47|730| | | |172| |Good |Good |10 | ==+===+====+====+=====+===+======+======+=========+======+ ==============+===========+===========+=============================== Formula | | | No. | | | |Checking |Chalking |Gloss |Remarks --+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------------------------- | | | | 1| |Very Slight|High |Like rubbed varnish work. 2|Hard Matt |Moderate |Med. High | 3| |Medium |Slight | 4| |Very Slight|Med. High | 5| |Slight |High |Hard surface. 6|Matt | |Good |Surface rough. 7| |Slight |High | 8| |Slight |High | 9|Heavy Matt |Medium |High |Peeling started. 10| |Some | Med. High | 11|Med. Matt |Some |Med. High |Some washing and discoloration. 12|Heavy Matt |Bad |Medium | 13| |Medium |Fair | 14|Evident |Some |Medium |Dead, spongy, surface. White | | | |incrustations. 15|Coarse Matt|Slight |High | 16|Bad |Slight |Good |White incrustations. 17| |Some |Fair | 18|Hard Matt |Moderate |Medium | 19|Hard Matt |Slight |Very Little| 20| |Very Little|Medium | 33| | |Good |Rough surface. 34|Evident |Slight |Egg Shell | 35|Matt | |Egg Shell | 36|Very |Bad |Egg Shell |Same as 177, but |Apparent | | |checking not so bad. 37|Very |Bad |Egg Shell |Same as 177 but wood |Apparent | | |shows more plainly. 38|Bad |Bad |Egg Shell |Cracking and perishing evident. 39| |Some |Good | 40| |Consider- |Egg Shell | | |able | | 45|Very Evi- | |High | |dent | | | 46|Some | |Good | 47|Apparent | |Good |Indication of scaling. ==+===========+===========+===========+=============================== "An inspection of the white lead paints on the fence indicated in every instance a rough, chalked, and disintegrated surface that seemed to be well worn, in some cases nearly to the wood. The strongly oxidizing air of the seacoast is probably responsible for the early decay of this pigment. "It was observed that the combination type of paint showed better hiding power than white lead, over the black crosses placed on the priming coat of each panel, as a hiding power test. [Illustration: Front of Fence showing Present Rearrangement of Panels] TESTS INAUGURATED IN 1907 CHART OF RESULTS OF SECOND ANNUAL INSPECTION OF ATLANTIC CITY TEST FENCE, MAY, 1910