JOHNSON'S UNDERCOAT You can give your customers the finest kind of a job by finishing both walls and trim with Johnson's Perfectone Undercoat and Johnson's Perfectone Enamel. These products will give equally good satisfaction on wood, plaster and metal. With them you can turn out perfect work-satisfy your trade and complete more jobs each season. Johnson's Perfectone Undercoat works easily under the brush and can be flowed on and brushed out free from brush marks. It dries hard with a smooth, velvety sheen and requires very little Johnson's Perfectone Enamel Johnson's Perfectone is the perfect architectural enamel. It is long in oil and gives a beautiful fin ish which will not fade, chip, crack nor peel. It will stand repeated washings. Cleaning has no harmful effect, neither dimming the gloss nor causing discoloration. Johnson's Perfectone Enamel is made in high Gloss in White only and in Satine in White, Ivory and French Gray. The Gloss and Satine Enamels may be mixed to secure any Gloss desired. Johnson's Enamel is exactly right for the expert finisher and will always give perfect results for the unskilled workman. Johnson's Enamel goes farther and lasts longer, so it proves more economical in the end. JOHNSON'S ENAMEL Strikes and lockouts are insufficient barriers when the Giant "Big Business" becomes enraged and starts upon one of his destructive rampages. But just as David found recourse against the bloodthirsty Goliath, owing his salvation to preparedness, dexterity and brains, so can Labor arm itself with an effective weapon, The Defense Fund, and withstand the unrelenting onslaughts of savage greed. BROTHERHOOD OF PAINTERS, DECORATOES AND PAPERHANGERS OF AMERICA. DOCUMENT No. 95 LaFayette, Ind., January 1, 1923. Proposed Amendment to Constitution to Increase the Percentage of the Defense Fund by Transferring the 12 Per Cent Now Being Paid to the Journal Fund to the Defense Fund and Providing Further That Each Member Shall Pay $1.00 Per Year For the Journal. 1, 6, 7. 77, 156, 227, 229, 349, 363, 491, 492, 497, 584, 587, 653, 667, ENDORSED BY THE FOLLOWING LOCAL UNIONS: 8, 9. 19, 20, 27. 29. 36, 39, 43, 44, 46, 48, 64, 65, 75, 76, 78, 80, 81, 91, 103, 104, 115, 116, 118, 121, 137, 140, 141, 147, 157, 165, 170, 175, 176, 184, 188, 190, 199, 201, 208, 216, 218, 233, 241, 247, 249, 262, 269, 281, 289, 300, 301, 341, 345, 348, 375, 376, 387, 392, 393, 401, 402, 403, 406, 417, 424, 426, 433, 437, 462, 500, 501, 502, 510, 511, 512, 513, 516, 520, 532, 553, 556, 562, 567, 571, 595, 603, 605, 609, 617, 625, 626, 627, 631, 632, 634, 636, 642, 644, 649, 651, 684, 691, 692, 713, 716, 733, 741, 745, 753, 765, 774, 780, 790, 793, 797, 806, 807, 813, 818, 819, 823, 824, 825, 837, 843, 845, 856, 867, 877, 901, 911, 929,- 930, 937, 941, 974, 980, 982, 983, 988, 1018, 1025, 1026, 1035, 1036, 1043, 1044, 1083, 1097, 1113, 1118, 1123, 1130, 1134, 1136, 1144, 1148, 1149, 1154, 1168, 1170, 1175, 1188, 1265, 1288, 1321, 1342. 49. 53, 58, 132, 133, 134, 204, 205, 206, 308, 315, 333, 431, 545, Section 9 of General Constitution. "All revenues received from all sources and not herein otherwise specified shall be apportioned monthly among the following various funds in the manner herein provided and they shall be used for the management of the Brotherhood and the payment of all benefits as hereinafter prescribed and provided in this constitution: As amended Section 9 would read as above with the apportionment as follows: "Death and Disability Fund Defense Fund Organizing Fund General Fund Should the provision meet with the approval of the membership the laws are to be further amended by adding a new section under the caption "The Journal" as follows: "In the month of May, each year, the Financial Secretary of each Local Union shall collect from each member (including honorary members and apprentices) $1.00 for the official Journal. The amount so collected MUST be forwarded to the General Office with the monthly report and the per capita tax for May, and amount due for the Journal shall be based on the membership on which per capita tax is paid for that month including honorary members and apprentices." Only honorary members who have been transferred under section 103 being sixty years of age and having been in ontinuous good standing for twenty years will be exempt. NOTICE. A special meeting MUST be called to vote upon this proposed amendment and every effort should be made to secure a full attendance. The vote of the membership of the Local Union shall be recorded upon this sheet. Retain the upper portion on file for reference; detach the lower portion at the perforated line and return to the General Office in the enclosed envelope. Returns must be in the mails by midnight of March 2, 1923. Those mailed later will not be entitled to consideration. The result of the vote will be published in the April "Painter and Decorator." Only the votes of members present and voting on the proposition should be included in the returns. Do not use the words "for," "against" or "unanimous," but give in figures the number of members voting "Yes" or "No." Tear at perforated line and return this part to the General Office in enclosed envelope on or certify that the above is a correct statement of the votes of the members present and voting on Docu G PROBLEM OF SURFACING ROUGHSTUFF RANTING the rough-stuff to have been properly applied and to sufficient depth to afford a good rubbing foundation, this being of the first importance upon old or new work, we come to the work of surfacing this body of roughstuffof reducing it to a uniform level and to circumspect smoothness. In rubbing roughstuff some painters, notably in small shops, esteem a guide or stain coat, as it is variously called, invaluable, but we advise our friends in the small shops to learn to rub roughstuff without the aid of the guide or stain coat. It puts the responsibility for knowing when the surface is rubbed enough directly upon the workman, makes him more careful, and develops his surfacing ability. The roughstuff rubber's equipment should consist of the following: 1st-Plenty of clean soft water. 2nd-Two good galvanized pails, standard size. 3rd- A good strong sponge or two. 4th-Artificial rubbing brick of two kinds, medium and hard. 5th-An asphalt or cement "deck" or platform upon which to rub the roughstuff. Roughstuff should be rubbed in a part of the shop into which it is possible to introduce plenty of strong, bright light. For cutting the brick or stone to the required shapes and sizes a common "buck" saw blade, partly worn out, will answer the purpose fully. In the selection of stone for rubbing it is advisable to use a coarser stone at the beginning, and as the surface gets down, some change the coarse stone for one of finer texture and for the final smoothing up use the finest stone to be had. In this way more surface may be rubbed, and the quality, in the end, will be quite as good as a fine stone used from the beginning would bring forth. In rubbing roughstuff, use plenty of water; not drowning the surface, but keeping it washed free from grit and filler accumulations. Even the beginner if he keeps the surface washed clean will rarely scratch and disfigure the work. Rub with straight, long strokes of the rubbing stone, and avoid rubbing in circles. A circular motion of the stone is very apt to catch the surface and gouge it into furrows that look like irrigating ditches. Always rub battens or any surface ornament first, along with, usually, the outside surface of the panel. The inner portion of the panel or fancy style surface for that matter, if rubbed first is quite likely to get bruised or injured before the outer strip or border is surfaced to determine how close the surface is getting rubbed, and the particular fineness of such rubbing, draw the dry finger at right angle with the strokes of the rubbing stone, and into this dry strip of surface look sharply, as this will more accurately disclose the condition of the surface than any other method within the reach of the average painter. When the surface has been rubbed so that all the "hallows" and the "hummocks" haye disappeared, thus giving an absolutely level surface, and a smooth one, with all the outward coarse nature of the roughstuff worn to a fine finish, the surface may be accepted as properly rubbed. The surfacing of the varnish coats represents a different set of methods and perhaps a somewhat higher grade of skill. The varnish rubbers' outfit shouldu consist of the following articles: Two good galvanized pails; two soft wool sponges; two chamois skins; two wash brushes; a small pail containing No. 00 pumice stone flour; several half-inch thick perforated felt pads for rubbing the varnish, and, if possible, a stout bench light enough to be easily carried about the shop.-American Blacksmith. O SIMPLE COLOR SCHEMES CONSIDERED Definite Principles to Be Borne in Mind WING to the fact that color applied to walls and ceiling is only part of the scheme, the furniture itself, its type and period, having to be taken into consideration, it is impossible to offer complete schemes which are not subject to variation in one way or another. Still, there are definite principles which can always be borne in mind. The most important are the simple laws of harmony and contrast of color. But, as every man may interpret these laws in his own way, it is as well to remark that in interior decoration large areas compel a reduction in strong colors. The latter are better used only for purposes of relief and for small areas. Bearing this in mind, a few schemes which could be mentioned as appropriate are as follows: For main surfaces of walls, cream, buff or biscuit color. Relieving color, blue, which may incline to grey, green or red, according to the warmth or coolness of the main wall color. Where blue walls are required, the blue is the better for being toned with black or green, to neutralize its intensity. It should, of course, also be reduced considerably with white. The contrasting color for blue will be orange tones, such as old gold, or for darker shades, golden browns; for lighter tints, creams or buffs. Over 300,000 People This book is greatly in demand among architects, contractors, JAHNCAN'S ARTISTIC WOOD FINISHES JUIIIVIS Johnson's Artistic Interior Finishes have been manufactured right here in The Johnson Line of Artistic Interior Finishes is a high-class specialty line- RACINE, S. C. JOHNSON & SON "The Wood Finishing Authorities" (Canadian Factory-Brantford) WISCONSIN |