<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Traditional "Japan dryer" is a heavy metal compound that catalyzes the resin (i.e., the oil), and accelerates the drying, resulting in a harder coating.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Today, we have more advanced catalysts.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color: rgb(87, 87, 87); font-size: 85%;">Ed Bell</span></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">ebell56@fuse.net </div><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto"><br></div><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent via the Samsung Galaxy A15 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: NW Mailing List via NW-Mailing-List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> </div><div>Date: 3/24/25 12:31 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: N&W Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> </div><div>Cc: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list@nwhs.org> </div><div>Subject: re: pole paint - Painting of Signal Masts and Backgrounds </div><div><br></div></div>A few days ago I sent to the List a little comment on railroad paint, in answer to a query from Mr. Cochran.<br><br>It now dawns on my antique brain that I failed to include one of the ingredients in the paint mixture given to me by that old Signal Maintainer who hired almost a century ago. I left our Japan Dryer.<br><br>So the mixture should read:<br><br>1. Linseed Oil<br>2. Lamp Black<br>3. Graphite<br>4. Japan Dryer<br><br>Happy paint mixin', Mr. Cochran !<br><br>-- abram burnett<br>Tribal Elder of the Turnip Nation<br>________________________________________<br>NW-Mailing-List@nwhs.org<br>To change your subscription go to<br>http://list.nwhs.org/mailman/options/nw-mailing-list<br>Browse the NW-Mailing-List archives at<br>http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/<br></body></html>