February 8, 2015 in DIY Tips
That the use of varnish sealing coats is not the proper procedure in the painting of plaster walls.
The Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company has always recognized and maintained the correctness of the principle of oil base wall paints and oil base primers.
February 8, 2015 in DIY Tips
Inferior plaster work and the tendency to rush painting on damp walls.
Uneven suction effects on poor walls may be generally counteracted by the use of varnish type priming coats – at the risk of cracking and peeling of later paint coats. A better looking job is often temporarily secured on non-uniform plaster, through the use of varnish base primers, but the prospect of future failures is always great.
February 8, 2015 in DIY Tips
Circumstances brought out the importance of the Priming Coat. Prior to the discovery of Vitolized Oil, little or no attention was given to the part which the priming coat played in achieving satisfactory results.
The general practice had been to attempt to overcome the difficulties involved in exterior painting by providing a first coater that would penetrate deeply into the wood, the theory being that such extreme penetration would seal and satisfy the absorption.
