SATISFACTORY
PAINTING NOW
MADEPOSSIBLE
Now days people often remark with
disgust, “It is impossible to have good
painting done any more; either the
paint is not good or there are no good
painters. Sometimes there is ground
for this dissatisfaction, but what is
the real trouble? Let us, as house
owners, see if we ourselves are in any
degree at fault.
What do we do when we have a
building to paint? If it is a new one
we may leave it to the contractor.
But frequently the contractor is so
afraid we will think him “owned” or
unduly influenced by some paint man
ufacturer that he dodges the respon
sibility of naming materials which he
knows are good and simply says, “best
materials must be used.” He may be
a little more definite and specify “best
white lead and linseed oil,” but in
actual practice this generally works
out very little better than the first
expression.
Bids are then asked for and the
lowest is accepted. Having to furnish
no definite material one painter esti
mates honestly on a standard and
well-known brand of pure white lead
and pure linseed oil, regarding the
quality of which there can be no ques
tion. Another puts his own interpre
tation on the word “best” and sends
in a low estimate, saying to himself,
“That is the ‘best’ I can furnish at
my price.”
The first painter also responds con
scientiously to the architect’s specifi
cations that the paint shall be applied
in a certain way, giving plenty of time
between coats, and brushing but the
paint properly on each. The other
man believes he can slight the work
in these other important particulars,
and then manage to make something
on his low bid.
Neither the owner nor the architect
can check up the painter on such gen
eral specifications. All paint looks
alike in the pail. It may be half
chalk as to pigment and half fish oil
as to liquid, and yet pass muster to
the eye.
Moreover, the defects do not show
at once and the paint is not likely to
go wrong until after the work is ac
cepted and the bill paid.
When, in a year, the paint begins to
check, crack and scale off in ugly
splotches, we get angry and say, “It
seems impossible to get honest ma
terials and hopest workmanship now
adays.” We forget that the lowest
bidder did the work and that he was
the very fellow who, by every sign
which ought to appeal to common
sense, was least deserving of our con
fidence.
Well, in spite of our dissatisfaction
we must have our house repainted, so
what do we do? Send for the man
who made the highest bid before and
talk it over with him? Some of us
would, others of us say: “Not by a
jugfull. He wants it all. I’ve seen
advertisements where paint can be
bought ready to put on, and a guaran
tee goes with it that it will last for
six years or they will refund the
mcney paid for it. They say it
spreads a third farther than the kind
the painter mixes, too, and therefore
much cheaper. I don’t see how I can
lose on that. I'll hire some fellow to
put it on—anyone can spread paint—
and I’ll be 'way ahead of the game.”
It looks easy but the fact is we are
easy. The paint goes on; perhaps it
dries, perhaps it doesn’t. The brush
hand employed to spread it forgot to
scrape the first paint down smooth
where it had scaled. It looks bad.
The new paint stays on possibly a few
months, then it scales, worse and
sooner than the first coat did.
But we are safe, we have a guar
antee and can get back the cost of
material. We try. Nothing doing.
Our lawyer says the guaranty is clev
erly worded and we could not recover
on it.
Now we know there is no good
paint and no honest painters.
With a modification here and there
the foregoing will fit exactly the case
of a vast number of those property
owners who have paint troubles.
What is the remedy?
In the first place choose your
painter as you would your banker or
your doctor. You may think painting
is not a skilled trade, but it is. The
fact that anybody can dip a brush in
a pail and daub on a board does not
affect the claim. There is much in
knowing how to mix the paint to suit
the particular wood or other surface
to be painted. Sunny and shady sides
require different mixing. More tur
pentine drier is required in cold
weather than in hot. In cases of re
painting, the condition of the old coat
requires careful study. These are
the kind of things a skilled painter
knows and they decide whether you
are to have a satisfactory job or one
which you will weep over.
Painters not only differ in knowl
edge and skill, but they differ in hon
esty and conscientiousness. Why do
you expect anything but a "skinning”
of a painter who offers you so much
more for your dollar than the other
man who has a fine reputation for
good work and a consequent big pat
ronage?
If the architect, in the first place,
had named a standard brand of pure
lead and oil, all bidders, if estimates
were asked, would have been on the
same level, and the honest painter
would not have been at such a great
disadvantage.
If, then, great care had been taken 1
to invite only painters of personal in
tegrity and with reputation for excel
lent work to bid, giving them the lib
erty to do the work right, instead of
insisting on their doing it as quickly .
and as cheaply as possible, the re- (
suits would have been gratifying, both
to peace of mind and to the pocket
book.
The good work is being done by the
intelligent, conscientious painter, who
generally costs more than the other, ^
but is worth all he costs. It would
pay the house owner far better in
iollars and cents to hunt him up. But
some of us would rather be buncoed
than use our common sense.
The use of pure white lead and pure
linseed oil is half the secret of a
good painting job. A good painter is
the other half.
Finding a good painter is a matter 4
nf inquiry.
Now that spring is almost here it is
in order to clean house—a fresh coat
Df wall-paper and paint is the most
noticeable feature of a clean house
ind insures a thorough job. 4
Why not figure on that work now?
J. D. Bogart and G. L. Robinson are
located in the Northern Hotel build
ing and will be glad to estimate your
work.
A new shipment of wallpaper and
fresh lead and oil will be here shortly. *
We guarantee our lead and oil, or
water-color wall finish to be superior
to any in Cordova.
Your patronage is solicited and our
aim is to please you.
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