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Show PAINTING THE PLACE After selecting your brand of paint, consider the way it ought to be applied. ap-plied. In repainting a building, undoubtedly un-doubtedly the cause of many a poor job is the condition of the old paint. I will not attempt to state In months or years how frequently buildings EaP should be repainted because conditions 031 of climato vary in every section of the country, but undoubtedly It pays to liMfeli paint a building just as often as it n$fl needs painting. Every owner of prop- erty knows when his buildings and KaSl fences need painting, and it will pay fjsfijll him to do It promptly before the paint fiaefl is worn badly enough to give a poor Lfey surface underneath the new paint, H Whon old paint Is In bad shape, It pays to burn or scrape off all loose F)$Ms particles before new paint Is applied. If a building is old and a great many I I coats of paint have been put on, the l?- new paint should be mixed extra L; -nJtic thin, with plenty of oil As a matter rll of fact, plenty of oil is a good thloc Mfi to din Into the ears of your painted . r 'SSb who may prefer less oil because thick paint goes on easier than thin paint. Tbin paint with lots of oil can be used, however, if the painter b rushes f yj it out well, and that is what you want him to do brush it out over the old LK point Instead of slapping along with j the idea of saving on labor Prices bbbbbbbI should not be the prime consideration , in a painting job. The good workman , ' who, to do a good job, orks more ..c , slowly than a careless man, costs more n. money in the beginning, but prove ,-; . cheaper in the end. Good, pure In- . I gredients cost more per gallon, but H they stay put many monthR longer than cheap inferior good3 The next time you take bids on painting, or the next time you buy paint for your own j . use, try specifying the most durable L I paint you can find, regardless of price, I . j thcD put it on right. I - I oo I I |