Parowan Times | 1939-05-19 | Page 8 | For Hard Paint

for hard paint A combination of zinc oxide and white lead produces a harder paint and chalks less readily than the leads without the zinc oxide furthermore ther more they fade less and do not discolor or so soil so much W with tb dirt and water zinc oxide is whiter than lead and possesses a greater spreading capacity because it takes more oil the content of at zinc oxide should not exceed one half of that of the white lead by weight else the paint will be too hard and crack badly zinc oxide alone dries too hard and qui quickly akly becomes brittle and cracks