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July 11, 1823
American Watchman And Delaware Advertiser
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware
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Advice from New-England Farmer: Painting houses in late autumn or winter lasts over twice as long as summer painting, per recent experiments, due to cold forming a hard surface cement while heat causes oil penetration and drying.
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From the New-England Farmer.
Painting.—I believe it is a general practice of people to do their painting some time during the three summer months; but repeated experiments have been made within a few years, which have proved that a house painted late in autumn or in the winter, will hold the paint more than twice as long as one painted in warm weather.
The reason is obvious; for when paints are applied in cold weather, the oil, with the other ingredients, forms a hard cement on the surface of the clapboards, which cannot easily be erased: whereas, a building painted (as usual) in the heat of summer, will soon need a new coat, for the heat causes the oil to penetrate into the wood, and leaves the other component parts dry, which will soon easily crumble off.
Painting.—I believe it is a general practice of people to do their painting some time during the three summer months; but repeated experiments have been made within a few years, which have proved that a house painted late in autumn or in the winter, will hold the paint more than twice as long as one painted in warm weather.
The reason is obvious; for when paints are applied in cold weather, the oil, with the other ingredients, forms a hard cement on the surface of the clapboards, which cannot easily be erased: whereas, a building painted (as usual) in the heat of summer, will soon need a new coat, for the heat causes the oil to penetrate into the wood, and leaves the other component parts dry, which will soon easily crumble off.
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Curiosity
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House Painting
Cold Weather
Paint Durability
Summer Painting
Experiments
Clapboards
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Repeated experiments prove that houses painted late in autumn or winter hold paint more than twice as long as those painted in summer, because cold weather creates a hard cement on the surface while summer heat causes oil to penetrate the wood, leading to quick crumbling.