| Show I Business Today Today Today- firm Develops New Process For Dry Paint PAUL GESNER ER B Bv Dl 2nd d JOhN JOliN BECKLEY NEW V w YORK Fe Fe p. p 24 Wide I World world world-Il I we get through this without a shortage of quick war paints paints' and varnishes varnishes varnishes-es- es- es drying to speedy output of tanks planes and ships you ships you can take off I hat to a little chemical company com corn your Our r. r pany anY of which you probably never heard jeard The Woburn Degreasing companY company com corn pany of Kearny N. N J. J has done doner r jatich nuch of the pioneer work in developing developing de de- de- de substitutes for tung oil r which up u l Ul Pearl Harbor had been regarded as in int making fast drying paints and t varnishes The tempo of Americas America's mass production industries is geared to fast fast d drying dring ng lacquers and varnishes Without them acres of plant for drying space would have to be added to production lines Research Helps That's why the research and deI development de de- de- de I work of the Woburn company carried on quietly for several years suddenly has assumed assumed as- as as as- great importance Two products which they have developed developed de de- de- de eloped are reputed to be extremely extreme extreme- I ly jy y promising s substitutes for supplies supplies sup sup- plies of tung oil which have been blotted out by war with Japan I One is made from castor oil and the other from linseed oil Castor beans are available in Brazil while flaxseed from which linseed oil is processed is grown both here and andin in Argentina The company's chemists say making fast drying oils from castor castor cas cas- tor oil and linseed oil is a matter of Cf juggling atoms They have developed de de- de- de eloped processes which do this r and sod the result is drying oils which rival tung in effectiveness The drying oil developed from castor oil has been on the market i for two or three years and is in such demand that you cant can't get any without a high priority rat rat- ing lug Among other things it is being used on jeeps bombers and battleships Oil Called Isoline I This oil called isoline has to tobe tobe be handled quite differently from tung tang oil company spokesmen say but when used correctly can produce produce pro pro- produce duce equally fast drying lacquer and varnish In addition its color retention properties are said to be befar belar far lar superior to tung oil r The drying oil made from linseed lin- lin leed seed oil is a newer development practically duplicates tung oil properties and is only slightly different in methods of handling ISO So far production has been confined confined con con- fined to a tiny pilot plant but in I view o of ot the tung oil scarcity the I company expects to put up a full sized plant as soon as it can obi obtain ob ob- ob- ob i tam tain the necessary priorities for machinery I An odd feature of the little com corn company company pany which has developed these j important substitute drying oils is that it originally was in the business busi- busi ness Eess of taking the grease out of I tanned tamed leather leathel Degreased leather t was used primarily for automobile seats and patent leather shoes t Automobile Business Ends In the late twenties however Women fromen put them out of the automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile market by their preference for upholstered cushions rather than leather Except for European European European Euro Euro- business the patent leather shoe market had gone with the mustache cups Millions of pounds of waste I grease piled up in the degreasing proC process ss however turned the company company com corn pany pony into the chemical field Pioneering Pioneering Pio Plo for new products it developed developed deVeloped de de- de- de a compound made from flom grease pease that improved the quality of rubber tires From there it went into the of making fatty acids from vegetable oils specializing in high quality plastics and synthetic sins reSIns for paints and varnishes Its Ita ts chemists chemis had to learn the Paint business and following their loses flues developed substitute drying oils s as an additional line The search research men still are juggling atoms oms around and there is no tellIn tell- tell In in what business the company 11 ll find itself next You never nevern Ca tan n be sure in the chemical indus- indus try y Just what business you'll be I tomorrow |
