ADVERTISEMENTS.
STANDARD
VARNISH WORKS.
Consulting Specialists respecting, and
Manufacturers of every class of
Varnish for all Industrial purposes
INSULATING VARNISHES,
CARRIAGE, AUTOMOBILE,
MARINE & DECORATORS'
VARNISHES, etc.
Patentees of the new STANDARD
HYDRAULIC IMMERSION
SYSTEM described on pages 42-53
of this publication.
Correspondence invited from responsible houses:
NEW YORK ELM PARK, STATEN ISLAND.
CHICAGO 2,600 FEDERAL STREET.
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL VARNISH Co., Ltd.
BRUSSELS 26, RUE GAUCHERET.
PARIS 34, RUE DE CHABROL.
MELBOURNE 479, COLLINS STREET.
LONDON 27, BEVIS MARKS, E.C.
THE
AIROSTYLE
THE ONE
COMPLETE & EFFICIENT
SYSTEM
OF
COMPRESSED AIR
PAINTING, JAPANNING,
VARNISHING, Etc.
Manufactured throughout by
The AIROSTYLE & LITHOS, Ltd.,
35, St. Bride Street, Ludgate Circus,
TELE PHONE: 12025 CENTRAL.
GRAMS: STAINLESS, LONDON. London, E.C.
THE
AIROSTYLE
COMPRESSED AIR
PAINTING PLANTS
ARE IN DAILY USE
at the Leading Works for
Motor Cars, Side Cars, etc.
Gas Meters
Gas Fires, Radiators, etc.
Kitchen Ranges, Grates, etc.
Cycles and Motor Cycles
Cycle and Motor Accessories
Carriage Lamps
Leather Manufactures
Buttons
Toys
Baby Carriages
Sewing Machines
China and Glass
Electrical Apparatus
Scientific Instruments
Constructional Work
Horticultural Buildings, etc.
Tinplate Work
Munitions
General Japanned Goods
Porcelain Enamelled Goods
Advertising Signs
Textile Productions
Rubber Goods
Typewriters
Tiles
etc., etc., etc., etc.
Manufactured throughout by
The AIROSTYLE & LITHOS, Ltd.,
35, St. Bride Street, Ludgate Circus,
TELE PHONE: 12025 CENTRAL. London, E.C.
GRAMS: STAINLESS, LONDON.
PECORA
FIRST COATERS, FINISHING COATS & THINNERS
FOR USE BY THE IMMERSION (DIPPING) PROCESS
OR APPLICATION BY COMPRESSED AIR (SPRAY)
ARE THE RESULT OF
1st.—Theoretical Combinations of pigments
and vehicles.
2nd.—Careful practical test of these combinations
and changes to meet given
requirements.
3rd.—Close study of the finished article to
determine durability.
4th.—Twenty-five years experience in the
production of special finishes, which
must meet unusually severe conditions.
Our Experimental Laboratory is equipped with a complete dipping, spraying and baking plant, and is at the service of any interested person.
We would be glad to finish samples of your product along any desired lines, or to follow out our own ideas as to the most desirable method.
PECORA PAINT COMPANY.
4th & Erie Ave. Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.
Est. 1862 by Smith Bowen. Incorporated 1911.
ARE YOU USING
"Aerograph" Sprays
FOR
Plain Painting, Decorating, Japanning, Enamelling, Varnishing and Lacquering. Also for Distempers of all kinds. Five times Faster than any other Method.
Stationary and Portable Painting Outfits
PERFECT CONTROL. SUPERIOR RESULTS.
The AEROGRAPH Co., Ltd.
43, HOLBORN VIADUCT, LONDON, E.C.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS.
CRANE'S SPRAYERS
For ENAMELS, PAINTS, LACQUERS,
VARNISHES, ETC., ARE
—THE GREATEST ECONOMISERS OF TIME—
MATERIAL & LABOUR EXTANT—The Handiest
and most Efficient yet Devised
and further
They ENSURE the Best Results.
Write for details:
FREDK. CRANE CHEMICAL Co.,
Bordesley Green, B'HAM.
W. GOODYEAR & Sons,
Manufacturers, DUDLEY.
SPECIALISTS IN:
Enamelling Stoves
for
All Purposes
WRITE FOR CATALOGUE.
ESTABLISHED ·1760·
If you will come to Homerton to see a
practical demonstration of the finishing
of your own products by the economical
Spraying process, our facilities are at your
service without charge or obligation. Those
facilities are: a fully equipped spraying
plant—probably the first spraying expert in
the Kingdom—and a range of spray paints
covering the entire process from Filler to
Varnish coat, perfected by experience. We
specialise too in paints for Dipping and shall
be glad to demonstrate to you the economy
of either or both.
Berger's
Spray Paints &
Dipping Paints.
Lewis Berger & Sons, Ltd.
Makers of Paints, Colours & Varnishes,
HOMERTON, LONDON, N.E.
Branches—Paris, Copenhagen, Sydney,
Wellington, Bombay, New York.
PNEUMATIC SPRAYING
OF PAINTS, ENAMELS, LACQUERS,
VARNISHES, RUBBER SOLUTION, &c.
If you use any of the above in quantities
you cannot afford to be without a
PNEUMATIC SPRAYING PLANT.
BETTER FINISH,
SMALLER BILLS for
material, much cheaper
production.
The Midland Pneumatic
Spraying Plant is the
product of practical Engineers
and is ALL BRITISH.
LET US DEMONSTRATE ITS POSSIBILITIES AND ADVISE YOU.
Wire—Blast, Birmingham; 'Phone—Central 5463; or write—
The MIDLAND FAN Co., Ltd.,
46, Aston Road, BIRMINGHAM.
Gittings, Hills
& Boothby, Ld.
BIRMINGHAM.
SPECIALISTS FOR
SPRAYING, DIPPING & STOVING
VARNISHES & PAINTS.
G. H. & B., Ltd., will be pleased to show their Spraying
Installation to any firm desirous of seeing
and testing same—customers' own material
sprayed.
DIPPING TANKS loaned to customers to enable adequate
tests to be made.
DO YOU WANT TO
SAVE MONEY ?
Then take up the most economical methods of painting, viz.,
DIPPING AND SPRAYING.
Gittings, Hills & Boothby, Ltd.,
Varnish and Paint Manufacturers,
LONG ACRE,
BIRMINGHAM.
And at
82, TURNMILL STREET,
LONDON. E. C.
One Man with the Aeron is worth 2 to 10 without
There is not only this 50 to 90% saving in time and labour,
because of the speed that is possible with the AERON
SYSTEM of spraying, but there is also produced a
better quality of finish than is obtainable with any
other method. The surface is absolutely uniform,
smooth and even of thickness. It is free from all sags,
runs, thin spots or fatty edges.
The AERON SYSTEM is simple and easy to operate.
Ordinarily inaccessible places, and carved and irregular
surfaces, are quickly and uniformly finished.
The AERON SYSTEM installed in your finishing room
will produce the utmost in results at the lowest
possible cost.
Address:
The DeVilbiss Manufacturing Co.
71 Newman St., Oxford St., London, W., Eng.:
Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A.
Finish Your Products,
Large or Small, Wood or Metal,
with the
Guaranteed Aeron System Paints With Air
The AERON SYSTEM of applying varnishes, enamels,
shellacs, lacquers, japans, bronzes, and practically every
kind of finishing material, on wood and metal products
with compressed air, is the result of extensive painting and
mechanical experience, and a comprehensive study of
finishing problems.
The AERON SYSTEM is complete in every detail. Every
angle and problem of the application of finishing materials
is successfully met with a thoroughness and
positiveness—with a certainty of greater quality, speed,
economy and efficiency—by this SYSTEM. There is a
wide variety of "best type" Aerons and Accessory
Equipment, meeting all requirements and enabling the
operator to obtain striking results.
Let us send you full and interesting particulars,
—and a booklet of equipment facts.—
Address:
The DeVilbiss Manufacturing Co.
71 Newman St., Oxford St., London, W., Eng.:
Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A.
Telegrams—Varnish, Birmingham.
ARTHUR HOLDEN & SONS, Ld.
(Established nearly a Century)
Bradford Street, BIRMINGHAM.
Specialists in Spraying Finishes for every Trade.
Spraying Paints, Enamels, Japans,
Varnishes, Varnish Paints, etc.,
FOR STOVING OR SELF-DRYING
IN ALL COLOURS AND QUALITIES.
TRADES ALREADY SUPPLIED:—
Photographic, Optical, Electrical & Surgical
Apparatus Manufacturers. Bicycles, Motor
Bodies, Motor and Cycle accessories. Steel
Toys, Wood Toys, Lamps, Iron Fittings. Mail
Carts, Radiators, Trunks, Weighing Machines,
Scales, etc., etc.
The DeVilbiss Aeron
The most Efficient and Flexible
:: Spraying Machine. ::
Sold by
LLEWELLYN RYLAND, LTD.,
BIRMINGHAM.
Manufacturers of
LACQUERS, PAINTS, JAPANS
AND VARNISHES,
Suitable for Spraying.
Wells' "Lightning" Lime & Colour Washer.
A Great SAVING of TIME, LABOUR AND MONEY.
NO OUTSIDE POWER REQUIRED. OVER 5,000 SOLD.
SAVES its Cost in a Few Days
LIME, WHITING, or COLD WATER PAINTS
applied at a speed of from 10 to 20 square
yards per minute, in a manner superior to
brushwork. One coat with the machine on
rough surfaces is equal to two applied with
brushes.
ENLARGED PATTERNS.
REDUCED PRICES.
No. 6a—Small Size, fed from pail, 5 gallons £5 5 0
" 4—8 gallons £8 5 0
" 4a On Wheels, same capacity £9 0 0
" 5a—On Wheels, 12 gallons £11 5 0
Nos. 4a and 5a Patterns.
A. C. WELLS & CO.,
MIDLAND ROAD, ST. PANCRAS, LONDON.
Works—Carnarvon Street,
MANCHESTER.
THE
PERKINS CLOSED SYSTEM
OF
HEATING BY HOT WATER
FOR
ENAMELLING, JAPANNING, DRYING, etc.
Schemes & Estimates Submitted Free of Charge.
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Transcribers Notes:
Punctuation and spelling inaccuracies were silently corrected.
Archaic and variable spelling has been preserved.
Variations in hyphenation and compound words have been preserved.
Fig 125. Design for Show Card is wrongly shown to be on page 223 in the list of illustrations. This has been corrected to page 233.
In the index 'Sheets Metal Dipping 40, 58', has been altered to 38, 58.
Page 40 was a blank page and page 38 is near and in context but maybe an inaccurate alteration.
Both middle and modern decimal points are used.
Fig 114 has been corrected by rotating it 180 degrees.
