Grampaw Ran a Cement Plant

Grampaw ran a cement plant, back in the middle of the last century.

I'm told he put a little cement into the paint used on structures, like the old concrete barn out there. Fellow came by once trying to sell paint. My grampaw's man asked him, see those barns? That paint job (a little faded) is 70 years old. Will your paint last like that? Salesman had to allow his product couldn't compete. He wasn't let in on the secret.

So I was told. I've done it. I'll let you know how well it worked in 70 years.