Oxide and Metallic Paints - Revision history

Josh Bernard at 17:47, 23 September 2023

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	<blockquote> "Gentlemen: Your 'Metallic Paints' known as 'Iron Clad Paints' have, in the past six years, been extensively used and thoroughly tested by this Company, as to their covering capacity, durability, and resistance to atmospheric changes - latter 'paint destroyer' - the most difficult to overcome in outside paints. We can emphatically accord them the highest position over any paint heretofore produced, for Cars, Roofs, Stations, Bridges, etc. The monthly increase of our orders is the best evidence that the paint is constantly growing in favor with our mechanics. Very respectfully yours, A.C. Armstrong, Gen'l Purchasing Agent L.S.&M.S.R.R."</blockquote>		<blockquote> "Gentlemen: Your 'Metallic Paints' known as 'Iron Clad Paints' have, in the past six years, been extensively used and thoroughly tested by this Company, as to their covering capacity, durability, and resistance to atmospheric changes - latter 'paint destroyer' - the most difficult to overcome in outside paints. We can emphatically accord them the highest position over any paint heretofore produced, for Cars, Roofs, Stations, Bridges, etc. The monthly increase of our orders is the best evidence that the paint is constantly growing in favor with our mechanics. Very respectfully yours, A.C. Armstrong, Gen'l Purchasing Agent L.S.&M.S.R.R."</blockquote>

			'''1879'''

			The property inventory of the [[Denver & Rio Grande: Paint Information\|Denver & Rio Grande,]] prepared during the Royal Gorge War settlement with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, lists Iron Clad Mineral Paint in the Denver paint shop stock.

			''Inventory of Tools, Material, Equipment & Other Property of Denver & Rio Grande Railway Trasnferred to Receiver, Aug. 14, 1879 by Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. Original ledger number 66 from the collection of Jason Sanford.''

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Josh Bernard at 17:43, 23 September 2023

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	==Prince's Mineral/Prince's Metallic==		==Prince's Mineral/Prince's Metallic==

			See [[Prince Bros. Mineral Brown]]

			Prince's Metallic, also branded as Prince's Mineral Paint, was produced from iron ore mined along the Lehigh River in Carbon County, Pennsylvania.

	[[image:VT-paintshop-roofcolors-PrincesMineral-VenetianRed-DarkBrown.jpg\|500px\|Color drift card from the Virginia & Truckee showing Prince's Mineral Brown.]]		[[image:VT-paintshop-roofcolors-PrincesMineral-VenetianRed-DarkBrown.jpg\|500px\|Color drift card from the Virginia & Truckee showing Prince's Mineral Brown.]]

Josh Bernard at 05:47, 30 August 2022

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	''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VCg2AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA370#v=snippet&q=painted&f=false\| "Mr. Quest's Paper: The Preservation of Steel Cars from Decay," The Railway Master Mechanic October 1905 pp370-370.]''		''[https://books.google.com/books?id=VCg2AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA370#v=snippet&q=painted&f=false\| "Mr. Quest's Paper: The Preservation of Steel Cars from Decay," The Railway Master Mechanic October 1905 pp370-370.]''

			==Kohler-McLister==

			See [[D&RG Freight Car Red]]

			Kohler-McLister offered KM-91 "Box Car Red" to the railroad market.

	==Patton's Sun Proof Paint==		==Patton's Sun Proof Paint==
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	'''Railroad known to have used Sherwin-Williams paint:'''		'''Railroad known to have used Sherwin-Williams paint:'''

	Union Pacific		*[[Union Pacific Railroad Paint Information \|Union Pacific]]

	Denver & Rio Grande (after 1920)		*[[Denver & Rio Grande: Paint Information\| Denver & Rio Grande (after 1920)]]

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Sherwin-Williams

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	''"Sherwin-Williams 1st Quality Colors in Oil," Paint Catalog ca. 1925''		''"Sherwin-Williams 1st Quality Colors in Oil," Paint Catalog ca. 1925''

			'''Railroad known to have used Sherwin-Williams paint:'''

			Union Pacific

			Denver & Rio Grande (after 1920)

Josh Bernard at 17:07, 14 April 2022

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	Sherwin-Williams provided a number of iron oxide colors.		Sherwin-Williams provided a number of iron oxide colors.

			[[image:Paint-Sherwin-Williams-Iron-Oxide-Pigments-1st-Qualit-Colors-In-Oil-Catalog-ca1925-Josh-Bernhard-Collection.jpg\|500px\|Sherwin-Williams Company sample card showing its selection of iron oxide colors.]]

	'''Italian Sienna'''		'''Italian Sienna'''

Josh Bernard at 16:25, 14 April 2022

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	==Pennsylvania Railroad==		==Pennsylvania Railroad==

			'''1890'''

			Passenger car paint specification adopted as Tuscan red paint pigment: 80% sesquioxide of iron (Fe2O3, red iron oxide), 15% “organic coloring matter,” and 5% carbonate of lime (calcium carbonate; to facilitate drying).

			''The Railroad and Engineering Journal, May 1891, p251.''

	'''1891'''		'''1891'''

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	Sherwin-Williams provided a number of iron oxide colors.		Sherwin-Williams provided a number of iron oxide colors.

			'''Italian Sienna'''

			<blockquote>"Italian Sienna comes from Sienna in Tuscany. The raw is a peculiar Yellow and when burned is a rich semi-transparent Red. Raw Sienna contains the same coloring pigment as Ochre, the principal difference between them lies in the very large percentage of of iron, as while Ochre contains approximately 20%, Raw Sienna frequently contains 75% and upwards. Burnt Sienna is obtained by roasting the Raw. The peculiar feature of Burnt Sienna is the extreme brilliancy which it gives to transmitted light. On account of its brilliancy, Burnt Sienna is largely used in connection with the manufacture of Stains and Lacquers."</blockquote>

			'''Turkey Umber'''

			<blockquote>"Turkey Umber is a native earth largely found in the island of Cyprus. Umber contains about 46% Oxide of Iron; the balance, as in other pigments, being earthy matter, except that Umber contains about 5% Oxide of Manganese. It is this ingredient which gives to Umber its brilliant color and its drying qualities."</blockquote>

	'''Tuscan Red'''		'''Tuscan Red'''
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	<blockquote>"Indian and Venetian Reds are Iron Oxides obtained by burning suitable Ochres and especially in the Venetian by calcining Copperas with a suitable base, usually gypsum."</blockquote>		<blockquote>"Indian and Venetian Reds are Iron Oxides obtained by burning suitable Ochres and especially in the Venetian by calcining Copperas with a suitable base, usually gypsum."</blockquote>

			'''Yellow Ochre'''

			<blockquote>"Yellow Ochre is a native earth and probably no other pigment used in painting is more widely distributed or found in such exhaustless quantities as this. Yet only a small quantity is suitable for the very highest grade of painting. The Yellow Ochre we use is imported from Southern France, that being the only source of supply for good Ochre, so far as we know."</blockquote>

	''"Sherwin-Williams 1st Quality Colors in Oil," Paint Catalog ca. 1925''		''"Sherwin-Williams 1st Quality Colors in Oil," Paint Catalog ca. 1925''

Josh Bernard at 15:30, 14 April 2022

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	See [[D&RG Freight Car Red]]		See [[D&RG Freight Car Red]]

			In railroad terms, "Oxide," "Metallic," and "Mineral" are generally interchangeable, referring to deep brown paints mixed from iron oxide pigments. These are what are commonly referred to as "freight car brown" or "boxcar red." Outside of the railroad industry, iron oxide pigments are called "earth colors" and include the ochres, siennas and umbers.

			A number of factors contribute to the color of an iron oxide paint: the chemical composition of the oxide, the quarry where it was mined, how finely the pigment is ground, whether the pigment is baked ("burnt" or dehydrated), and any special additives included by the manufacturer. Most "mineral" paints such as "Iron-Clad" and "Rawlins Red" brands are produced from hematite (Fe2O3), an iron ore that varies from reddish-brown to black in the wild and produces a pigment ranging from bright earthy red to dark brown once processed, although mineral paints manufactured from limonite (FeO(OH)·nH2O) tend towards the yellow-orange spectrum.

	==Flexite Metal Preservative Paint==		==Flexite Metal Preservative Paint==
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	''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sweet_s_Architectural_Catalog_File/O9JBAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=patton%27s+sun+proof+paints&pg=RA1-PA1332&printsec=frontcover\| Sweet's Architectural Catalogue Vol. 13, 1918 p1333.]''		''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/Sweet_s_Architectural_Catalog_File/O9JBAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=patton%27s+sun+proof+paints&pg=RA1-PA1332&printsec=frontcover\| Sweet's Architectural Catalogue Vol. 13, 1918 p1333.]''

			==Pennsylvania Railroad==

			'''1891'''

			Third draft of official paint specifications gives the freight car color recipe as paint pigment 50% sesquioxide of iron (Fe2O3 hematite), 45% hydrated gypsum (as a binder), and 5% carbonate of lime (calcium carbonate; to facilitate drying).

			''The Railroad and Engineering Journal, May 1891, p224.''

			The ratio of gypsum to iron oxide in Pennsylvania's pigment mix resulted in a lighter red than is commonly associated with freight car colors, which faded to a deep orange.

	==Prince's Mineral/Prince's Metallic==		==Prince's Mineral/Prince's Metallic==
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	*South Carolina Railway		*South Carolina Railway
			*[[Union Pacific Railroad Paint Information\|Union Pacific]]

	*[[Virginia & Truckee Railroad: Paint Information\|Virginia & Truckee Railroad]]		*[[Virginia & Truckee Railroad: Paint Information\|Virginia & Truckee Railroad]]

Josh Bernard at 03:12, 14 April 2022

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	<blockquote> "The Cheapest, Best, Most Durable, Most Fire, Water and Weather Proof paint made. Used by the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., and the Union Pacific R.R. Co. Address all Orders: Rawlins Metalic Paint Co., Rawlins, Wyoming Territory. C.F. Goodman, Omaha, Neb.; John Alston & Co., 179 and 181 Randolph St., Chicago, Ill."</blockquote>		<blockquote> "The Cheapest, Best, Most Durable, Most Fire, Water and Weather Proof paint made. Used by the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., and the Union Pacific R.R. Co. Address all Orders: Rawlins Metalic Paint Co., Rawlins, Wyoming Territory. C.F. Goodman, Omaha, Neb.; John Alston & Co., 179 and 181 Randolph St., Chicago, Ill."</blockquote>

			==Sherwin-Williams==

			Sherwin-Williams provided a number of iron oxide colors.

			'''Tuscan Red'''

			<blockquote>"Tuscan Red is an earth color containing a large amount of iron oxide which has been dyed with Madder Lake, which is the fastest red known to chemists. This combination of iron oxide and brilliant red lake produces a beautiful rich color which is the most valuable and permanent of the earth pigments."</blockquote>

			'''Indian and Venetian Red'''

			<blockquote>"Indian and Venetian Reds are Iron Oxides obtained by burning suitable Ochres and especially in the Venetian by calcining Copperas with a suitable base, usually gypsum."</blockquote>

			''"Sherwin-Williams 1st Quality Colors in Oil," Paint Catalog ca. 1925''

Josh Bernard at 17:30, 4 April 2022

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	==Prince's Mineral/Prince's Metallic==		==Prince's Mineral/Prince's Metallic==

			[[image:VT-paintshop-roofcolors-PrincesMineral-VenetianRed-DarkBrown.jpg\|500px\|Color drift card from the Virginia & Truckee showing Prince's Mineral Brown.]]

	Railroads documented to have used Prince's Mineral Paint:		Railroads documented to have used Prince's Mineral Paint: