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WRCLA Heqrs Point Progress
Development of blister resistant paints by the paint manufacturing industry has solved one of its most perplex- ing problems and made available new quality paints for home owners, it was reported at the Western Red Cedar Lumber Association's fourth annual meeting on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Nlembers of the association are the principal manufacturers of cedar siding.
These new blister resistant paints, available throughout the wood siding marketing areas, have been demonstrated by research conducted by Timber Engineering Company, Washir-rgton, D.C. The project involved tl-re testing of many paints of the blister resistant type in comparison with two conventional oil-based, reactive pigment paints used as controls. The laboratory employed both the blister box technique (for determining tire amount of moisture blistering that rn'ould occur under extreme conditions) and the
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The Association heard that the new paints were reported to be_superior to conventional paints also in spreading rate, wet film sagging, brusl-ring, and drying time. These facts were based on research conducted by Paint Research Laboratories, San Francisco, Califomia. -
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