Show sis s e si AID i ICED ST-ICED TO T TILING AILING MOUSE HOUSE I By B ROGER G B WHITMAN ALUMINUM PAINT AINT A paint Is coming into Inte ALUMINUM A very general use as a priming coat on bare wood to be finished with any kind of oil paint or of enamel The liquid part of num paint Is varnish which for tor sat satisfaction should be of high quality for tor outside work spar varnish should be bo used The aluminum is In the form of ol flakes of a fineness that is suited to the work Aluminum num paint should be mixed as it is used and to make this possible manufacturers supply it In a double can the lower lowr and larger part of the can containing the varnish and the upper and smaller can the dry aluminum powder The proportion Is about two pounds of ot the powder to the gallon of varnish When aluminum paint is applied the metal flakes float to the tho top of the film of varnish After harden hardening hardening Jag ing the varnish Is thus covered with witha a thin sheet of metal and it Is this that gives aluminum paint Its use usefulness usefulness usefulness as an undercoat The life lite of paint depends on the firmness with which the tha undercoat is at attached attached attached to the surface to which It is applied The loosening of paint Is due to the breaking of this bond The ultra violet rays of ot the sun are destructive to the oils In paint and andare andare are one of the causes of paint fail failure failure ure With the first coat of varnish protected by Its surface of alum aluminum alumInum loam the bond is given a much longer life than when it Is exposed to the destructive c violet lolet iolet rays Aluminum being opaque this paint is excellent for tor a first coat when a surface that is dark In color is to be repainted a lighter color or white The aluminum will hide the dark tone and one coat of paint painton painton on top of it may be sufficient to give the desired results With ordinary ordinary nary paint at least three coats will usually be needed to hide the dark color underneath There is a great difference In aluminum paints and it Is always aeU ell worth while to get a high grade In manufacture alumInum flakes acquire a fine coating ot of grease which if it not removed wIll prevent their close bonding with the varnish The color will then be gray In high grades of aluminum Oakes flakes or powder the grease has been removed re removed removed moved and the final color then re remains remains remains mains brilliant I had an experience th that t showed shoved the dl difference A cell lag ing was finished with aluminum paint with the idea that it would re reflect fleet the light but to my regret Ithe the tone Instead of having the bril brilliancy Nancy that I expected was gray gra Later when the ceiling was repaired re repaired repaired paired I finished the new part witha wIth n a top quality aluminum paint This finish was brilliant and has bas re reI remained I manned so In aluminum paint as asin asin asIn in almost everything else high qualIty quality quality Ity Is well worth an additional price c B By Rog Roger r B D Whitman Service |