CAMOUFLAGE FROM WASTE
TONS OF SLATE RUBBLE Britain is turning into camouflag paint millions of tons of waste whic have been piling up through the cen turies around the slate quarries o Cornwall and Wales. In making tiles or slates, time is mgnr c<wtly than the raw material. If a piec of slate rock does not split easily tfit the shape required it is thrown asidi Huge slabs of rock, mbreover, li where they were thrown up at th dawn of time, in such a position tha they cannot be worked. Colour fancie add to the heap of actual rubble: an skate with a pinkish tint is usually rc jected. All told, for every ton of finishe slate produced there may be anythfJJ from Gcwt. to 7 tens of waste. The resulting accumulation is enord ous and for years it has been worryjj the mineral expert--. The war has fowl several uses for it. Ground into specially coarse powder of betv.cen < and 80 mesh, it goes to the making < camouflage paint. In finer form, up t 800 mesh, it is a useful filler in pail used as an undercoat for metallic sui faces. And it also appears, as a chea distemper in roofing felt to lake th i'hwe of i the war f.-ries.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 19 October 1942, Page 2
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213CAMOUFLAGE FROM WASTE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 19 October 1942, Page 2
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