Increase in the Use of Painting by Dipping and Spraying—The Remarkable Saving of Time Effected—The Durability Equal to Brush Painting—Scope of the Subject—Whitewashing Machines—Cost of Spraying Plant—Dipping Plant may be very Simple—List of the Principal Products to which Paint Spraying is Applied

An old Idea largely Developed in Recent Years—Simple Forms of Paint Dipping—Painting Varnish Cans—Larger Plants—The Tank—The Agitators—McLennan Patent—Paint Proof Gear Box—Three Tank Plant for Different Colours—The Rails and Hanging Apparatus—Hanging Articles after they are Painted—Hoists—Simple Crabs and Lifting Gear—Pneumatic Hoist—Electrical Hoist—Trolley Hoist—The Number of Coats of Paint—Advantages of the Dipping Process—Protecting Parts not to be Painted—Preparing Woodwork before Painting—Filler for Iron—Stopping Holes in Woodwork—Rubbing Down

Bedsteads—Collapsible Gates—Dipping Sewing Machine Parts—Iron Rods—Iron Window Frames or Casements—Metal Furniture—Motor Parts (Metal)—Automatic Finishing of Pianos—The Standard Hydraulic Immersion System—Wheels—Some Typical Plants—Carriage Department, Woolwich Arsenal—James Gibbons—Harrison, McGregor & Co.—Phillips & Son—The Ford Motor Company—Marshall, Sons & Co., Ltd.—Hayward Bros. & Eckstein, Ltd.—The Crittall Manufacturing Co.—Excluding Dust—Heating and Ventilation of Drying Room—A Model Drying Room

The Requirements of a Good Dipping Paint—Specific Gravity of Pigments—White Dipping Paint—Gloss Paint—W. G. Scott on Dipping Paints—Proportion of Paste and Thinners—Asbestine—China Clay—Whiting—Zinc Oxide—Inert Materials—Primers for Metal—Primers for Hard and Soft Woods—Second Coat Dipping Paints—White Paste Primer—White Dip for Metals—White Dip for Hard Wood—White Dip for Soft Wood—White Spirit—Quantity of Paint Required for Dipping and Spraying—Spreading Capacity of Paints

The Evolution of the Apparatus Employed—Early Attempts—The Concentric Form of Spray—Its Advantages—The Flow of Paint—Practice Necessary—Cost of Plant—Pressure and Volume of Air Required

The Aerograph—Electric Motor Outfit—Painting a Gasometer—Small Aerograph—The Aeron—Uniformity of Coats—Cup Aeron—Air Transformer—The Airostyle—Construction—"Ultra" type—Pistol "M"—The Eureka Spraying Machine—The Crane Eureka—The Crane "Record"—The "Invincible"—Type "E"—Artists' Type—The Midland Sprayer—The "Paasche" Sprayer—Larger Size—Oil and Water Separator—Automatic Electric Controller

Type of Compressor—Air Main—Air Valves—Purifying Air—Small Compressors—Water Cooling—Air Pump and Tank Combined—General Arrangement of Accessories—The Supply of Paint—The Exhaust Installation—Central Draught Fan—Location of Work Cabinets—The Fumexer Spraying Cabinet—Accessories —Turn-tables, Auto—Electric Air Heater

Protecting parts not to be Sprayed—Masks for Gas Meters—The Hart Patent Mask—Making Stencils—Stencil Paper—Four-ounce Stencil Metal—Zinc Stencils—Requirements of Special Trades—Piece Work—Bookbinding—Carriages—Cycle Parts—Electrical Work—Fancy Baskets—Gas Meters—Gas Stoves and Ranges—Picture Frames, Picture Mouldings, etc.—Celluloid Varnish—Spraying Ships' Hulls—Slate Enamelling—Spraying Colour Specimens—Tramcars

Plant for Twelve Operators—The Birmingham Small Arms Co.—Airostyle Plant for Sixteen Operators—The Davis Gas Stove Co., Ltd.—Fletcher, Russell & Co., Ltd.—Special Machines—Gittings, Hills and Boothby, Ltd.—The Kingsbury Manufacturing Co., Ltd.—J. Lucas, Ltd.—The Gas Light and Coke Co., Ltd.—The Gas Meter Co., Ltd

Temperature of Spraying Room—Fine Paint must be used—Firms who Specialize on Dipping and Spraying Paints, etc.—Stoving Enamels—Enamels—Hints on Stoving or Baking—Black Japan Finishes—Steel Furniture Enamels—Imitation Wood Effects—White Work—Bedsteads, etc.—Transparent Colour Varnishes—Safe Baking Heats of Pigment Colours—Dipping and Spraying Compared

Comparison with Brush Painting—Bronzing with Celluloid Medium—Objections Sometimes Urged Against Spraying—-Mottled Appearance of Paint and how Avoided—Spraying Fillers and Primers—Spraying and Dipping Compared—The Great Saving Effected

Artistic Work—Lining on Motors and Carriages—Relief Work—Scumbling and Colour Glazing—Glazing—Designs for Lamp Shades—Reds—Blues—Yellows—Greens—Browns—Greys—Scumbling and Graining—Brush Graining—Marble Grounds—Graining Grounds

The Latest Method of Finishing Automobiles—Remarkable Speed of the Method—The Apparatus—Trough Tank used in the Process—The Kind of Paint or Japan Used—The Floco Process—Painting Motor Bodies—Description of Modern Enamelling Ovens for Motor Bodies—Notes on the Construction of Stoves—The Perkins' Stove—Typical Goodyear Stove—Dipping Trough

Periodical Whitewashing in Workshops Compulsory—The Wells Sprayer—Limewhiting by Machine with 8-foot Bamboo Pole—The Brown Sprayer—The Merryweather Sprayer—The Tumbling Barrel Process

The Pennsylvania Railroad System—fainting Freight Cars—Description of Apparatus—Plan and Elevation—Detail Drawings

Description of the Process—The Immense Field for it—The Metal Spraying "Pistol"—Detail Drawings of Pistol—Sectional Drawing—Diagrammatic Representation of Melting and Spraying Jets in Action—Spraying Alloys—Cost of the Process