Show State Road Uses For Road Strip Painting Add a lustrous type of asphalt discovered In Uintah C Cun In Int t ty i t I tar far Vernal It b t the list of 01 sub war lIr materials which Utahna art arr rp ge gc g II li g to bt be b seep seeli g a II lot lut of olli h 11 i t e f flee rhe late t IL test u-s u f r tl U Is Ls native Utah pr I Is Ie t i epin paint in he e t e rater R g e f l I 1 let IRI wn wa s I an all I Iby Iby iby by Jut Jiu f t black 1 is of tie will appear e c i t c cc ce high highway highway way of the state taIR in lieu Iles of the cost n arv yellow lai lal e f markings Levi I evl M air lir materials materiaL engineer f f r ithe the Stat tat Read R It ad C ce C n II I 1 tlc tl c Idea f t 1 i gel as s a substitute road laC JUt r when the lie g K depart met t I t recci failed to receive a single bid on its periodic order for yellow eow paint 11 I a son reason paint companies weir I unable to obtain China Wood oil bast balc of highway errs because rn It 11 comes from the Far Fur Fast Fl Mr Muir first thought of using castor atOl 01 oil oit variations variation to replace Cher n a Wood oil In the specifics as S California has done but abandoned the Idea upon learning of the SU success IE Iowa Kan Kansas as and Texas have had with cheaper as asphalt asphalt aj emulsion lon In highway strip eras This In turn led to utilization of gilsonite thinned with fraction fractional al gasoline It Is a native Utah product Is readily a available and andI I cheaper costing 15 lb cents per gal galIon galIon galIon Ion as against 1160 1 SO paid for lor yel yellow yellow yellow low paint It dries harder and Is la Ismore Ismore lamore more I lustrous than asphalt emu Obviously ly the black striping Is bf be st t suited to concrete and other light re r c bored lore l highways highway where re anit an 11 it s erfa e I 1 las as been sealed with while h li materials These Thle tonsil t I It if t IlK ib lit sit 40 per cent of or the states state B ways H wove r the thickened to abot t 2 25 per r cent can also be beIL IL used ed on a asphalt ph lt black top road mIx as ax d ct other dark colored roads by rc lung white whitt granite chips chips and sand and or other mate matt leis Into It for forI forc c This forms forests a white rib ribbon ribbon ribbon I bon that Is more durable than ye y I 1 Ilow low lacquer which mIst m rn 1st be bf re replaced replaced placed yearly Cost of rolling chips Into RII gil gilsonite ribbons approximates that of regular paint but will be chI cheep p per er In the long run because I of its greater durability said Mr M nr sir 14 t tSo So Mr and Mrs Utah Motorist maybe priorities In to this Instance are a ble blessing In disguise Your gasoline tax doll dollars an will go further If gilsonite mee meets the test teat te t And the probability Is 11 this substitute will prove superior to the original Deseret Deseret News |