Show I IH H How ow Paint Preserves Most people paint their homes for tor forthe forthe the sake of good looks But house houses should primarily be painted for the sake of preserving the wood which is lavery very porous When the wood wu was wa still In the tree state the pores were filled with sap and when cut the sap died out leaving the pores open It If the the wood should be left In the unprotected unprotected state minus Its mark fungi and moisture soon would begin to rot and destroy It It So when painted the paint penetrates the pores and forms form forms when when dry a tough elastic coating which Is anchored to the surface by countless little hooks that extend Into pores of the wood and this coating coaling or film preserves the wood by protectIng It from those things which otherwise would quickly and surely de- de destroy destroy de destroy stroy It I |