Show how paint preserves most people paint their homes for the sake of good looks but houses housed should primarily be painted for the sake of preserving the wood which Is very porous when the wood was still in the tree state the pores were filled with sap and when cut the sap eap died out leaving the pores open if the wood should be left in the unprotected state minus its mark fungi and moisture soon would bein begin to rot and destroy it so when painted the paint penetrates tile the pores and forms 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 or film dim preserves the wood by protecting it from those things which otherwise would quickly tind rind surely destroy it |