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Actual Exposure Verifies Weatherometer!
HE results of this exposure test, one year's out
Tdoor exposure at Miami, Florida, confirm our previously reported Weatherometer tests which
the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory and each paint was put on three kinds of wood (Yellow Pine. Fir and Cedar) to assure an absolutely fair trial.
indicated the superior resistance to weathering of the After a year's exposure at a 45 degree angle in
No. 1, or 'T. T. O.' Paint, over the other paints used
the broiling Florida sun, "the No. 1 panels were the
in these tests." Thus writes Mr. C. E. Betz, Con
only ones which still showed absence of checking,
sulting Chemist of the Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory
cracking or other evidence of film failure" to quote
in closing this newest supplement to the original PTL
directly from the report.
report made on O'Brien's T. T. O. PAINT.
Furthermore, T. T. O. PAINT was the only one
The original report was based mainly on a labora
given a rating of "good" for "Protection" on all
tory Weatherometer test. Its results showed T. T. O.
three types of wood!
PAINT as 46.6% better than the average of seven of the best and most widely used house paints made in this country, 28% better in covering power.
The paints involved in this test were among the country's best . . . the test itself was conducted by a third party, perhaps the country's most widely known
This new report is on the same paints. . . . but is
research laboratory engaging in this work. T. T. O.
based on actual outdoor exposure.
PAINT is a consistent winner ... a product that can
The same paints were tested, all bought from deal
be depended upon to do its particular job better any
ers in the open market. The painting was done by
time, any place, on any exterior surface.
Four of the panels after the year's exposure at Miami. T. T. O. PAINT (No. 1) is at the extreme left!
THE O'BRIEN VARNISH COMPANY
EST. 1875
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 49 TOC 001986