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many paint buyer* bale their purchase on |yice per gallon alone. This is just another case of “get* ting what you pay for." .
I am unable to give you the percentage labor costs would be of the total costs of painting, however, suffice it to say that it is certainly a major item. Thus when you invest in a painting job most people would want to use a paint that is tough, durable, capable of expanding or contracting as the temperature varies, and one that brightens up the appearance of buildings.
Pigments are .that part of paint that freshens up or covers up.' Durability comes from* the vehicle that “carries" the pigments, the principle one being linseed oil. Always remember, there is no pigment which will completely replace white lead and no vehicle that could completely replace linseed oil.
Since thert-are different grades of paint put on the market by most manufacturers just as there are different grades of apples, beef or anything else, you probably are wondering how you can tell which paint to buy. Look well to the formula printed on the label.
The Housing and Home Finance Research Agency in Washington about 1950-52, made a study of about 50 to 60 different high grade commercial paints. TTiey found that the majority of these high grade paints were made of white lead, zinc oxide and titanium dioxide pigments and raw linseed oil, and bodied linseed oil composing the major portions of the vehicle.’ (C. D. Wheary, Associate Extension Agricultural En
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