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Volume 10 EA NOVEMBER, 1940 Number 6 fc'sr-y ' Lumber-Dealer, Contractor, Development Uses White Lead NEW development of forty paid previouslv for rent. These pay Ahouses, all painted with white ments average S30 and include inter lead, has recently been completed efostr and a fractional repayment on the low-income families in est Allis. original loan. Wisconsin. This project is further The houses are well built in all proof that many such families are structural details, but some of the re verv anxious to own their own homes finements and extras have been left for provided the cost is within reach and the owner to choose and install if he placed on a monthly basis. Financing so desires. However, painting was has been so arranged that these fami considered to be too important to the lies pav no more per month than they life, value and beauty of the homes to be neglected. In order to provide maximum durability and trouble-free service, pure white lead and oil was used for all painting. Although three coats for exterior painting is recommended and is the best practice, cost sometimes dictates two coats, as in this case. Nevertheless. Vieu 5 oj homes in the Hauley Wil bur Develop ment at West Allis, Wis. Pure while lead protects all the homes in this low-cost project to maintain a low1 cost painting pro. gram which, at the same time, will give the greatest degree of beautv and long life, it is imperative to use a paint adaptable to two coat work without sacrificing any of its necessarv and advantageous qualities. White lead and oil is so versatile a covering that it meets this special re quirement as easily as it meets a host of other problems in decoration both w here low cost and great hiding power are paramount and where finished beauty of surface is most desired. Since these homes are to be occu pied bv a low income group, mainte nance costs on the house must be kept to a minimum. The gradual even wear of white lead by advantageous chalking always leaves a good repaint surface, making it ideal for these home owners. Costly surface prepara tion for repainting is avoided. The pliability of a white lead paint film and its close adherence to the wood surface, red cedar in these homes, in sures against future unsightlv and costly paint failures. All these factors were taken into consideration before starting this in teresting development. The foresight and wise judgment shown in the choice of materials make this program outstanding in low cost home build ing and a credit to the community Brody & Sondel, Inc., of West Allis, were the contractors and cooperated in the financing and handling of this project with Hawley Wilbur, presi dent of the Wilbur Lumber Companv. Small Applications of Lead Lead Markers for Hides Three small lead seals used to tag hides in Montana N interesting small application thin lead tag. which is then attached Ak of lead is the use of lead tags to the left hind leg of each hide in for marking beef, veal or other livesp ected. Lnless hides are so tagged, stock hides in the state of Montana. it is unlawful to purchase, sell or ship In accordance w'ith the State laws hides in the state. each hide must be marked by an in The use of lead makes tampering spector by attaching a lead tag bear or altering the seals virtuallv impos ing the number of the county (the sible without being discovered. Once same as used bv the Registrar of stamped or marked, the soft lead can Motor Vehicles i and a serial number. not be super-stamped or changed These numbers, together with the without the change being noticeable. name of the state, are stamped into a The law is thus more easilv enforced. [2] LIA25623 Lead Wool An Efficient Material for Calking Cast-Iron Pipe 1 Right, lead wool showing the hundreds of fine lead strands and, at left, calking lead wool. The joint is calked after each l turn or two taken around the joint with the lead wool l When two lengths of lead wool are joined in a joint, the end of each rope is reduced to half its thickness and the ends overlapped and rolled together avoiding a bulge I EAD wool is composed of long fine [_ strands of metallic lead wound into a loose rope. In this form when calked it forms a solid mass of lead. It may therefore be used for most purposes for which poured calking lead is used. It is especially useful in making joints in cast-iron pipe under water or bad moisture conditions. Since it does not have to be melted, it can be used where it is not advisable to use fire, for instance, where in flammable gases are present. To make a joint with lead wool in cast-iron pipe, the joint is first yarned in the same way as for a poured joint. The rope of lead wool is then given one or two turns around the joint and calked firmly in place with a straight yarning tool. This operation is repeated until the joint is filled, calking not more than two turns at a time. If the rope of lead wool is not long enough to complete the joint in one piece, the ends of the lengths should not be lapped to form a high spot in the calked lead. Instead, the ends should be reduced by half and worked together to form a smooth sur face after calking. The diameter of the rope of lead wool used should be large enough so the joint is filled from wall to wall. If, when calking, it is found that yarn ing has been done in a way to leave a low spot, the lead wool should be broken and lapped at the low point in order to bring it up level. This should be done before the last turn of lead wool around the joint, that is, when about midway through the joint. When the joint has been filled with lead wool and calked with the straight calking iron, it should be finished like a poured joint by calking around the pipe wall and hub with inside and outside calking irons. Lead wool is economical to use be cause no furnace, gasoline or ladle are necessary, no joint runner must be SPECIFY MATERIAL put in place and no neek has to be cut off after pouring. Also, there can be no loss through dross. Moreover, users of lead wool for cast-iron calked joints are assured of the same high quality as the regular calking lead they purchase, for the Lead Industries Association Seal of Approval is also used with lead wool. Manufacturer's whose wool meets the L. I. A. standard are licensed to stamp the Seal on the outside of each bag of lead wool. Lead wool may be employed, too. to repair small leaks on low pressure boilers, leaky pipe joints, and in masonry. It may also be used as an anchorage for all ty'pes of materials into masonry, such as hand rail standards and pipe hangers. It may also be made into grommets for use under bolt heads where leaks occur. CORRECTION CALKING LEAD ANALYSIS In the article "Selecting Good Calk ing Lead," appearing in the Septem ber. 1940. issue of LEAD, page 3. the limit for bismuth content of calking lead meeting the Lead Industries As sociation standard was erroneously re-, ported as 0.025 per cent maximum instead of 0.25 per cent. The correct L.I.A. standard for calking lead is: Lead for calking pur poses shall contain not less than 99.73 per cent pure lead. Impurities shall not exceed the following limits: Arsenic, Antimony and Tin, together............. 0.015% Copper........................... 0.08 Zinc................................ 0.002 Iron............................... 0.002 Bismuth......................... 0.25 Silver ........................... 0.02 [3] I LIA2 5624 I able materials, such as, white lead. not prove deterrent to the painting changing weather conditions during | linseed oil. turpentine and drier, he program. With proper surface prep all seasons and anv climates. The ) can easily and quickly adjust his aration, properly selected painting durable, trouble-free white lead job. formulas to meet changing weather time, and suitable materials--in other with which all good painters are condition. This means that he can words, white lead, linseed oil, turpen familiar, provides the answer to i assure his client that the winter need tine and drier--the painter can meet "winter painting". Successful Poultry Farm Paintins Based on Pure White Lead i O the average observer there is a and bred into the Gasson strain be Tworld of difference between select cause experience had shown its merits ing high quality paint and breedingand advantages. Moreover, continual strain and freedom from disease, as anv business must protect the qualit\ and reputation of its products. Farm prize-winning pedigreed poultry. How care has been given to maintain un ers realize, too. that the problem of ever, the success of the Gasson Poul adulterated the pedigree and fine building management and mainte try Farm, Versailles, Ohio, in both qualities of Gasson poultry. Blood nance is just as important for them as fields demonstrates how closely allied testing, government inspection, care for every industrial plant and business 1 is the theory behind both subjects. ful culling and mating, all protect the building. It is in this respect that In 1913 John P. Gasson, now one farm's poultry investment. white lead so thoroughly proves its of the foremost poultrymen in this Neither has the sucess of the farm's superiority. Painting is a necessary country, imported nineteen hens and painting been a matter of luck. From investment paying good dividends two cockerels from England--the the first, each new structural invest when properly handled. The selec start of the famous Gasson Strain ment has been protected by pure white tion of poor quality paint, however, poultry. From this modest beginning lead and oil paint. In the same man makes painting results mere guess in a home-made log house, the Gas ner as breeders were selected to found work. Speculation has no part in good son Farm has increased to 9,000 the Gasson Strain, John P. Gasson poultry breeding and should have U.S.R.O.P. Pedigreed and Individu carefully chose his paint by checking none in good farm or other building- ally Wing Banded S.C. White Leg the records of experience. Only white management plans. Experience has t horns, 1,800 Officially Approved lead possessed a pedigree of recog shown that white lead paint means U.S.R.O.P. breeding hens, 21 indi nized superiority over long years. The freedom from costly maintenance. \ vidual breeding pens and, in all, 164 success of the Gasson Strain poultry That is why' men who judge paint, acres with 80 buildings, with an in depended greatly on the choice of like poultry, on pedigree and per r vestment of more than S200,000. Over breeders, and the success of the farm's formance rely on white lead alone. t 12,000 pedigreed wing-banded chicks painting program depended on the This year is repainting and redeco are raised each year, and the average choice of material. rating time for the Gasson Farm. laying records of the Gasson hens are A farm of such a size is like any From 12 to 15 painters have been at * from 200 to 330 eggs per pullet year. other large industrial or business con work, giving the buildings another Such poultry-breeding success has cern. The huge investment in pedi protective coating of white lead to not been the result of luck or hap greed poultry must be constantly serve for many years. Over three tons hazard selection of breeding strains. guarded by blood tests and inspections of lead will have been used for the Each blood line was carefully chosen to insure continued puritv of the entire work when completed. The air view of the Gasson Poultry Farm shows the great size of this establishment. Building F maintenance and decoration is provided economically by a pure white lead painting program MAYFIELD AERIAL SURVEYS i ti 1 r e [9] LI A? 56 25 House No. 1 Painted With White Lead in Oswego, Ore. Life House Ao. 1, as built by Murphy & Dean Co., Oswego, Ore., and painted with pure white lead and oil LTHOUGH the second "Life tion -- fluidity to meet individual A House" program has been in tastes and standardization to assure augurated only a few months, ah inmecessary living requisites. portant construction factor has been The same factors hold true in the clarified. This is the relative degree selection of materials. Fluidity is nec of standardization of design and ma essary to provide individuality for the terials desirable in the modern home. homes and to increase their charm and Designed by a group of leading livability. Some owners may prefer architects, over 120 demonstration shingled exteriors, others clapboard homes, based on the eight Life houses, or wide siding. Such matters of taste have already been built throughout the do not interfere with the living aspects country. of the home. Standardization is nec Each one of these eight designs is essary in materials, however, to insure functional, representing a basic plan that the physical construction of the coordinated to the needs of the average house remains functional. Modern purchaser. Nevertheless, the majority homes must be built within certain of the demonstration homes have been financial limitations both as to initial slightly changed in one way or another cost and upkeep expense. Although a to suit the tastes of local interest. Such certain range in the selection of ma changes, however, have not detracted terials is desirable, those selected must from the utility and livability of the protect the original investment. Paint homes. This is the essence of good is one of the most important of such architectural design for quantity pro materials. In itself paint performs a duction and standardized construc variety of functions; home styling is made possible to an unlimited degree: such styling may be easily changed in the future; individuality is created as much by painting procedure as by de sign alteration. Withal, however, paint must always provide protection for the structural parts at low initial cost, and with minimum expense for main tenance and future re-styling and re decoration. Consequently, it is well to use a paint which is versatile enough to pro vide all the factors required for com plete livability, but which also pro tects the original and future financial budgets. Since only one type of paint is best able to serve this dual purpose the selection of painting materials may be standardized by using a pure white lead and oil paint. This was the selection of Murphy & Dean Co., builders of Life House No. 1 in Oswego, Oregon. This home, de signed by Cameron Clark, well-known architect of New York City, is the smallest of the new Life Houses and is designed for construction in groups. As built in Oswego, the exterior is resin-bonded plywood, cut in 2-ft. strips and laid up like clapboards. An attractive flat wide siding effect, dec orated with three coats of pure white lead and oil, is thereby obtained. Over 100,000 lbs. of Type Metal Publishers Printing Co. report that over 100,000 lbs. of type metal were used in printing the record registration of 3,391,000 voters in New York City. Lead Pipe Helps to Simplify Plumbing Remodeling HE installation or alteration of possible to make a plumbing installa Tplumbing in remodeling work of tion in the precise manner as on new ten presents unnecessary problemsconstruction. Structural conditions for architects and builders that can be frequently interefere. Nevertheless, it easi avoided by using lead. is always possible to make a sanitary In remodeling work it is not always durable job, and just because it is re modeling is no reason to compromise with health. The accompanying photograph is a good example of how remodeling can be done despite restrictions imposed by the existing building. It is rough- [10] LIA2 56 26 ing-in for a dental cuspidor and lava tory in a dentist's office in the City Bank Building. Shreveport. La. The lavatory is on a partition erected be tween the windows. [The window is below the lavatory rim and a door was cut in front of where the men are standing.] It was thus impossible to install the usual and correct venting at a height of not less than 3 ft. To provide adequate venting, however, the vents from both fixtures are car ried up to the 3-ft. height and then down to a horizontal vent pipe. Al though a long horizontal vent is not recommended practice, in this case it is the only way of affording adequate venting. Since a long horizontal vent may retain condensation a drip con nection is provided. All piping was concealed in the walls when finished. It is particularlv important in a case like this with long horizontal waste and vent to use lead for both the waste and vent, since lead is not subject to internal cloggings and cor rosion. Furthermore, with all the changes in direction involved in an installation like this, lead has the ad vantage of eliminating the large num ber of bulky fittings that would other wise be required and that would retard flow of water and air and be potential sources of clogging. The remodeling job for the CityBank Building was done by the Richardson Plumbing Company. Remodeled plumbing roughing-in in the City Bank Building. Shreveport, La. ,\ote hoy, an unusually difficult venting problem is solved with lead pipe The following articles and reprints contain information, drawings and specifications bn the use of lead products helpful to architects, engineers and others in the construction industry. They are available, free of charge, upon request to the Lead Industries Association, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York City. WHAT TO EXPECT FROM WHITE LEAD PAINT An attractive 28-page booklet with charts, formulas, and mix ing instructions covering some of the problems of painting and how- white lead meets these problems. PAINTING YOUR HOME by Dr. F. L. Browne. Senior Chemist, Forests Products Laboratory, Madison, Wise. A discussion of house painting reprinted from American For ests, May, 1939. SOME PAINTING PROBLEMS AND THE ANSWERS By Dr. F. L. Browne, Senior Chemist, Forests Prod ucts Laboratory, Madison, Wise. Reprinted from the National Real Estate Journal, Sept., 1939. STAMFORD'S DOUBLE LIFETIME HOME A complete analysis of hard lead flashing, white lead paint, lead plumbing, plywood and red cedar Certigrade shingle details and installation methods. Reprinted from the American Builder, July, 1939. SHEET LEAD INSTALLATION DETAILS A detailed analysis of the principles and application of lead flashing and sheet lead work for small homes. Reprinted from Sheet Metal Worker, June, 1939. SHEET LEAD SHIELDING X-RAY ROOMS A discussion of X-ray protection and installation methods re printed from Sheet Metal Worker. UPON REQUEST, THE LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION WIL TO THOSE INTERESTED. AND WILL COOPERATE. WITHOE PLUMBING CODES--AN ANALYSIS AND SURVEY By Bob Dick PLUMBING CODES--AN ANALYSIS AND SURVEY-- Part II by Bob Dick These two papers, the first delivered at the annual meeting of the American Society of Sanitary Engineering in St. Louis, Mo., in August, 1939, and the second at the annual meeting of the same Society in Wilmington, Del., in August, 1940. constitute the most complete and up to date study of plumbing codes available. Everyone interested in plumbing codes should have these papers. LASTING LEADWORK IN MODERN PLUMBING By T. N. Thompson, Technical Editor, Plumbing and Heating Journal. Reprinted from Plumbing and Heating Journal. Feb., 1939. LEAD PUT IN AT SCREW' PIPE COST ON COMMODORE PERRY PROJECT Reprinted from Plumbing and Heating Business. Jan.. 1940. HOW' LUMBER AND PAINT KEEP YOUR HOME ALWAYS IN STYLE A brief digest of the advantages of painted lumber homes with color-styling suggestions and other interesting information. LEAD CHIMNEY CAPS Notes on the installation and advantages of lead chimney-cap protection, reprinted from American Artisan. May. 1940. * Not previously listed. BE GLAD TO MAIL "LEAD" REGULARLY, FREE OF CHARGE. OBLIGATION. IN THE SOLUTION OF YOUR LEAD PROBLEMS [11] LI A25627 HEN 7 out of 10 architects say they prefer one par Wticular kind of paint, you can be sure that paint has some pretty important advantages. That's what happened in a recent survey of representative architects--68% said they specified pure white lead paint! Practically all others specified paints with a high white lead content. The reason is, they've learned from experience that for enduring beauty and protection there's nothing like white lead in paint. For white lead, you know, is made from the metal lead. It gives paint greater durability--makes it more resistant to time and weather--keeps it free from cracking and scaling. HOW MANY COLORS CAN YOU GET WITH w h it e l eapt The answer to this and many other important paint ques tions will be found in the booklet "WHAT TO EXPECT FROM WHITE LEAD PAINT." Send for your free copy today. LI *25628