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4 out of 5 industrial engineers
approve one method
of protecting metal against corrosion
ONE of the leading engineering magazines paints. Here are a few of their comments: recently sent a questionnaire to a list of "Best metal surface protector on the representative industrial engineers scatteremd arket." "Our use of red-lead is the re
throughout the country. These men were asked sult of our experience and others.'' "We
to tell what their practice is in protecting metal know of no better rust preventative than
equipment from corrosion. Twenty-nine re red-lead.'' "Does not peel and prevents
plied. Of this number, twenty-four--four out rust." "Pure red-lead is satisfactory from
of every five--said they use, specify, or recom the standpoint of dependability, protec
mend pure red-lead.
tion and lasting qualities."
The practice followed by these men, respon sible for so much important construction, is
Dutch Boy red-lead is pure red-lead
only further evidence ofthe general acceptance The highest grade red-lead obtainable is Dutch
of red-lead by the engineering profession. This Boy red-lead. It can be had in both paste and
same questionnaire was previously sent to rail liquid form. The liquid comes in the natural
way and structural engineers. Their replies orange-red for first coats and also shaded to
showed the same high regard for red-lead. Of browns, greens and black. The paste, which is
twenty-six structural engineers, twenty said
the natural orange-red, can be shaded to any
they use, specify, or recommend pure red-
desired dark color. If there is any special in
lead. Forty-one out of forty-six railway
formation you wish on painting, write our
engineers also agreed on this method of
technical staff in care of our nearest branch.
metal surface protection.
NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY
Many of these engineers went a step fur ther, and gave reasons why they prefer red-lead. These reasons were based on
New York:, 111 Broadway; .Boston, 131 State Street; Buffalo, 116 Oak Street; Chicago, 900 West 3.8th Street; Cincinnati, 659 Freemen Ave.;
Cleveland, 620 West Superior Avenue; St. Louis. 722 Chestnut Street; San Francisco, 485 California Street; Pittsburgh, Na tional Lead k Oil Ct>. of Penns., 316 Fourth Avenue; Philadel phia, John T. Lewis 8e Bros. Co., 437 Chestnut Street.
years of experience and actual experi
Dutch Boy Red-Leadmentation with all kinds of protective
This advertisement appears in Engineering News-Record, March 18, 1926
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