadway New York 6, N. Y. VOLUME 36, NUMBER 2, 1943 MAKE THE METAL LAST . . NO ONE knows how long the war will last. So no one knows how tion, as Cont long the homes we own will have gtoalvaniz last. Certain it is that so long as the rust pro war effort gets first call on the stuff plied b our homes are made of, there will be mains practically no opportunity to replace rust ca wood and metal. Particularly metal. itself. World War II is largely a mechan done at ized war, a war of machines. Ma these fa chines are mostly metal. And the most- the vario used metal is steel. With iron and steel actual so important to the winning of the are expo war, almost none can be spared for and shap ordinary civilian uses, none, certainly, screws to replace that which may be destroyed otherwis through rust-neglect. coating Metal surfaces and objects on and tion. It around city and rural homes are more these we numerous than appears at first thought. As m Galvanized iron or so-called "tin roofs" are found on many buildings, if not as complete roofs, then as dor experien tough p needs o mers and porch decks. Gutters, down mediate spouts or leaders, and flashings over but som doors and windows are often of gal painting vanized iron. Garage doors are some The ne times of galvanized sheet. On the oidy be farm, grain storage sheds, building the gal ventilators and windmills, for example, cause, d frequently are of all-metal construc rication may do it by using certain liquids complicated formulas, is composed of which etch the metallic surface. 8 ounces of copper sulphate in one gal The pre-painting treatment should lon of water. The liquid should be include removal of oil, grease, solder applied to the galvanized iron with a j j ing flux and mud or cement splashes, and the etching treatment should roughen the sheet enough to assure clean, oil-free brush. When the solu tion has dried, the surface of the metal should be rinsed well with plenty of good mechanical anchorage of the clean water, then permitted to dry paint. Much depends, however, on the prior to painting. selection and control of the etching Old galvanized iron (that which liquid. For example, muriatic (hydro has been exposed to the weather more chloric) acid brushed onto galvanized than six months may be considered iron will etch the surface. However, it "old") needs no artificial aging or must be used as a dilute solution and etching. But every bit of rust must be even then it must not be allowed to removed and the surface cleaned care remain on the surface too long or it fully. Rust is most likely to be found will dissolve the galvanized coating around nail or bolt heads, along seams down to the steel itself. When suffi and at the edges of the sheet. cient etching action has taken place, If the iron has previously been therefore, the surface should be well painted, all loose paint must be re Gutters flushed off with water. moved, along with rust, mud, mortar, and at l Many proprietary etching formulas soot, etc., before new paint goes on. and out are offered for treating new galvanized If the old paint coating has failed Hara'z how golvonlzod iron surface* look aftor pro-treatment to etch and cloan the metal. It should not bo etched, however, with a wash strong enough completely to remove the zinc iron, and care should be exercised to use them strictly in accord with the manufacturers' directions. by general flaking it is advisable to re move it with paint remover. Removers of the paste type are usually the most iron s wire b So m coating in places as indicated here. Sandblasting is, of course, the most efficient and economical, if they will Other effective treatment for new galvanized work at all on the type of paint that ture-- downspout, any bolting, riveting, sold sheet--it both cleans and etches the was used. Sometimes the old paint is flashin I ering, etc., usually add painting diffi surface. Sandblasting equipment, how culties of their own. ever, is not generally available to most of a kind that is difficult to dissolve, care o and here a blow torch or acetylene gas ging, The chances are that right now painting contractors. burner must be used. However, the with d there is very little new galvanized Hot dip phosphate treatments of use of heat in any form--blow torch cases sheet in evidence around homes and galvanized steel are very satisfactory or acetylene gas--calls for a lot of rusted farm buildings. The painter who is but require factory equipment. extra care to avoid getting the metal ing th doing work on high priority war struc T he most practical treatment, and so hot that it will buckle or bulge. age w tures may run into shiny, new galvan perhaps the most economical, is the ap M oreover, soldered seams are apt to the sid ized iron, however, and, if he cannot plication of a liquid that will clean open if the heat is sufficiently great. to the allow Father Time and Mother Na and etch in one operation. A compara Whatever method is used to soften or if regu ture to weather-etch the smooth, some tively simple mixture, and one that loosen the old cracked and scaled coat availab what greasy surface of the sheet, he usually gives as good results as more ing, all of it must be taken off and the may h 0000-NLI-000019908 28 0000-NLI-000019909 Dulcli Boi| Painter. pairs, to rehang the gutters and pitch them for proper drainage to the leader downspouts, in addition to the indi cated preparation of the metal itself. Other metal around the building-- steel sash, porch or stoop railings, iron fences, etc.--should not be overlooked any more than the sheet metal referred to. Every item that is apt to rust, and by rusting, to become useless to the extent it requires replacement, should Loossly-adharlng point os well as oil dust and rust must b rsmovsd with wira-brush, stl wool, scrapor or point romovor btfors now paint Is applied. be cleaned up and adequately painted. Just as there is no question about the eventual rusting of exposed iron and steel, so, too, there is no question about what paint has proved itself the most effective rust-preventer. That paint is one made with pure red lead. Red lead, as most painters know, is obtainable in three forms--dry, paste and liquid. Some large users of red lead prefer the dry form. Others buy the paste. Most painters, however, whose chief work is house painting, find the liquid form--Dutch Boy Semi Quick-Drying Red Lead--best suited to their needs. Red lead paint has a high spreading rate and, if used as the priming coat only, a gallon or less usu ally is sufficient for all the gutters, downspouts, flashings, porch decks or roofs, etc., on the average home. On some metal surfaces, for example flat or nearly flat roofs that drain slowly or poorly, or rain gutters, it may be advisable to use two coats of red lead paint. This practice makes anti-rust assurance doubly sure because any tiny pin holes or skips in the prim ing coat are sure to be sealed by the second red lead coat. For light colored finishing coats over red lead, there is nothing better than pure white lead paint, either white or tinted. Red lead and white lead are chips off the same block, so to speak, and work perfectly together. There are no important differences in the application of red lead and white lead paints. But because red lead is 30 used on hard, unabsorbent metal, it stays right where it's put--none of its oil leaves the film and suction and ab sorption don't enter into calculations. By the same token, red lead paint usu ally is brushed out more thoroughly, to produce a smooth coating of uni form thickness. Because it has nothing but a hard, smooth surface to get hold of, red lead paint must get its me chanical anchorage by other means than penetration. That indicates good, close brushwork, especially around bolt and nail heads, at seams and joints and edges, with rather stiff, sturdy brushes. The priming coat should go on the metal right after the surface has been cleaned and dried. Any delay invites the formation of rust, especially in humid weather. It should be under stood, of course, that the mere spreading of paint over Pa prope paint usua unles unde that cister botto valve as fo a pie or he Thlt It what usually happens when new gal vanized Iron Is painted with no artificial "wea thering" of the surface prior to painting. In this particular case the paint failure did not occur until after several re paintings. A method of painting the inside of a downspout. Articles needed: A length of old clothes-line, a heavy nut or washer, a wad of rags, and Dutch Boy Semi Quick-Drying Red Lead. be a few feet more than twice as long as the downspout) and fasten a ball of rags, big enough to fit snugly in the downspout, at about the halfway point in the rope. Drop the weighted end of the rope down the pipe and pull the rope through until the ball of rags just reaches the bottom end, where it serves as a plug. Place a paint bucket under the pipe outlet. Pour a quart or so of red lead paint slowly down the pipe. Now pull the rope up through the pipe. The rag ball will spread the paint on the interior surface of the pipe as the rope is pulled slowly upward. Just as the rag ball is about to emerge at the top of the pipe, pull the weighted end of the rope back down the pipe and remove the rope and ball of rags at the outlet, catching in the bucket any paint that drains off. This method of "interior" painting is much more effective than merely pulling a sponge or wad of rags through once. It should be mentioned here that, prior to painting downspouts, the ropeand-ball contraption can also be used, with several pulls in both directions, in cleaning the pipes. To summarize, there is an enor mous tonnage of sheet metal on and about America's homes and farms. It must be preserved because right now it can't be replaced. To save it, get it into condition to paint and then paint it with red lead. OOOO-IVLl-i 32 vvoo Keep, tltii Ih ON A REPAINT JOB, YOU'R PAINT is pretty matter-of-fact is but stuff to most folks. It's just a Cro liquid to be spread upon an object, andtwo o should, when dry, make that object to pla look better and last longer. Because weath paint is everywhere, people take it for stren granted, like cement sidewalks and chora macadam roads. But when folks have fit su an "accident" with paint, they begin It to take notice, just as they do when these they stumble on a bad sidewalk or hit the o a hole in the highway. pod, Yes, when paint goes wrong, it gets Good noticed by the man who paid the bill. or an And, of course, the man who spread fail to the paint is apt to get notice to appear lessly and explain himself. form Now, disregarding for a moment sprea the disagreeable things that can and It sometimes do happen to paint jobs, rience might it not be a good idea to take a also p little closer look at a paint film? Have ing p you any idea of the thickness of a coat far as of paint? Well, if you have a pencil tude. and piece of paper handy, you can a job check the following figures: A gallon are li of paint--231 cubic inches--covers, be, at say, 700 square feet--100,800 square In inches--of surface. Divide 231 by myste 100,800 and you get .0023 inches. prope Stated another way, it is 1/4;isth of an the pa inch--about three-fourths as thick as paint the sheet of paper on which these painte words appear. On a two-coat or even chips three-coat job the thickness of the paint Or it Samples of paint coatings come to us in various forms but the majority are just plain scales and chips. Here are shown a half-dozen typical batches. Note the small "cube" with each of the samples in the top row. This "cube" is a block of paraffin on which a small piece of the film has been mounted by our paint technicians for their convenience in handling and testing. of siding bearing the offending coating. All three of these observations are, Years of experience in studying hun of course, interrelated. All three stem dreds of specimens of paint that "went from the fact that, in repainting, it is wrong" have led us to some definite important to keep in mind that new conclusions, among which are these: paint goes on old paint, that the (a) The chief handicap under which painter is painting paint--not wood, a painter labors in trying to turn' out a or concrete or brick or metal. Put an good repaint job is his inability to get other way, we may say that the build accurate information on the paints that ing is being repainted but its present were used previously on the job. coating only is actually receiving the (b) A surprisingly large number of new paint. Getting good results on painters appear to think that applying the original surface is one thing. Mak a good paint on top of a doubtfully ing a paint take hold and stay put on adhering coating will somehow solidly a previously applied and now lifeless '-riM-oooo anchor both itself and the old film. paint film may be quite another. (c) There is a reluctance to insist No one can say definitely how long that property owners permit and pay a priming coat can continue to support for removal of old paint coatings which the weight of paint applied over it. It are both so old and so thick that depends on the kind of surface, the o another painting is almost sure to cause type of primer used and on how well o o the original priming coat to let go. it was applied. Some of the paint chips o I--l vo 34 vo This is an enlarged, close-up photo of the m row in the picture at left. Actually the "c this view it is enlarged about four times. tives" study the paint sample. After mount fully bevelled with very fine sandpaper. each of the coats of paint which make up coats can be seen. Application of certain edges causes reactions which indicate the In this case, the black line seen in the lo use of the chemical, indicates that that Since the other coats showed no similar r contained no whit sent to us for analysis and comment show a surprisingly heavy accumula tion of coats; others are relatively thin. But in practically every case where the chips show that the coating left the wood completely the original primer, and not the recently applied coat, was the culprit. Adding our own findings, as disclosed by a study of the chips, to the painter's comments about the job that failed, it would in many cases be unfair to blame the present painter for the trouble. The painter must, however, assume at least some of the blame for failure resulting when he paints paint coatings that show signs of cracking (even though there is no actual scaling) due to abnormal thickness of the film. This is true, too, when the old coating is so lifeless that it is flaky or crumbly. It just isn't |)ossibIe for the new paint to reach through the old, hold it on and also get a secure anchorage itself. Up to this point we have not men tioned white lead as such. But when we have said "good paint", we have meant "white lead paint". It is no accident that seldom do pure white lead paint films come in to us for "trouble-shooting". When they do come in, they almost invariably have proved to be victims of "dat ol' debbil" --moisture. And that, of course, is no respecter of paint, no matter how good , or how well applied. Another reason for omitting direct reference to white lead previously is that we have discussed primarily "paint chips, scales, etc.," which have Occasionally a paint-troubled friend sends us a paint specimen right on the piece of wood it failed to protect. The piece of siding shown below in about actual size, bears a cracked and scaling film composed of several layers of paint, as indicated by the bevelled portion at the left end. The chemical test shows that while white lead was used on the last job, and in some of the old coats, at other times the wood was painted with "brittle" paints which caused the cracking and scaling. 0000-NLI-000019912 36 As is generally known, the demand for lin seed oil has been steadily increasing during the past year or so because, in addition to holding down its long-accustomed job as a paint vehicle, it has been asked to serve in place of certain paint and varnish oils which now are virtually unobtainable on account of war conditions. Moreover, linseed oil has become an impor tant factor in the United Nations' food pro gram. At the same time, the country's nor mal supply of linseed oil is currently con siderably curtailed due to the shipping shortage which limits the imports of flax seed. To enable the supply of lin seed oil to meet, as far as pos sible, the demands made upon it, the Government has put into effect certain controls on both the use arid sale of linseed oil. The latest ruling--War Production Board Conserva tion Order M-33 2--reduces the amount of linseed oil that may be used by manufacturers in ready-mixed paints, var nishes, etc., for the civilian market, and at the same time places a limit upon the non volatile content of linseed oil supplied to painters and others for thinning white lead in oil and other pastes. The order is effective July 1st, 1943. The non-volatile con tent of linseed oil for the purpose referred to is re stricted by the order to a maximum of 70 per cent CAUTION: Befora buytg my product intended for use in place of strairt liasead oil, first make sure that it meets Fedei Specification TT-0-171, as does DUTCH BOY LUEED REPLACEMENT OIL. This is your assw that it contains not only an ample amounts) pure linseed oil but also the right proporta of heat-bodied (poly merized) oil to insure ppsr viscosity and paint making properties. Lined Replacement Oil, as described in the ahov Specification, cannot be made simply by addingalatilo thinner to regular any coat on any surface. The paint it produces has the same general proper ties in respect to body, brushability, drying qual ities, spreading rate, etc., as those formerly made with raw or boiled linseed oil. There is the same easy by weight, the remainder raw or boiled linseed oi brushing and good hiding. to be volatile material such Leveling qualities are as as thinners and drier. good as, if not better than, To meet the new government regulation, the regular mix. Setting up is a little more we are now marketing a special oil known rapid due to the higher volatile content but as Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil. this has the advantage of minimizing dust This new paint vehicle conforms to Fed and dirt collection during the drying eral Specification TT-O-371 and contains period. There is no noticeable difference in only pure linseed oil, mineral spirits and the appearance of the film, either in the drier. Its non-volatile portion is a careful wet or dry state. As for durability, tests blend of raw and heat-bodied (polymer and experience have shown that white lead ized) linseed oil. paints will produce long-wearing films even Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil has when somewhat less linseed oil is used than the consistency and working properties of the painter customarily employs. straight linseed oil and can be used in place The use of Dutch Boy Linseed Replace of the latter in any white ment Oil in place of lead or red lead paint for MIXING DRECTIONS (BY VH.UME) straight linseed oil does REPAINTING IUTSIDE WOOD FIRST COAT j FINISH COAT* *Afler paint for thiroot is mixed, odd ii pint turpentine to :h gallon. PAINTING NEWOUTSIDE WOOD First prime with 3 prts while lead, 4 parts linseed replacemen oil and 2 parts tur pentine. Then use eovc two coots. (For complete exteriot p<C loneulai, see next page.) no of oil is wo ad w th co ca lon m 3 pe ea of w ra th Si th th pu ar m du lo m 0000-NLI-000019913 ' % > * ' ySiiiSStiH $ i uphold, so have they. Though the product may be a new acquaintance, the producer is an old friend. The buyer may rest assured that every possible precaution has been taken to make Dutch Boy Linseed Replace ment Oil a thoroughly worthy addition to the Dutch Boy family of top quality paint products. | In mixing or thinning paint, Dutch Boy Linceed Replacement Oil may i be used any place where it hat been customary to use linseed oil. j No drier is needed as this is already in the product. Follow the standard white lead painting formulas except for the finish coat. ! This should include a small amount of turpentine as shown by the finishing coat (gloss) formulas below. DIRECTIONS FOR JV^XING PURE WHITE LEAD PAINT WITH DUTCH BOY LINSEED REPLACEMENT OIL PAINT INTENDED FOR EXTERIOR WOODWORK MATERIALS Dutch Boy Soft Paste White Lead Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil Pure Turpentine Gallons of Paint Produced Square Feet Covered per Gallon, 1 Coat REPAINTING First Coat 100 lbs. 2 gals. 2 gals. 7'A 700 Finish Coat 100 lbs. 3 gals. 3 pts. 6% 700 NEW WORK Priming Second *Finish Coat Coat Coat 100 lbs. 4 gals. 2 gals. 9'A 600 100 lbs. 100 lbs. 1 Vi gals. 3 gals. 1 Vi gals. 3 pts. 6H 6% 700 700 EXTERIOR COMMON BRICK Dutch Boy Soft Paste White Lead Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil Pure Turpentine Gallons of Paint Produced Square Feel Covered per Gallon, 1 Coat 100 lbs. 2 gals. 1 gal. m 1,00 100 lbs. 3 gals. 3 pts. 6% 600 100 lbs. 5 gals. H gal9 too 100 lbs. 3 gals. 1 gal. w 400 100 lbs. 3 gals. 3 pts. 500 EXTERIOR STUCCO, CONCRETE and STONE Dutch Boy Soft Paste White Lead Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil Pure Turpentine Spar Varnish Gallons of Paint Produced Square Feet Covered per Gallon, 1 Coat 100 lbs. 2 gala. 1 gal. eH 400 100 lbs. 3 gals. 3 pts. B% 500 100 lbs. 3 gals. I'A gals 2 gals. sy2 200 100 lbs. 100 lbs. 2 gals. 3 gals. 1 gal. 3 pts. BA 400 BH 600 If heavy paste whi e lead, inatead of aoft paste, is uaed in any of t le above forenulaa, add 1 quart of tur] entine. ; `f''*'** With this simple apparatus it is possib paint specimen--either the liquid paint film--is pure white lead. A couple of small piece of paint film, is placed in th block. With a blow pipe directing the specimen, a small bead or globule of p hollow if the paint contained practicall in block at right. If no bright lead bead a white ash, as shown in the block at the paint was not p come off failed jobs. As all experienced painters know, pure white lead paint does not fail by chipping or scaling. Futhermore, white lead paint almost never contributes to the overly-thickpaint-coating type of failure, for the s w T " p l 0000-NLI-000019914 j i j. o o o 01 5r? o hooo-i so VO I--* tA Flff kM mm +* Chm * rtw iw aft HLai f i KEEPING AMERICA POSTED AMERICAN home owners, generally, realize that it **-is more important now than ever to keep their homes in good condition--to make them last. It makes sense, and it bespeaks patriotism. Because materials with which to rebuild, or even repair, the home front are virtually non-existent. Because building materials, and building capital and building labor are more ur gently needed in the war effort. There is no better, no more practical, no more eco nomical way to make homes last than to repaint them. There is no more lasting paint than white lead. There is no shortage of white lead paint. To place these facts before American home owners, and to keep on reminding them, the makers of Dutch Boy products are sending out 215,566,494 messages this year via The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Ameri can Home, Better Homes and Gardens, Country Gen tleman, Farm Journal, and Hoard's Dairyman. .... , A few of the 1943 advertisements are reproduced in -J 1 ON PAINT miniature here. No doubt you have noticed them in one or more of the big magazines, just as have many of your home-owning cus tomers, present or prospective. You may be sure that if your cus tomer doesn't say, "Make it Dutch Boy" when you discuss the job, it is because he takes for granted that you are certain to use Dutch Boy anyway. Lead Industries' Campaign Continues Running practically parallel with the Dutch Boy campaign this year is the white lead paint pub licity sponsored by Lead Indus tries Association. As in previous years, the L.I.A. advertisements stress the point that "You're Money Ahead When You Paint With White Lead." The Lead Industries' advertise ments, two of which are shown here in greatly reduced size, will appear throughout 1943 in the Saturday Evening Post, American Home, Better Homes and Gar dens, and Agricultural Leaders' Digest. The total of individual messages delivered during the year will be about 63,000,000. Considered either separately or together, the Dutch Boy Cam paign and the Lead Industries' campaign should make American property owners well aware of the need for keeping the home front well painted and should re mind them that the paint that makes homes last is the lasting paint--pure white lead. 0000-NLI-000019916 HOW THE PAINTER CAN HELP CONSERVE MANPOWER IF ever there was a time when The National Safety Council has every American should try to drawn upon its 30-year accident-pre reach, and remain at, the peak of his vention experience to develop plans productive capacity, it is right now. for getting the cooperation of the pub Every month, every week, every day lic to play safe--work safe--stay safe. spent off the job now means unneces The country's painters, the same as sary delay in winning the war. all other craftsmen, have a large stake It is hard to believe, but is none the in this or any other safety campaign. less true, that since Pearl Harbor While emphasis naturally and proper 85,(XX) persons have lost their lives ly is being placed on the prevention of in this country through accidents; that accidents to persons directly engaged 7,700,000 persons have been injured in war production, no one can afford through accidents; that 410,000,000 to underestimate the importance of man-days have been lost because of cutting down all accidents. Because accidents. we are all contributing to the war Translated into terms of unpro effort in one way or another--by duced war materials desperately needed protecting property against weather- by ourselves and our Allies--planes, damage, by engaging in civilian de ships, tanks, guns, food, etc.--the fense activities, by buying War Bonds tremendous toll taken by accidents and Stamps, by paying taxes and so on. of all kinds makes large-scale preven Obviously a painter, like any one else, tive action imperative. And that ac can't cooperate fully if he is "laid up" tion is taking the form of a nation --his working capacity and his earn wide drive to point out to the public ing power come to a halt until he gets just how much harm is being done the back on the job. Moreover, the short war effort by carelessness and to sug age of civilian doctors, nurses, hospital gest methods of preventing this waste facilities, etc., makes every accident of manpower. doubly unfortunate now. Led by business and industry, By nature, the painting business is America is organizing the greatest more or less hazardous. It involves counterattack on accidents ever at the use of equipment which, if faulty, tempted. The first move was made by can cause accidents not only to the the President of the United States users or operators thereof but to the when he called on the National Safety general public as well. It involves the Council to mobilize its nation-wide use of materials which, if improperly resources to lead a concerted campaign handled or stored, can cause much against accidents. damage to persons and property by fire 40 or explosion. It involves the use of tools and accessories which, if left in improper places, can cause accidents to the unwary and the unsuspecting. Quite apart from his cooperating with the stop-accidents campaign by proper inspection and use of his tools and equipment, the painter can also contribute in another direction, and that is, by the judicious use of paint. But before suggesting ways to use paint as a safety measure, we should say a word about the abuse of paint-- on the painter's own equipment. No piece of equipment such as stepladders, extension ladders, scaffolding, planking, horses, etc., should ever be painted. An opaque paint coating, as some painters have learned to their sorrow, may completely hide a broken or cracked rung, rail, support, brace or board. To the eye, the painted ob ject may look perfectly sound and safe, but when the painter's weight or heavy materials are placed upon it, the hidden Haw comes to light by causing an unfortunate accident. To keep woo and it m a li and ous the thro I buil inte "no the wel pers edge each I whe the was corn or che prac I bee 0000-NLI-000019917 is more easily distinguishable during dim-outs and black-outs. This, of course, tends to cut down traffic acci dents when the street lighting system is turned off. Perhaps the most widespread use of paint today as a "safety device" is in factories, to improve over-all seeing conditions for all workers and to high light parts of machines which are po tentially dangerous. Machines that normally are painted entirely in dull greens, dark grays or black tend to blend into solid dark masses. Con trasts are lacking, eyes are strained, danger spots are not emphasized and workers hands are all too often injured. The proper use of paint of certain . colors sets the machines apart from their dull background and creates a contrast between those parts or ele ments of the machine which are dan gerous and those which are not. The working section of the machine is separated visually from the tnass by giving it a coat of light colored paint to contrast with adjacent differently colored areas. For example, a com bination much used is a medium gray body color with buff on the working areas, the paint having a washable semi-gloss finish. In addition to pro viding more light and better seeing conditions at the actual working sur face, thus fostering increased produc tion, this combination clearly spot lights the location of the danger point, thus helping to prevent accidents which hamper production. It isn't to be expected, of course, that the painter can walk into a near by war plant and do an on-the-spot job of selling a safety-first painting plan. But when the occasion arises, he can suggest to interested parties the possibility of using paint to speed up production and cut down accidents. Working with the management and the National Safety Council, effective paint-using safety measures can be put into effect. Viewed from a number of angles, it should be obvious to all painters that they can play a big part in re ducing the number of accidents which are today reducing America's strength by wasting American manpower. 42 National Lead Company's staff of practical paint me problems 'without charge. Address your letter to HI Broadway, New York, N. Y. Please state your your name and address on your letter. Our reply wi problems discussed below have been selected beca interest. Space limitations permit the printing of on A Year Between Primer and Second Coat Is Too Long Question: A customer wants me to give his'new house a coat of your Exterior Primer now and a coat of your Outside White a year from now. This will be the first time I have used your new two-coat system and l don't know whether or not the customer's suggestion is practical. Is itf Answer: While it is always desir able to give a coat of paint plenty of time to set, dry and harden, a year's lapse between coats of a two-coat sys tem on new outside wood is too long. Point out to your customer that the Primer is designed to seal the wood surface, hide it, and make it uniform, besides furnishing a base to which the finish coat can securely anchor itself. Tell him that the Outside White is designed to protect the priming coat, to complete the hiding of the under surface, and to add solidity and a uni formly substantial appearance to the job. To let the primer stand alone against the weather for as long as a year would be to invite a loss of some of the inherent characteristics of both the Primer and the Outside White la pa wh ex ve of the the job sig fad ho tw de gre sto po wa pa pa wi Du ou ho sc 0000-NLI-000019918 Dutc h Boi| Pointer. ---------------- -------------------- ---------------------- take off the grease but it also takes off the paint--any paint. If the stencil patterns are not too badly worn off it may be possible for you to touch them up free-hand. Then give the walls and ceiling of the kitchen a good starch coat. Dissolve a pound of gloss laundry starch in a little luke warm water, add an ounce of pow dered alum, then pour boiling water into the solution until it thickens to jelly and becomes clear. Reduce to brushing consistency with cold water. Brush this coating on the walls (the walls should be cleaned first, of course) with a regular wall brush and immediately stipple, either with a wall stipple or a roller stippler. This starch coat will collect all the dirt and grease that formerly went right on the bare paint, so that the next time the lady cleans the walls, she will wash off the starch (without using scouring powder!) and will not hurt the paint. And, of course, you should then do the re-starching. Painting Cupola of Lead-<Coated Copper Question: IVe have been asked to paint a large colonial style cupola on a building here. The cupola is made of lead-coated sheet copper, according to the building man ager, and is about ten years old. IVhat is the best way to do this jobf Answer: Obviously the only reason for painting a cupola of this kind is to achieve a change of color, because leadcoated copper is just about as durable as anything you can think of. Also, 44 most people, far from objecting to the gray antique color of weathered lead, find it most pleasing. However, if you must paint the cupola, here is how: Clean the surface well with sand paper, steel wool or wire brush. Thin too lbs. Dutch Boy soft paste white lead with 2 gals. Dutch Boy raw lin seed oil, 1 gal. pure turpentine and 1 pt. Dutch Boy liquid drier. Apply this priming coat to the metal, brushing it out well to a thin, uniform coating. When the primer is dry and hard, apply a second coat of paint consisting of 100 lbs. Dutch Boy soft paste white lead, 1 gal. Dutch Boy raw linseed oil, gals- pure turpentine and 1 pt. Dutch Boy liquid drier. This paint should be tinted with Dutch Boy col ors in oil to about the finish coat color. For a medium gloss finishing coat, use a paint consisting of 100 lbs. Dutch Boy soft paste white lead, 2 gals. Dutch Boy raw linseed oil, Y gal. pure turpentine and 1 pt. Dutch Boy liquid drier, tinted to suit. If a flat finish is wanted, use a paint com posed of equal volumes of Dutch Boy soft paste white lead and Dutch Boy Lead Mixing Oil, tinted to suit. For a full-gloss finish, simply use Dutch Boy Pure White Lead Paint--Outside White, tinted to suit. Sunlight-Reducing Paint for. Greenhouses Question: About a year ago I painted the roof glass of a greenhouse here and now the paint is commencing to wash off so that &___________________________ too much sunlight gets through. I know that this Florida climate is tough on some paints but I hope you can suggest one that will stand up satisfactorily on greenhouse glass. Answer: Judged by your "washingoff" comment, we assume you applied your paint to the outside of the glass, which, of course, is all right if that's what the nurseryman or grower wanted. More often the paint, if it is to be a year-round sun filter, is put on the interior surface of the glass. In all except the far southern and far western parts of the country, grow ers generally use temporary seasonal coatings of whitewash or other waterthinned paints. These are applied to the interior of the house to cut down sun radiation in the hot months and are washed off to admit all the sun's weaker rays in spring, fall and winter. To more or less permanently frost the glass on the inside of the house, first clean the glass thoroughly. Then mix a paint consisting of 100 lbs. Dutch Boy soft paste white lead thinned with about 4 gallons of Dutch Boy Lead Mixing Oil. This paint should be applied to the clean, dry glass (and frames as well, if you wish) and stippled thoroughly with an ordinary wall stippling brush. It is important that only a thin, well-brushed-out paint be used on glass, for best adhe sion. The translucency of the coating can be regulated to a surprising degree by proper manipulation of the stippler. If you, must paint the outside sur face of the glass, instead of the inside, follow the same procedure but use a slig Du an Bo ha it hou Le be Q fum pro am tre no an of aw fum wis str Th we Du Du mi Fl to wa .co low af lac If you can't shoulder a gun You can shoulder your home front responsibilities Check the things that ^ 1*t ' ; I'm investing 10% of my earnings regularly In War Bonds. I'm observing all safe* --ty-first rules, both on and off the job. I'm letting "wr in ------ formation" go in one ear and out the other. I'm taking every item of sorap metal 1 find to the sorap depot. I'm giving a go of my spare Civilian Defense ac 0000-NLI-000019919 I'm taking extra good ------- care of my truck and ear--to make them last. I'm giving a lift to ------ others when I drive my oar to and from jobs. I'm contributing fre quently to USO, Red Cross, etc. 46 Since this beautiful church at Huntington, L. 1., was built in 1784, it has had the uninterrupted protection of pure white lead. Not a sidewall shingle has required replacement. PRESERVING THE PAST FOR POSTERITY Just as Old Glory has staunchly weathered the wars that have beset our Nation so, too, have landmarks of early America survived their constant struggle with the elements. That many of these structures have so long and so well withstood the buffeting of summer's heat and winter's cold is due to the skill and integrity of their builders... and to the protection given by regular painting with pure white lead. And today, Dutch Boy White Lead is standing vigil, as did its Colonial counter part, preserving the heritage ot the past for posterity. 0000-NLI-000019920 i 1 > i ) 0 0 0 0 -N L I-0 0 0 0 19921 If campaign bars were given for service on the "home front" Dutch Boy White Leail would rate the limit. Because for as long as many of us can remember, Dutch Boy has faithfully served the nation's homes, from border to border and coast to coast. Like a loyal soldier, Dutch Boy has stayed on post, in forty helow cold and a hundred and forty heat, battling the ele ments and protecting our property. Truly, Dutch Boy is Ameri ca's home guard, full of weather fight, putting up a defense that does not crack, rendering years of distinguished paint service. Published by NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY Room 1(15, 111 Broadway Now York 6, N. Y. VOLUME 36, NUMBER 3, 19 NEW FIBRE DUTCH BOY WH IOOKING ahead to the time when toi -4 the steel required in making kegs me for white lead would no longer be ob car tainable, due to government restric W tions on the use of the metal for this con purpose, we have for the past year or liq more been investigating the possibilities ano of other types of containers to take the cre place of the familiar ioo lb. size steel ria white lead keg. hav As a result of this prolonged re ne search and testing a new fibre ioo lb. like keg has been adopted for Dutch Hoy rep white lead. It will gradually make its we appearance in different sections of the lea country as stocks of steel kegs become exhausted. ter A large number of commodities fra heretofore sold in metal containers are an now being put up in metal-saving ria packages. In many instances the tra change-over has been rather easily ac ca complished because of the nature of the be product. Certain liquid goods such as ha beverages, oils and the like, formerly shi sold in metal containers, have lent pro themselves well to glass packages, for pin example. Dry products such as coffee, 0000-NLI-000019922 Dulcli Bot| Painter. solved. The new package for white Opening the new fibre keg is a lead is here. Chalk up another triumph quick, clean and easy proposition. As for Dutch Hoy. the illustrations indicate, it takes no Every test to which the new fibre time at all. The use of a saw is prefer package has been subjected shows that able but if one is not handy, the top it will withstand normal shipping and band and inner ring can be severed handling satisfactorily. It has been with a hammer and screwdriver, putty approved, for example, by the Inter knife or chisel. state Commerce Commission. As with Once this new keg is opened you other "war emergency" containers, may be sure that you will find in it however, it is advisable to handle the the same top-quality, triple-improved new keg with reasonable care. The^ Dutch Boy white lead that you previ thick, raised bands around top and bot ously got in steel--with the same extra tom are a help in this regard since they whiteness, greater hiding power and afford a place to grip in handling the better body. keg. They also act as "bearers" for the In these days of change dictated by keg when it must be rolled. Particu military necessity it is well to bea' in larly, the keg should be kept dry. Don't mind that quality and dependability stand it in a wet place or allow it to still are by-words for Dutch Boy. It remain on a floor or sidewalk that may will pay you to look for and buy goods become wet. See that it is protected at bearing the Dutch Boy Painter trade all times from rain, snow or other mark, whether the package be the old moisture or liquid. familiar type or its wartime successor. 1.--Cut through innor ring and band. 2.--Pull avrd band and ring off keg. 3.--Pry out cavor. Note: Body labels for kegs were not ready when above photos were made, hence blank keg is shown. 52 HtJPVENATE THE FLO The painter, during these war times, probably is as intimately con cerned with the many problems in volved in housing war workers as any other building craftsman. Where liv ing quarters are scarce, practically any structure resembling a house is con verted as quickly and as cheaply as possible into "a housing unit". Old, apne-to-seed residences are pressed into service when war-workers come to town. The larger ones are divided into separate quarters for several families. Even store buildings are now serving as homes in some cities. Any major rearrangement of a building calls for carpenters, plas terers, electricians, etc., of course. But when the structural alterations have been completed the painters take over. And it is largely up to the painter to apply the touches that really make liveable homes out of what otherwise would be dingy, cheer less and unsanitary quarters. It is the painter who spruces up and protects the interior of the rebuilt house. It is the painter who hides the scars of re modelling. It is the painter who brings cheerful color to bare and drab interiors. And, perhaps even more important, it is the painter who gives a new lease on life to materials made scarce or unobtainable by the war. Take flooring for example. In some cases it may be possible to obtain new lumber but in others it is either im possible or impracticable. The con tractors or the tenants must make the mos them may and soft muc is o reno it m to p com W righ colo floo ing that G for roug to r mov all slas be boa crac C with with and don app be T Boy wor duce bit 0 0 0 0 -N L I-0 0 0 0 19923 Fig. l whiting. Do a thorough job of mixing and kneading. Mix the putty just thin enough to draw smoothly out under the knife. When the priming coat on the floor is dry, apply the putty to the cracks and other worn spots using a broad glazing knife, smoothing off carefully. After the putty has dried hard and firm, sand it off smooth and even. Before any paint is applied to the floor, all scrapings, dust and dirt should, of course, be swept up. More often than not, floors are simply cleaned and then painted with out much thought about the nature of the service to which floor finishes are subjected. It should be pretty obvious that, in order to stand up for any .length of time under the scraping legs of furniture, scuffing heels, much scrubbing, etc., floor paint has to be carefully designed to assure a hard, tough, well-anchored coating. Paint that is built to give good all-weather ser vice on exteriors, for ex ample, doesn't necessarily meet the demands made on floor paint--it contains too much oil. Here are the formulas for paint for floors not pre viously painted, or for floors from which the old paint, varnish or wax have been entirely removed: PRIMING COAT Dutch Boy Soft Paste White Lead ioo lbs. Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil 3 gals. Pure Turpentine 2 gals. Gallons of Paint Produced 8% Sq. Ft. Covered per Gal., / Coat 600 SECOND COAT Dutch Boy Soft Paste White Lead too lbs. Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil gal. Pure Turpentine ' 2>4 gals. Gallons of Paint Produced 6 Sq. Ft. Covered per Gal., 1 Coat 700 FINISH COAT Dutch Boy Soft Paste White Lead too lbs. Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil pi gal. Pure Turpentine 34 gal. Floor Varnish iJ4 gals. Gallons of Paint Produced 6 Sq. Ft. Covered per Gal., 1 Coat 700 Fig. 2 -A A &___________________________ _____ To protect the paint finish and to help the paint coating absorb the wear and tear of day-to-day service, it is a good idea, when the paint is dry and hard to apply a coat or two of paste wax, polished to a high lustre. Regarding color choice, there is no reason whatever to confine the range of proper floor paint colors to a couple of grays, browns and yellows. In planning color assemblies or groupings for interiors, housewives think in terms of many colors--and they in clude the floors in their thinking, whether it be a carpet, rug or other covering. Such colors as turquoise, deep wine red, plum, prune, green, blue and even black are considered by the ladies. Furniture, drapery, and upholstery colors, once bought, are fixed. The big advantage of painted color has always been and always will be the ability to meet and match any and all conditions, to fit right in the decorative scheme. So it should be with floor paint colors. The primer and the second coat may simply be gray or perhaps approximately the finish color, but the final coat can be just what the house wife wants to match her own ideas. A painted floor need not be a plain, one-color expanse, either. Some highly decorative and interesting effects with stencils are possible on floors as they are on other interior surfaces. Paint-decorated floors should be of more than passing interest right now for several reasons. Many of the new sma have rag cate ther past hom Pea muc and pres S floo in m as woo P floo a de as s a sim very F sten Fig vari style cen of bord sten the A one wor bord Fig. 3 in Figure 4. A border of suitable width is painted around the room edge in lighter or darker value than the center color. Then, diagonally in the corners is placed a simple design in the same color as the border. For the room in modernistic or con temporary modern architecture and furnishings, there is practically no end of decorative floor layouts that are easy to do and that do not require much time. Figure 5 suggests a simple mask design with a distinct modern flavor. Here the floor has been done all over in one color of medium value, two coats. Then a wave mask was used on top, the dark color being ap plied off the mask with a stencil .brush. The small double leaf designs were stencilled in later on the dark border. All-over or diaper patterns for floors are almost necessary for some of the rooms now being done in Peasant style decoration. The floor shown in Figure 6 was stencilled in black and white on a tile red ground color. In this particular case, two coats of tile red, the stencil colors, two coats of dull floor varnish and wax made up the complete floor finish. The sten cilling was quickly accomplished be cause a large stencil with five of the motifs was used, thus five black or five white designs were applied at each set ting of the stencil. A center chalk line was struck down the floor both ways Fig. 5 and the stencil was set first in one of the four quarters about the center point. Working in each direction from the center made it easy to keep the pattern running true to match on all four sides of the stencil. A definitely modern shaded floor treatment is indicated in Figure 7. '1 he two side margins may be some very dark color such as black, blueblack, dull red or jade green. In be tween, the floor calls for a light ground color such as cream, and it should be in harmony with the mar gin ne aft 0000-NLI-000019924 Fig. 4 spaced pencil lines, then stippling on a darker value of the main floor color. In addition to stencil decoration there are, of course, other ways to relieve a plain painted expanse of floor. Spatter work is employed oc casionally. Imitation tile effects, too, are sometimes used, copying a linole um pattern of checkerboard squares 59 or other shapes that can be laid out on the floor with chalk or masking tape. In choosing a color scheme for a floor and in selecting the decorative treatment, the painter must, of course, approach the job just as the house wife approaches the job of picking out floor coverings--with proper regard for the use to which the room is put. "LCT'S LOOK AT If you can't carry samples to your customer, carry your customer to the samples. Many salesmen have but to open their sample cases in order to demonstrate their arguments for their particular goods. The painting sales man, however, cannot operate in this manner. The samples he wants to show' may be at the other end of town. This handicap is more theoretical than real to painting contractor Glen Hawthorne, though. H. A. Shugert, Cincinnati branch Dutch Boy repre sentative, tells us that Hawthorne sells Dutch Boy jobs by taking his cus tomers for a ride. First he makes clear to the property owner that, when buy ing a paint job, there's the next paint ing to keep in mind, too--whether costly unpainting will first have to be done, or merely a routine dusting. The customer naturally grasps this point very quickly. To drive home his argument, Hawthorne drives the home owner to a house the old paint on which will have to be completely removed ^efore any new paint can go on. Since no one would knowingly buy a job that will wear out violently and expensively, Hawthorne has no trouble selling the other kind--a job that wears out slowdy, eveidy and stubborn ly--a Dutch Boy job. Hawthorne disclaims any particular selling ability--he says that all he does is to show' samples. The jobs do the talking, the customer does the listening and Haw'thorne then does the painting --with Dutch Boy. FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT Dutch Boy LINSEED REPLACEMENT OIL When an old, familiar staple like pure linseed oil virtually vanishes from the stores and paint shops where it has always been taken for granted, there is bound to be unusual interest, not to say curiosity, in any product designed to take its place. A man who earns his livelihood by applying paint wants to know everything he can about a prod uct that is new to him. The purpose of this article, therefore, is to answer some of the questions about Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil that may be in the minds of those who will handle it--over the counter, in the paint shop or on the job. Perhaps the most important thing to know about Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil is that it is a Dutch Boy product, put together, put up and put out by the same organization that makes and markets the products with which the oil is chiefly intended for use--paste white lead and red lead. The user can be very sure that, in formulating and manufacturing Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil every thing has been done to make it a fit vehicle for Dutch Boy paint pigments. Moreover, it is important to know that Dutch Boy Linseed Replace ment Oil meets Federal Specification TT-O-371. T his is the user's assur ance that it contains not only ample linseed oil but also the correct pro portion of heat-bodied linseed oil to insure proper viscosity and paint making properties. Linseed replace ment oil as defined in the Government specification, cannot be made merely by adding volatile thinner to regular raw or boiled linseed oil. Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil is a carefully controlled blend of pure linseed oil--the proper amount of which is heat bodied (polymerized) --volatile thinner and drier. There is nothing mysterious about any of these ingredients--they are all well known paint staples. Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil, for has a is p white the p Ad red l ment oil p and been nomi surfa Th Dutc do n straig the s erties DIRECTIONS FOR MIXING PUR WITH DUTCH BOY LINSE ED PAINT INTENDED FOR EXTERIOR WOODWORK MATERIALS Dutch Boy Soft Paste White Lead Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil Pure Turpentine Gallons of Paint Produced Square Feet Covered per Gallon, 1 Coat RE Fir Co 100 2g 2g 7' 70 EXTERIOR COMMON BRICK Dutch Boy Soft Paste White Lead Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil Pure Turpentine Gallons of Paint Produced Square Feet Covered per Gallon, l Coat 100 2g 1g 6' 1,0 EXTERIOR Dutch Boy Soft Baste White Lead 100 Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil 2 ga STUCCO, Pure Turpentine 1g CONCRETE and STONE Spar Varnish Gallons of Paint Produced Square Feel Covered per Gallon, 1 Coat 6'A 40 If heavy lead, any thpa*le white instrail of soft paste, ia used in of abov 0000-NLI-000019927 Dutch Boij Painter-------------------- ________________.___________________________________________________ which works easily under the brush, spreads well and hides properly. The paint levels off a little better, perhaps, than a straight oil paint. Setting up is a little more rapid due to the higher volatile content, and this has the ad vantage of inviting less dirt collection during the drying period.- Either in the wet or the dry state, there is no marked difference in the appearance of the paint coating. Its durability on the job is, of course, very satisfactory because, as all experienced painters know, white lead paints produce longlasting coatings even with somewhat less linseed oil than is customarily us d. The use of Dutch Hoy Linseed Re placement Oil makes white lead paint mixing even simpler than before be cause no drier is needed--it is incor porated in the oil at the factory. Aside from this change, the only other al teration in the regular mixing direc tions concerns finishing coat paint. Here it is necessary to add a half pint of turpentine to each gallon of* paint. Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil is sold the same way as straight linseed oil--in gallon jugs, 5-gallon cans and large steel drums. -----------------*--------------- 1-----------;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Turn in your Tin! It's a Vital War Metal! Munition makers need every ounce they can get. You can help mightily by making it a fixed rule to send back to war every tin can you empty in your kitchen. The pictures show how to prepare a can for tin recovery. Cut out both ends of can. 62 Remove label and clean can. Put ends in can and flatten. Set out for collection, WHY NOT MINT THE Chimneys are, ofjTcourse, mostly utilitarian. But thatj/s no//reason they should receive little/uor np consideration when the rest of the house is being painted. Gutters and downspouts are utilitarian, too, but they are not likely to be overlooked when the paint ing of the house is being discussed. Because the chimney's job is func tional it cannot always also be decora tive. That is to say, the draftsman or architect, in considering the front and side elevations of a house, to achieve symmetry, pleasing outline or nice pro portion, may be handicapped by the floor plans. The furnace, fireplace or stove may be so located within the structure that its smokestack must per force emerge from the roof at a very bad spot indeed. When this happens, proper painting can do much by way of camouflage. Truth to tell, most people don't have their chimneys painted and most pa sim a on sm by co ov da pa if we ne for pro pa bo tai ne Th join chi 0000-NLI-000019928 Dulclv Boi| Painter______________ ________________ :_________________ 2l> pling, comes a stiff wind. Had the chimney received the same paint care as the rest of the structure it would have better withstood its exposure to the weather. On many a modern house, the chim ney is a very prominent architectural feature, not just a detail. In fact, in the photograph reproduced here, the chimney cannot possibly be overlooked. In cases like this, there is no question about painting the chimney--the main problem is how to paint it. Assuming that many chimneys do need painting from either or both the standpoints of protection and appear ance, how shall the job be done? Some painters have had little success in painting common brick chimneys simply because they viewed the job the same as a regular brick wall job. When the paint discolored or came off in patches the blame was usually placed on the paint. The reason paint will part company from a brick chimney when the same paint will stay put on an adjacent brick or frame wall may be due to the construction of the chimney. While the sidewalls of the house are pro tected by the roof and thus are water tight at the top, the chimney may not be able to shed rain properly because it lacks a cement, stone or tile coping. Brick chimney tops frequently are coated 'over with cement trowelled much too thin for long protection. A cast slab of cement three or more inches thick makes a permanent seal 64 but the thin sheet soon cracks up and allows water to leak down between the bricks, break up the mortar and by attacking the paint from the rear, so to speak, cause it to blister and peel. Another reason for paint failures on common brick chimneys may be found in the bricks themselves. Note the black-stained bricks in the previously mentioned picture. The paint came off these particular bricks because they were soot or smoke soaked when they were laid, having come to this job after use in a dismantled building. 1 hese so-called "black bricks" also may show up in chimneys which are laid up with new common bricks but which have no flue linings. Smoke, because of the materials it contains, permeates the more absorbent bricks and in time works through to the out side. If the chimney had previously been painted, the paint on the affected bricks would, of course, come off. On some chimneys soot discolora tions occur because no chimney pots were installed to carry the smoke high enough to give proper clearance over the brick around the chimney top. From the foregoing it will be seen that painting common brick chimneys, like painting practically all other sur faces and building materials, calls for a certain amount of inspection and preparation before the actual applica tion of the paint. First, is the chimney properly con structed? Does it have a rain-tight, water-shedding coping? If not, the ^___________________________ __ liQme owner should have one put on before any painting is done. Second, does the chimney need point ing up? Is the mortar in good shape and are the bricks solidly anchored ? If not, the repairs should be made before painting. Third, are there any "black bricks" in evidence? Any bricks that look sooty and discolored? If so, they should be wire-brushed, sandpapered and then thoroughly scrubbed with water to which strong soap powder has been added. The bricks should be allowed plenty of time to dry out before paint- in s m fr n a to d I s ti p fi 0000-N LI-000019929 he removed down to the bare brick, is concerned, most painters prefer to using a paint remover, followed by use their worn-down or "third best" scraping and wire brushing. brushes for the first coat on such rough The actual painting procedure on a stuff as brick chimneys. Stubby, brick chimney, once the preparation is rather stiff brushes enable them to rub attended to, differs not at all from the paint in close and make sure that that on any other common brick sur there's paint in every pore and crack face. For the paint there is nothing and especially in the mortar courses. better than pure white lead. Complete Some folks like to retain the ap paint mixing directions appear on page pearance of individual bricks in their 61, in connection with the article on painted brick chimneys, particularly Linseed Replacement Oil. when the job is done in some typical As with all other painting, a spell brick color. This is readily accom of good, dry weather should precede plished by lining off the original mor i the job and prevail while doing it. tar courses, either free-hand or with a Plenty of time should be allowed be straight-edge, with a lining brush or tween coats for proper drying. small fitch using paint of a different So far as the application of the paint color than that employed overall. 'i LUMBER AND PAINT, LIKE LEAD AND OIL, GO TOGETHER The Kittinger Lumber Company of Owensboro, Ky., realizing the natural tie-up be tween good lumber and good paint, put in a stoek of Dutch Boy Pure White Lead Paint when this product was introduced a couple of years ago. That stock has not been static-- it has moved and keeps on moving. The Kittinger people shown above are, left to right: Miss Benita Rittel, H. II'. Chinn, C. D. Sharp and .1. If'. Kittinger. J. O. Kittinger looks after the advertising which in recent seasons has included radio and newspapers. 66 I am the Dutch Boy Painter trade mark. My presence on this package of pure white lead paint changes not one whit the quality of the product within. Unlabled, this container would still hold the best in paint. But you wouldn't be sure until you tried it. I'm here to identify this paint, to tell you at a glance that it's a Dutch Boy Product, to assure you that, if you want a paint that has everything-- extreme whiteness, high hiding, substantial body, typical white lead ruggedness, this is it. 0000-NLI-000019930 National Lead Company's staff of practical paint men will help you solve your painting problems <without charge. Address your letter to National Lead Co., Room j 8i5, in Broadway, New York, N. Y. Please state your problem fully and be sure to place your name and address on your letter. Our reply will reach you promptly by mail. The problems discussed below have been selected because they appear to be of general interest. Space limitations permit the printing of only a few of the problems bandied. Painting Casein-Coated Sand Oil is not obtainable, mix the 50 lbs. Finish Piaster of white lead with Ys gal. turpentine, Question: How shall I go about paint ing sand finish plaster walls and ceilings that are now coated with casein painti The coating doesn't appear to be on very solid and l am wondering if I should try to take it off. Yi pt. varnish and Ya Pt. liquid drier. This paint may be tinted with colors in oil. It may also be stippled if a straight brushed finish is not wanted. Answer: If there is the slightest Filling Wall Cracks to Stay Flush doubt about the adhesion of the old Question: / have trouble patching cracks casein paint, remove it. The chances in plaster walls. After undercutting the are that you can clean it off by care ful use of a fine wire brush. Once the old coating is removed cracks in the usual way, / fill them, let them dry and then spot prime the patches, sometimes with lead and oil paint, some times with varnish. More often than not I ( and the walls dusted clean, you can the cracks swell after the final paint coat, apply a coat of Dutch Boy Wall giving the wall a very unsatisfactory ap pearance. Please tell me how to fill these Primer right out of the container. This cracks so they will stay flush with the wall. , primer should be applied freely with a Answer: You do not say just what full brush and rubbed out well in crack-filling material you use. As a order to completely seal the surface general rule we suggest regular patch and to get a well-anchored foundation ing plaster sold by most paint anil for the next coat of paint. hardware stores. This must be mixed For the second, and any following, with water as directed on the package, coat of paint use Dutch Boy Soft Paste then forced into the cracks after the White Lead thinned with an equal crack edges have been wet with clean volume of Dutch Boy Lead Mixing water. The crack should be completely Oil (50 lbs. white lead and 1 Ys gas filled, then trowelled smooth and level oil, for example). If Lead Mixing with the rest of the wall surface. After 68 ___________________________ _____ the patch is dry it should be given a coat of Dutch Boy Wall Primer thinned down with turpentine at the rate of one part of thinner to ten parts of Primer. This thinning is done in order to reduce the thickness of the paint film over the patch. After the spot priming is dry, sand down the- entire wall surface, patches and all, then go ahead with the paint ing. Treated thus, the walls should turn out smooth and uniform. Uneven Gloss on One-Coat Job Question: I am disturbed over a one-coat white lead repaint job I did a couple of months ago. I used a mix of 100 lbs. white lead, 3 gats, raw linseed oil and a pint of drier. The old paint--a very light cream color--was in good shape, the weather was good and the job appeared to be all right when I finished. It looks good now, too, until you see it from an angle. Then some areas look very dull and flat while other places are nice and glossy. The owner is complaining and 1 would like to know the cause of the trouble so l can correct it. Answer: A one-coat job that turns out 100% right is an exception, not the rule. In spite of the fact that the old surface appeared to be in good condi tion, the premature flatting on certain areas proved that the old paint coating, if not the underlying wood, was un evenly absorbent. This condition could not have been observed, of course, on the old surface which probably had lost all its gloss. It is obvious that these more ab sorbent areas robbed your paint of much of its oil. Then, too, any over- lapp stret than over T ure, with one othe if h thou the or l mixe read you seed plac of tu R Qu have have way A come am Ami etc. scra abra A glass ox. f amm clean cloth a cle polis 0000-NLI-000019931 Diilcli Boi| Pointer. cellent for regular use on plate glass windows. It iinparts a brilliant shine. Painting Tarry Galvanized Iron Question: 1 have been asked to paint some old galvanized iron' now coated with some sort of tar or asphaltum. Can I do a good job with oil paint on this iron f Answer: If you can discover some practical method of removing every trace of the old tar or asphalt from the metal you can do a good oil paint job. Otherwise, no. No paint will stick to tar for long. And if it is a light-tinted paint it will discolor quickly. Your best move, undoubtedly, if the tar can't be removed, is to recommend a new coat of the same material previ ously used. Painting Concrete Block House Question: The white cement paint on a house built of concrete blocks is turning powdery and some washes off in the rain. It 'hat is the best way to remove this old coating and how can I paint the house so the job will lastf Answer: Getting the old paint off the surface of the concrete should not be difficult if some of it now comes off during a rain. Obviously it is a waterthinned coating. A good brisk wirebrushing should loosen the old ma terial. Then follow with a thorough brushing with an ordinary stiff scrub bing brush. A solid, long-wearing, water-resis. taut job on this house calls for three coats of paint. These should be mixed as follows: 70 PRIMING COAT Dutch Boy Soft Paste White Lead ioo lbs. Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil 3 gals. Pure Turpentine gals. Spar Varnish 2 gals. Gallons of Paint Produced q 1/2 Sg. Ft. Covered per Gal., 1 Coat 200 SECOND COAT Dutch Boy Soft Paste White Lead 100 lbs. Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil 2 gals. Pure Turpentine 1 gal. Gallons of Paint Produced 6'A Sg. Ft. Covered per Gal., 1 Coat 400 FINISH COAT (GLOSS) Dutch Boy Soft Paste White Lead 100 lbs. Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil 3 gals. Pure Turpentine 3 pts. Gallons of Paint Produced fs/i Sg. Ft. Covered per Gal., I Coat 500 It is important that the concrete be thoroughly dry before painting and that the work be done when the weather is dry, not humid. Allow the priming coat, especially, plenty of time to dry and harden. Make sure that you work the paint well into the joints and mortar courses. Otherwise the job may not be sufficiently moisture resistant. Cleaning Calcimine Question: How can l clean a calcimined wall that has collected considerable dirtf Answer: About the only way to clean calcimine successfully is to use a good wall paper cleaner. It should be handled in the same way as in cleaning wall paper. Calcimine is likely to streak more easily than paper so it will be necessary to clean smaller stretches and to change the wad of cleaner fre quently as it picks up the dirt. AIGHT LINSEED OIL O HE ANSWER TO Y Soy LINSEED This ^tbwuDfttch Boy produat is desig wherever straight raw or hoilett linseed o employed in mixing or /hinn^ng white red lead paints. Dutch Boy Linseed Replacement Oil ful blend of well kriown paint staples linseed oil (the correct proportiqi\ of vfois heat-bodied), latile thinner This new oil conforms to Fede ficationTT-0-37l\and the label This is the buyer's'ataurance thi getting a product thattsont^jne^rfot only ample linseed oil but also the correct amount of heat-bodied oil to insure proper viscosity and paint-making properties. Dutch Boy Linseed Replace ment Oil is made to work per fectly with Dutch Boy White Lead. Together they produce a paint that has the easy working quality, the fine appearance, the durability, the economy that is typical of all pure lead and oil paint. Try this new oil the first chance you get--it's sold in 1-gallon jugs, 5-gallon cans;also in large drums for bulk distribution. I' I t | MU THREE B/RPS WITH ONE LOAN ) War Bond dollars work three ways: (1) They buy weap ons our fighting men need to win the war. (2) They stay I ' "in service" during the war, thus do not contribute to inflationary spending sprees. (3) They represent buying ii power for the things we need after the war. Lend Uncle Sam every dollar you can ... and kill three birds--the Axis, Inflation and Post-War Want--with one loan. i| BACK THt ATTACK Bny_______ WAR BONDS 0000-NLI-000019932 / /y r //$1 *' *,*- f * ,1, ! . i4 k *VAi 5 *> * <-'>H * * t > , * . *r AA. Iff f ,i `1 Af > d*kv^f1 $f& ;< <? if!. ijvv ' ' iSrHM Vh a* * a c y fjmnpi / ; .* '* ''< i Ii'i ' ' '',;""<V -'\ T'i $ th# i By Painter devoted oleJy to $?*$* * 9K 3 Viototy .fort. , ' 'J St*- ''* *v4^3LrrS 7.4* * , , ^..s, jv , - ` J& gto; f-;. , IliS! **if $$$< Jj, ,iu-' . ^ ,.Jf vVo 8R\fc<j5 " V.f,,4Jr U> W Publiihed by NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY Room 1815, 111 Broadway New York 6, N. Y. VOLUME 36, NUMBER 4, 194 ATIONAL LEAD COMP ITH constant repetition words Lon Wlose their original impact. I he ing phrase "total war'' is an exampalgee. Heard again and again in recent years, velo it has become more familiar and thus if im less arresting. the Yet no other combination of words so fittingly describes the American scene today. In a very real sense, the energies and enterprises of the world's most powerful democracy have been mobilized totally for one purpose and one objective--war and victory. Thanks to the nature and diversity f its peacetime goods and services, National Lead Company has been able to join in this historic undertaking and to shoulder a share of the burden--not only in its familiar role as a manufac turer of lead and paint products, but also in numerous other fields of activity vital to the success of the war program. Mining Needed Metals and Minerals J outp Lea mak One Inty ing Sta Ma late seve nite ous an iron pur whi One of those fields of activity is mining. Long before Pearl Harbor, America's mining industry was chang ing over from a peace to a war basis. In all parts of the country, production of metals and minerals was increasing. T Ma need in p for men 0000-NLI-000019934 being financed by the Defense Plant Corporation, an RFC subsidiary, will help relieve the country's currently over-burdened sintering facilities. Another Company contribution to raw material needs was the opening of Loft: Wagon drilling al the Maclntyrm minn. Center: Mill buildings al the MacIntyre Development, National Load Company's mining protect in New York's Adirondack Mountains. Below: Loading Facilities for Maclntyro art concentrator sit North Crook, N. railhead. tore of paper and other essential war time products. MacIntyre magnetite is available to help meet the war-swollen demands of the nation's steel industry. At present, iron ore comes from the Development's mill in the form of a relatively fine con centrate and must be sintered before use at steel-making centers. Soon the sintering--which converts the concen trate into large, porous chunks more suitable for use in blast and open hearth furnaces--will be done at the mine site in a large, modern plant now under construction. The new plant, 76 4. a mine in Madison County, Missouri, earlier this year. Ores from this mine contain lead and copper as well as co balt and nickel, two metals which are in particularly short supply at the present time. Capacity output will be reached some time this fall following the completion of an ore concentrating mill being built at the mine site. Additions to the nation's stock piles of important war metals are also being made through the more intensive work ing of the Company's lead and zinc mines in M issouri, Kansas and Okla homa. Operations at these mines were speede deman that s Vita not th Even or sec portan newly Frequ metal This strateg Ilight: Topping-off molten metal from secondary metal blast furnace. Bolow: After removal of other metals such at copper and tin, the lead it rue Issto molds for catting Into pigs. Dutch Boi| Pciinlei_______________ ----------------------------------------- come from abroad in the absence of adequate domestic deposits. Among raw materials in this category today are tin which before the war was ob tained chiefly from Malaya, and anti mony, a metal produced principally in China and used in lead alloys. As one of the country's largest peace time buyers and processors of nonferrous secondary metals, National Lead Company has been able to assist the government in the fullest exploita tion of America's scrap resources. For many months past, an ever-faster stream of salvaged tin, antimony, lead and zinc has flowed from its metalrecevery plants to help meet war needs. Due to its experience in the appraisal of scrap metal, as well as to its nation wide processing facilities, the Company Magnothtm plant in Ohio built and oporatod by National Load Company for tho DPC has been able to relieve government agencies of many of the burdensome mechanics connected with the nonferrous scrap-recovery program. Since early 1942, it has acted as agent for the Metals Reserve Company in the pur chase and treatment of tin and tin bearing alloys turned in to the govern ment by jewelers in accordance with a WPB directive. Later this agency was extended to cover unused electrotype metal, a lead-tin antimony alloy, re leased by printers for war use. More recently authority was given to pur chase and process frozen stocks of bab bitt and type metal for the account of the government. Production of Magnesium In addition to mining and metal processing activities, National Lead Company has made still another con tribution to the success of the nation's ^___________________________ ____ metal program, through the construc tion and operation of a plant for the production of magnesium and its alloys which are needed in the manufacture of aircraft parts, incendiary bombs, tracer bullets and flares. Since the very beginning of Amer ica's rearmament effort, magnesium has vied with aluminum for the dubi ous honor of being the nation's No. 1 critical metal. The virtually ``barecupboard" status of both metals ufas due not to a lack of raw materials con taining them but to a deficiency in the facilities needed for extraction. To help overcome this deficiency, the Defense Plant Corporation asked National Lead Company to undertake the mag to wer com I pla whe dol ston 194 pla tha was D ^____________________________ _____ which utilizes the ferro-silicon process of reduction, together with other facili ties being built under the government program, will raise the American out put of metallic magnesium to a point ux> times higher than the 1939 level. Aid to Oil Well Drillers As is evident from the foregoing, the Company's activities in the field of raw materials center chiefly around metals and metal-containing minerals. How ever, an important National Lead Company division is contributing in directly through its products and ser vices to the increased production of another vital but non-metallic raw material:--petroleum. Called the liaroid Sales Division, this unit helps serve the needs of oil well drillers who are seeking to boost output by tapping new oil sources. Baroid products--known as "drill ing mud" control materials--include various carefully processed minerals and chemicals. They are used to regu late the specific gravity and other im portant characteristics of the Huid or "mud" which the operators of rotary drills employ in drilling. A "mud," which has been adapted to sub-surface conditions with the proper control materials, performs several im portant functions. Basically it lubri cates the drill, carries away cuttings Lmfl: "Drilling mud" flow tin*, a familiar tight in oil wall drilling oprations. Mud, proparly confrollad, tarvat o number of purpotat in drilling. and dril and denc the outs limi Bar dril fast A Bar nica Tra equ ate in t Bar sion vice term oil, form and and M mat fam the war gun othe In con dom turi tones and new' shipyards were being rushed to completion. One by one, manufacturers of automobiles, refrig erators, radios, vacuum cleaners and other durable goods rvere changing over from peace to war (Induction. It is interesting to note that, during those first dramatic and exciting war months, a large and important section of American industry did not convert --simply because its facilities were al ready adapted to the needs of the nation at war. Prominent in this group were those industry suppliers whose products are basic materials, essential to produc tion whether for peace or for war. It is as a basic material producer that National Lead Company has been and is sharing in the production phase of the war effort. Just as for years past, the Company has been one of industry's chief sources for products made from lead and numerous related materials, so now it provides industry with those same goods'wherever they are needed in manufacturing for war. Lead Goes to War Noteworthy among these products because of the large tonnages involved are antimonial lead and the oxides, litharge and red lead--essential ma terials in the manufacture of storage batteries. All three types of lead form the active element of a battery. Immersed in an acid electrolyte, this leaden "heart" takes up and discharges electricity by chemical means. As man's most practical movable source for electrical current, lead-acid storage batteries play a surprisingly widespread part in military operations. They are used in every tank, truck and jeep, on every bomber, fighter and pa trol plane, on battleships, destroyers and submarines. T fill ingr bom tank ers, adds crea of m glas whe take U lead Belo twin ailoy diasn lead muni cartr 0000-NLI-000019937 82 \ 0000-NLI-000019938 Dutch Boi| Puinler. in war goods production. Its babbitts are being employed by builders of all types of military equipment to line en gine and other machinery bearings. Its lead-tin solders serve to fasten wiring in electrical instruments, generators and similar apparatus as well as to seal moisture-proof, air-tight food contain ers. Other lead alloys are used as cor rosion-resistant metallic coatings or for die-casting many military items. Equally broad in scope are wartime applications for specially fabricated lead shapes. Products in this category L'l r. i. ________________________ ____ range from huge cast weights for hold ing submarine nets rigid, to small in tricately formed bits of lead for the delicate balancing of gliders and plane propellors. Of special interest is a lead slug produced for the makers of rille and machine gun bullets. Paint Pigments and Vehicles Another group of Company products filling war production needs consists of pigments and vehicles for protective and camouflage coatings. The pig ments include most of the important types employed in the formulation of industrial paints and finishes. They are: the titanium-base pigments--titanium dioxide, lead titanate, and titanium dioxide in combination with barium and calcium; as well as the familiar lead-base pigments--white lead, red lead, lead chromate and basic lead sul- phate. Also included are natural and chemically produced color pigments, barytes and whiting. For use with these pigments, the Company crushes, refines and processes linseed oil, one of the most important paint vehicles. Tools of Production Not all materials the Company fur nishes industry in wartime emerge as integral parts of military equipment. Some major products play supporting, though nonetheless important, roles in the production process. One of the most interesting of these is the fiery chemical reagent, sulphuric acid. In highly concentrated form, as oleum, sulphuric acid is essential in the manufacture of high explosives. With out it, there could be no gun-cotton, no smokeless powder, no T.N.T. Not a peacetime National Lead Company product, oleum production was under taken in 1941 at the request of the gov ernment. Subsequently facilities were expanded until today the Company is one of the largest producers. Another noteworthy product plays a vital role in the production of Ameri can warplanes. Called Kirksite "A," it is an alloy of zinc with small percent ages of other metals. Easy to cast and machine, yet with exceptional hardness, it is an ideal die material for forming or cutting alumin um alloy, stainless steel and other types of thin-gauge sheet metal. When used in place of steel for die purposes--a pra du can gro i left; Gun crow c/tomiipp 6-inch guns aftor firing practice. Note camouflaging of guns--dork pout on ipir surfaces, light paint below. Inset: Sailors ropainting side of aircraft carrier, tyt: National Load Company*s oioum is ompfoyod in tho making of explosives uW in such powerful devices of (Instruction as tho anfl- tubmarino eph charge which produced this "geyser". --Official U. S. Navj Photos. industry. Introduced in J 9.39, it is used exclusively today by every aircraft manufacturer west of the Mississippi and 90 per cent of those in the East. Its contributions to speed and greater design flexibility in plane manufacture cannot he adequately measured. Other products serving important production needs are lead sheet, pipe, valves, pumps, fittings and special lead-lined and lead-covered apparatus. Equipment of this type is resistant to the attack of many industrial acids, es pecially sulphuric, the most widely em ployed. Among those in war industry using lead for acid-handling are muni tions' makers, oil refiners, chemical manufacturers, steel fabricators and many others. To meet the needs of the large war time sulphuric acid user--notably pro ducers of 1 .N. 1 . as well as manufac turers of synthetic rubber and high octane aviation fuel--the Company designs and installs special apparatus for the recovery and concentration of Lift: Thin-gaugm sheet metal parts for warplanet are Itonptj out in hug* quantitims in powerful prmttos fittod with Kirksii* "A" dint, B*low: Snowbird*-- Libwator borrdmrt with whit* paint comouftagn. acid from waste products. The equip ment consists of large concentrators which utilize a special patented vacuum recovery process. Not only are sub stantial quantities of acid thereby made available for further war use, but the disposal of corrosive spent acids--a difficult and costly problem even in AcI Lea plan pe to Le ta tio th pr fo gi ot Dutch Boi} Pointer--.__________ ------------------------------------------ received an Army-Navy E for its superior production achievements. Other affiliates are producing chemi cal compounds, pigments and related materials which enter into the manu facture of war equipment used on land, on the sea and in the air. Meeting Essential Home Front Needs A third important phase of the na tion's war program relates to vital home front needs. Foremost among its objectives is the uninterrupted supply of materials and products essential to a sound, albeit lean, civilian economy. The difficulties which hamper war time satisfaction of even basic civilian needs are obvious. Certain raw ma terials, formerly considered necessary and even indispensable, become sudden ly unobtainable. Others, suitable as substitutes, frequently require new pro cedures in use. Where no substitutes exist, they must be invented. Utilizing the facilities of its research laboratories and the experience of its technical staff, National Lead Company has been able to render substantial as sistance to many civilian buyers in the solution of wartime problems where lead or an allied material is involved. Replacement Solders A noteworthy example is that of solder. As a standby of both the plum ber and the mechanical engineer, solder has numerous important and necessary uses. Telephone, telegraph and power companies, among others, consume ----------------------- --- --------------- __ large quantities for making electrical connections and for sealing splices in lead-cpvered cable. Solder is a tin-lead alloy, normally containing from 25 to 50 per cent (*f tin. Shortly after the outbreak of war, restrictions were imposed which forced a sharp reduction in the tin content of solders used for non-war-production purposes. Government authorities urged that tin not only be conserved carefully in solder but that its use actu ally be eliminated wherever possible. To assist civilian users dependent on solder, National Lead Company's re search laboratories undertook the for mulation of suitable alternate low-tin and tinless alloys. Since no single com position could be expected to serve all the varied uses to which solder is put, a le w ty fo po pa ne th le a fr fr p th b in a OOOO-NLI Wiping 9 toUorod faint on a loadcovcpd tofaphono cabin. ... so SC Soldormg top tnam on 9 gat Soldnring o strop wiro on o crossbar twitch in a tolnphono hutaliation. f Left; 120-hors9powr d/os*/ tngjn* d/roef-connocfod to o gonorofor. 8/owr Sat* of origin* prcfi/rod of /off, s/towing bai>Wff-/rnod main bearings. Division had aiso developed before the war a lead-base lining metal with unique characteristics. Known as Satco, it has been found particularly wellsuited to the severe bearing metal ser vice encountered in many types of modern, high speed, rolling stock. Due to Satco's greater resistance to defor mation and softening under heat and pressure, Satco lined bearings function p fa o m c b s a c Journal boaring lotting machino intlailod in tho D for making toltl on journal boxes and whoot o speeds up to 90 mites per hou in the equipment of which babbitt is a standard bearing lining material. Fortunately for the general user, National Lead Company's technical staff had developed some years before the war a lead-base babbitt which, de spite its low tin content, has many of the characteristics of the highest grade tin-base babbitts. Known as Perfection Anti-Friction Metal, it is a copperhardened alloy similar to the lining metal employed in recent years in auto mobile engine bearings. Perfection Metal, now widely employed as a re placement for the unavailable tin-base babbitts, has proved itself a boon to 'many mill and factory machine shop operators. Serving the railroads in the solution of their special wartime babbitt and other bearing, problems is a unit of National Lead Company, the Magnus Metal Division. With knowledge gained through its many years of ex perience in the construction and servic ing of railroad bearings, the Magnus 90 0000-NLI-000019941 0 0 0 0 -N L I-0 0 0 0 19942 '' * - * ' - J C- ^ a. Polo lino hardware with hot dip puro load coaling, produced by Wotlorn Electric Co. The ute oI load in place oI other melalt releaiei zinc, tin, chrome, etc, hr war purpomi. withdrawals from the nation's precious stockpile of tin. Lead Alloy Coatings Wartime restrictions also created problems in the steel industry where large quantities of tin and zinc are normally consumed for metal coating purposes. To meet the need for a satisfactory non-critical coating material, National Lead Company's technical staff devel oped a series of lead-base alloys contain ing in the neighborhood of 95 per cent lead and less than 2.5 per cent tin. To- 92 day, alloys of this general composition are being "used successfully in many applications as alternates for tin-plat ing and for zinc galvanizing. In addi tion, in many instances, they are replac ing high-tin lead coatings such as terne and solder which have long been used in the hot-dip coating of metal parts. Quick-Drying Linseed Oil In the paint field, National Lead Company has made a noteworthy con tribution to the solution of a wartime problem through the marketing for paint manufacturers' use of a new ____ _______________________ quick-drying linseed oil. Known as "710," the new oil is designed to help relieve the acute shortage of syn thetic resins and other fast-setting paint vehicles. The oil has attracted con siderable general interest since it has the distinction of being the first 100 per cent pure linseed oil to possess quick-drying properties. White Lead and Red Lead Important as are solders, bearing metals, metallic coatings and paint ve hicles, perhaps National Lead Com- ______ pany the h rupte paint Lead Un servic paint ble v provi the p were build White lead paint playe a vital part in the upkeep an ing!--brick, itucco, concrete and itone, oi w orate rapidly and soon might become unusable. The repairs necessary to re turn them to service would interfere seriously with the war effort by drain ing off materials and manpower needed for more direct war purposes. With full appreciation of this fact, government agencies such as the Federal Housing Administration have stressed on numerous occasions that necessary maintenance painting should not be neglected. On the contrary, it has been made abundantly clear that to paint where paint is needed is the patriotic duty of every citizen responsi- 94 ble for the upkeep of property-- whether it be a home, farm building, factory, bridge, storage tank or any other similarly irreplaceable structure. Today, Dutch Iloy White 'Lead and Red Lead are helping homeown ers, engineers and maintenance officials everywhere to discharge this responsi bility. In doing so, these famous prod ucts are also carrying on a tradition which dates back generations--in fact to the birth of the nation. For pure white lead and pure red lead paints have protected America's home front during every war since the Revolution I This story of "National Wartime" has, of course, co exclusively to the material a pany's war effort. This is s taken for granted that the Company, like the people concerns which distribute Products, are doing their p win the war--regularly b conserving critical materia metals, waste paper and kitc ing loose talk; donating Cross; and supporting cam and vital to the war effort. Finally, the Company tak blue stars in its Service F tempered with sorrow in c ten gold stars honoring ou contribution to Victory m forever.