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Volume 10 EA NOVEMBER, 1940 Number 6 ^SWP * - '* - ' t Lumber-Dealer, Contractor, Development Uses White Lead NEW development of fort) paid previously 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 West 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 very anxious to ow n 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. V i e u' 5 o homes in the Hauley Wil bur Develop ment at West Allis, Wis. Pure white lead protects all the homes in this lou-cost project to maintain a low cost painting program 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 necessary 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 where 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 bv advantageous chalking always leaves a good repaint surface, making it ideal for these home owners. Costlv 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 unsightly and costlv 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 Company. Small Applications of Lead Lead Markers for Hides Three small lead seals used to tag hides in Montano 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 livespected. Lnless hides are so tagged, stock hides in the state of Montana. it is unlawful to purchase, sell or ship In accordance wfith 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 virtually impos ing the number of the county (the sible without being discovered. Once same as used by 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 easily enforced. [2] LIA25623 Lead Wool An Efficient Material for Calking Cast-Iron 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 PHOTOS BY DAYTON SNYDER 1 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 ing has been done in a way to leave a to repair small leaks on low pressure |_ strands of metallic lead wound low spot, the lead wool should be boilers, leaky pipe joints, and in into a loose rope. In this form when broken and lapped at the low point in masonry. It may also be used as an calked it forms a solid mass of lead. order to bring it up level. This should anchorage for all types of materials It may therefore be used for most be done bqfore the last turn of lead into masonry, such as hand rail purposes for which poured calking wool around the joint, that is, when standards and pipe hangers. It may lead is used. It is especially useful in about midway through the joint. also be made into grommets for use } making joints in cast-iron pipe under When the joint has been filled with under bolt heads where leaks occur. water or bad moisture conditions. lead wool and calked with the straight Since it does not have to be melted, calking iron, it should be finished like it can be used where it is not advisable to use fire, for instance, where in flammable gases are present. a poured joint by calking around the pipe wall and hub with inside and outside calking irons. CORRECTION CALKING LEAD ANALYSIS 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 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. 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............. 0.0159c Copper........................... 0.08 Zinc................................ 0.002 Iron............................... 0.002 Bismuth......................... 0.25 Silver ........................... 0.02 [3] LIA25624 able materials, such as, white lead. Tlinseed oil. turpentine and drier, he can easily and quickly adjust his formulas to meet changing weather condition. This means that he can i assure his client that the winter need not prove deterrent to the painting program. With proper surface prep aration, properly selected painting time, and suitable materials--in other words, white lead, linseed oil, turpen tine and drier--the painter can meet changing weather conditions during all seasons and anv climates. The durable, trouble-free white lead job. with which all good painters are familiar, provides the answer to "winter painting". Successful Poultry Farm Painting Based on Pure White Lead i O the average observer there is a and bred into the Gasson strain be strain and freedom from disease, as Tworld of difference between select cause experience had shown its merits ing high quality paint and breedingand advantages. Moreover, continual anv business must protect the qualit\ and reputation of its products. Farm prize-winning pedigreed poultry. Howc are 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 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 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. f 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 vestment of more than S200,000. Over breeders, and the success of the farm's formance rely on white lead alone. 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 purity of the entire work when completed. The air view of the Gasson Poultry Farm shows the great size of this establishment. Building maintenance and decoration is provided economically by a pure white lead painting program MAYFIELD AERIAL SURVEYS i [9] LI A? 56 25 House No. 1 Painted With White Lead in Oswego, Ore. Life House Ao. 1, as built byMurphy & Dean CoOswego, Ore., and painted with pure white lead and oil l t h o u g h the second "Life A House" program has been in augurated only a few months, an im portant construction factor has been clarified. This is the relative degree of standardization of design and ma terials desirable in the modern home. Designed by a group of leading architects, over 120 demonstration homes, based on the eight Life houses, have already been built throughout the country. Each one of these eight designs is functional, representing a basic plan coordinated to the needs of the average purchaser. Nevertheless, the majority of the demonstration homes have been slightly changed in one way or another to suit the tastes of local interest. Such changes, however, have not detracted from the utility and livability of the homes. This is the essence of good architectural design for quantity pro duction and standardized construc tion -- fluidity to meet individual tastes and standardization to assure necessary living requisites. The same factors hold true in the selection of materials. Fluidity is nec essary to provide individuality for the homes and to increase their charm and livability. Some owners may prefer shingled exteriors, others clapboard or wide siding. Such matters of taste do not interfere with the living aspects of the home. Standardization is nec essary in materials, however, to insure that the physical construction of the house remains functional. Modern homes must be built within certain financial limitations both as to initial cost and upkeep expense. Although a certain range in the selection of ma terials is desirable, those selected must protect the original investment. Paint is one of the most important of such materials. In itself paint performs a 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 redecoration. 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 Citv. 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] LIA25626 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 particularly 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 how 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. PLUMBING CODES--AN ANALYSIS AND SURVEY By Bob Dick * PLUMBING CODES--AN ANALYSIS AND SURVEY-- Part II by Bob Dick 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. 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. HOWT 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. UPON REQUEST, THE LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION WILL BE GLAD TO MAIL "LEAD" REGULARLY, FREE OF CHARGE. TO THOSE INTERESTED, AND WILL COOPERATE, WITHOUT OBLIGATION. LN THE SOLUTION OF YOUR LEAD PROBLEMS [ii] LI A25627  YEARS OtO1 CH*R%'0*d South C*roJfhae ThiS lTJt in JSOO retsalafChi- home bu gracious w*"'y/ud.r *h',P,Tp.' tecture white ,e " P of durable^ _ Howard R. Jacobs DO YOU KNOW WHAT 7 OUT OF 10 ARCHITECTS HAVE LEARNED AROUT PAINT? 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. This tough enduring film protects the surface beneath from damp and deterioration--preserves your work down through the years. 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. So it's a good idea when specifying paint to know how much white lead it contains. And it is a pretty safe rule to say: the higher the lead content, the better the paint.You can't, for example, get a more durable paint than one contain ing 100% white lead. This is the kind good painters mix from lead-in-oil. In many localities it is also sold ready for use. Le a d In d u s t r i e s As s o c ia t io n 420 Lexington Avenue, New York, N. Y. HOW MANY COLORS CAN YOU GET WITH w h it e l ead t 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 Ibr your free copy today. PRINTED IN L\ S. ABY PUBLISHERS PRINTIN'! COMPANY NEW YORK CITY LI*25628