MILK CASEIN.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 608, 15 February 1921, Page 6

MILK CASEIN.

The use of milk in the commercial world is something with which the average person is not familiar. That it plays an important part in our daily life, and is undoubtedly used in various forms each day, other than in its form and use as a food, will prove a surprise to a great many. There is no question but that the use of milk as a food is its largest and most important use, but one of its constituents, namely, casein, is manufactured into a great many products and used in a great variety of ways. Casein constitutes a little over three per cent, of normal milk, and is classed as one of the milk solids. The first of its many products is its use in the manufacture of paint, com prising- over fifteen different kinds. There are interior and exterior paints, an enamel paint, wall paints, and paints for woodwork and iron. Then there is a boiled oil substitute, a calsomine wash, and a quick-drying paint. It is used in the manufacture of a paint which is dustless, washable and has a disinfecting property which makes it valuable for use in hospitals especially, and in various other public buildings. It is also used in making a waterproof paint for playing cards, a cement paint and a paint for parking bags, cases, iron barrels, etc. Second is its use in many, adhesives and putties. Here,we have a liquid and a powdered glue, a glue for matchmaking, and a waterproof glue. Also three or four different putties-for use in stone and cement work, and for stopping joints and cracks In stone, wood and brickwork. Casein also finds extensive use in the textile industry. Here it is used as an adhesive which enables fabrics to absorb dyes, as a glaze for dressing other fabrics, as a waterproofing and softening dressing, and in a process for loading and sizing cloth.