Eureka Reporter | 1905-09-15 | Page 5 | Painting a Frame House

painting a frame house please publish directions for paint ing a frame house outside either write or light yellow would you recommend raw or boiled linseed oila which oil will wear the beef would you use any turpentine 9 would it make any difference it it had had a coat ot paint what is the cause ol 01 paint peeling offa to paint a house first give the knots a dressing of shellac then apply the paint in two coats allowing the first coat to dry before applying the sec ond which is composed of about four gallons of oil and forty pounds of lead tor every one 1 undred yards of surface to be painted haw and boiled oil mixed equally are generally used either one will do tor outside work but the boiled oil will dry much quick er than the raw oil there is also less danger of the work being damaged by rain when the raw oil is used not unless it is necessary to thin the paint not unless it is scaling off it this Is the case remove the scales the pulling off of paint is usually due to the use of an inferior brand at the outset