If you purchase graining color in oil, you will adhere to the directions given by the manufacturer in thinning the same.
Whatever dust ' may come with a book of gold will not show between the letter and the glass. In the first place, good work cannot be done on poor glass, for upon the purity of the glass depends the greater part of the brilliancy of the work. Clean the glass perfectly with whiting and water and polish the working side with finest tissue paper. Apply the size freely with a clean camel's hair spalter…
We assume that you know how to paint a hearse in black or white from the raw ?wood to the final coat of finishing varnish and, therefore, omit going into details.
The architects' specifications called for the grille work on the outside of windows and doors to receive two coats of graphite paint, the final finish to be verd antique. There are two kinds of verd antique effects. One is a term given to a green incrustation on metal, such as brass or copper, which consists of hydrated dicarbonate of copper. The second is a mottled green, serpentine marble, also …
An engine room had received two coats of lime whitewash with plenty of salt. This coating did not brush off easily, and the owners wished it painted. The temperature of the room is about 75 deg. F. If the whitewash has been applied recently, say within two or three months, it is best to scrape off as much as possible and give the wall a wash of strono. vinegar and let it dry. If the whitestrong i …
To make an extra good iron filler successfully, has cost manufacturers years of experimenting and large expenditure of money. So you may readily see that they do not publish their formulas broadcast and they are difficult to obtain. Even when such formulas are known, there is something in their manipulation that requires a little experience and practice. These fillers, being' sold at a comparative…
To make such a paint successfully, the pigments required to produce the necessary color or tint of the paint must be considered, also whether the paint is intended for interior work only, or for porches as well. If for interior work only, zinc white may be used as the base for tints, but for porch floors zinc white should be omitted; or its use should be minimized, and white lead introduced as the…
We have been informed by competent authority that the best photographer's paste is made from common wheat starch, and would, therefore, suggest that you try the same.
To make a good blackboard, the surface must be prepared in the proper way.
To the best of our knowledge, chemistry knows of four sulphides only that have the faculty of being phosphorescent in the dark, when they have been exposed to daylight for a few minutes. They are the sulphides of calcium, strontium, barium and zinc ; in other words, combinations of these elements or metals and sulphur. Sulphide of zinc, made in the usual way, will not phosphoresce ; to do this, it…
Make a mixture of one gallon best body finishing varnish and onequarter-pound yellow country beeswax that has been dissolved by heat (in a water bath) in one pint of pure spirits of turpentine. Before mixing the two, the varnish should be placed in a tin can which is also warmed up in hot water, so as to make the solution of beeswax and turpentine amalgamate more intimately with the varnish. Now b…
It is not very clear to us whether you wish to prepare copper to receive paint or to imitate copper with paint on baser metal. If you simply wish to know how to make oil paint adhere to copper or other metal, as, for instance, brass, we can recommend a wash with a- solution of sulphate of copper, slightly acidulated with nitric acid, which will roughen the metal so that paint which is not too oily…
Much depends on the nature of the wood that you desire to stain.
If your molds are made of wood or plaster, they should be coated with shellac varnish first, so as to prevent all suction, but this coating must be thin and evenly applied, so as not to fill up fine lines in the model. Next a coat of a mixture of oil and soft soap is given, which will allow the cast to come out of the mold readily. Plaster molds that are not to be oiled may be made non-porous with…
To smalt a color or gold letter sign on wood or tin, prepare your ground so that it dries with an eggshell gloss that will not allow the smalts to stick to it.
We do not take any stock in your formula for a brick stain.
Beautiful frosted effects, of a temporary character, are often used in public houses, barber shops, stores, etc.
Tint any clear white lead or zinc with a trifle of raw sienna until you have the desired effect.
The simplest way we know of is to dissolve oxalic acid in water and rub this solution over the stains by means of a piece of sponge fastened to the end of a stick, and as soon as the stains have disappeared, give the tiles copious washing with clear water.
First of all the rust must be removed, which is done best by the use of steel wire brushes of suitable size, aided by saturating the incrustations with kerosene oil, which should be washed off with benzine when the rust spots have been removed. If a good, smooth job is wanted, badly pitted places in the iron surface should be puttied up with a fairly stiff putty made of red lead, whiting and boile…
Whether the job is in white or in a tint matters but little ; the treatment is the same, but you can do away with the necessity of rubbing by having the next to the last coat fairly glossy and holding your finishing coat flat. Take French zinc white in poppyseed oil, mix it with turps and allow to stand, say, over night, and pour off the oil drawn out by the turpentine, then add some good paste dr…
First, have your glass plate or mirror perfectly clean ' ? use tissue paper for the final cleaning.
Flemish oak is a nearly black effect, without either the brownish or bluish tinge, therefore the stain must produce a greenish black tone. A strong decoction. of green walnut shells applied repeatedly will best bring the desired effect. If not deep enough, a solution made by dissolving sulphate of iron (green copperas) in water or by steeping iron filings in vinegar for a few days is applied over …
The staining and varnishing of violins is a special art and requires expert knowledge, if the tone of the wood is to be preserved. The wood must be stained before the varnish is applied and the stain should be made from camwood, logwood or eosin for red, for yellow from annato, aloes, gamboge or turmeric, using alcohol and water as the medium. By mixing red and yellow in various proportions, inter…
We think you will find it very difficult to closely imitate on any pine or spruce timber the appearance or color of birchwood with an oil stain or any other kind of stain.
The trustees of a church wanted the windows renovated. The glass had been painted seven years before, partly in imitation of stained glass and partly with white lead in oil, turps and drier, tinted a light blue. While the imitation of stained glass had stood well, the light blue paint all came off, and this they wished removed. The painter who was to do the work had heard there was an acid which c…
Your question is?not quite clear; if you wish to imitate mahogany by the use of acid, beechwood is best suited.
It should always be borne in mind that in imitating quartered oak, or any other wood, that it is the natural we wish to imitate and not some one's idea of what it should be. Therefore, it is necessary to first study the various changes of grain and have the general character of the grains of the particular wood impressed on the mind before beginning to work. In graining to imitate quartered oak, w…
Follow the lines laid down in No. 408 on graining in imitation of mahogany, with the exception of making your ground of white lead, tinted with burnt sienna, and for the graining, color raw and burnt sienna, equal parts, darkened with a little burnt umber, all ground in oil, thinned with turpentine and japan drier, if for exterior work. For inside work, use the same ground, but for the graining co…
The Standard Dictionary gives the formula as II parts white, 42 parts orange and 47 parts yellow.
The owner of a new house wanted the painter to finish the oak trim to match some twentieth century oak mantels, antique with elaborate quarter marks, part of which'were said by the man who sold the mantels to be artificial, but it is difficult even for an experienced person to detect whether they are natural or not. He asked for the method employed by the finishers in the furniture factories when …
This coating is used only on rough, unplaned timber, and only enough is prepared at one time that can be applied in thirty minutes. 1 he mixture is made as follows : Ten pounds Portland cement, 20 pounds fine, floated sand ; 10 pounds fresh cottage cheese and one gallon buttermilk are intimately mixed, and it must be continually stirred during application.
One coat of lead is insufficient to stop rust from coming through, when once formed, even if invisible to the naked eye before painting.
Yes, temporarily, but not permanently. The point at which pure linseed oil freezes is minus 27.5 deg. C.:=18 deg. below zero F. It is apt to become turbid, however, when exposed to a temperature below the freezing point of water, viz., 32 deg. F. In any state between this point and that of its own freezing point, linseed oil, raw or boiled, is not in good condition to be used as a thinner for pain…
The top of a stand had been scraped and sandpapered and after some black spots or stains on it had been treated with oxalic acid to bleach them, washed with water, and then dry sandpapered, filled and varnished, yet when the varnish was lightly rubbed, it shoved off from these spots.
The main requisite is a drying oven, in which the temperature can be raised to and held at from po deg. to 350 deg. Fahrenheit. The size of this oven must be commensurate to the number and size of the articles to be placed therein at one and the same time. For instance, if it is desired to bake z,000 pieces of sheet iron or steel plates of about 6 by 8 inches at one baking, an oven 8 feet in lengt…
For zinc white in poppyseed oil we would suggest the use of white coach japan, if the rooms are to be done in gloss finish, but if the finish is to be flat we should recommend the use of paste drier.
Whether it works well or not, it is unsafe to put kalsomine over old lime whitewash or old kalsomine, because of the tendency to flake. Kalsomine is stronger in its binding properties than ordinary lime wash, therefOre it requires a strong ground. To remove old lime wash or kalsomine is often a difficult and expensive task, and it is better to bind the old coating down before beginning to apply th…
Old wall paper should always be removed before kalsomining, and the wall treated to a thin size of glue, so as to make the kalsomine dry out uniform and evenly.
We often find it difficult even to kill the knots in white pine when they are simply touched up with shellac varnish and not more than two coats of paint are applied.
In this country shellac varnish is generally employed for the purpose, and sometimes red lead is mixed with the shellac varnish.
Wood alcohol white shellac was used to cover knots on the outside of frame houses, but after a year or so they came through. Sometimes the balance of the work is fine and glossy, the knots only looking dull and flat. We do not think the trouble is caused by the wood alcohol shellac, as we have used pure grain alcohol shellac made by ourselves and used on interior, as well as exterior work, with si…
So far as we know, raw linseed oil or bleached linseed oil is commonly employed for that purpose, because boiled oil would tend to discolor the product.
The formulas for spirit varnishes referred to by you were not published as lacquers for brass, but for general ornamental work, the idea being more to show what is to be expected of such varnishes, than to recommend them for practical work. In lacquering brass, the metal must be cleaned from all grease, etc., by the use of the following or a similar paste : One ounce oxalic acid, six ounces of rot…
Size the surface only, where the letters are to be placed, with a weak solution of gelatine or white sheet glue, to which a little glycerine has been added in order to keep it elastic. The lettering should be done with tube colors, which are to be thinned with pure boiled linseed oil, in which has been melted some pure beeswax, say one-half pound of beeswax to one-half gallon of the oil, and suffi…
If the lettering is to be done on closely woven fly screen, you require a paint that will fill the meshes solidly, which can be accomplished by holding your paint stout, using stiff paste colors, mixed with drier and a good elastic, heavy bodied varnish, so that it will at once fill the meshes and dry hard and thoroughly.
If oak furniture is to remain light, and especially the parts are not to set off dirty, proceed as follows: Take good wheat starch, press it fine with the hammer, stir strong yellow polish of good quality with the wheat starch into a thick paste and work it with a spatula into the pores, by passing crossways over the wood, allowing it to dry for one-half hour.
Lightning drier may be used as a size for whitewashed walls that are to be painted, but under no condition should it be used where such walls are to be papered.
The best method of lining on water colors is to use the same size as for the body color, and draw your lines quickly along the straight edge, always using camel's hair pencils of the proper width.
Kettle-boiled linseed oil of good, heavy body will hold its gloss in paint very much longer than raw linseed oil, and well-settled raw linseed oil, that has become bodied by age, is better, by far, than green oil.
Most polishes are made in paste form, and there are legions of them in the market ; but if you must have it in liquid form we would recommend the following as most effective: Dissolve one ounce of oxalic acid in one gill of hot water and stand aside to cool.
Lithopone, or, as many term it, lithophone, is a sulphide of zinc white, similar to Charlton white, Griffith patent zinc white, and is imported from Continental Europe under the brands green seal, red seal, blue seal and yellow seal, each of these having a different body and value, but all being of similar composition. The green seal brand is generally the best quality and is composed of one part …
Lithopone, or Lithophone, as it is sometimes spelled, is a sulphide of zinc white, while what we know as zinc white is oxide of zinc. It is a compound of zinc sulphide and barium sulphate, and was not originally intended for the use of the painter, although it has now replaced white lead as well as zinc white in some industries where these pigments were once largely used. Charlton white, Griffiths…
A barrel of dry zinc white kept in the shop for a year was found to have lost body and become practically transparent, although of excellent covering property when first purchased.
In answer to a question on the subject, we have the following from a very responsible source : Numbers simply painted on a house with luminous paint do not amount to much, because they soon collect dirt ; but if the numbers are left white and the ground work filled in on a piece of glass, and then backed up with luminous paper and properly put in a frame, to protect the paper from the rain, they will remain good for an indefinite number of years.
The madder plant, which was extensively cultivated in Greece, Holland and the south of France up to 25 years ago, and from whose glucosides the coloring matter of madder lake was derived, has given way to the coloring matter artificially manufactured from the anthracene of coal tar, the chief coloring matter, alizarine and purpurin, being present in both the madder plant and in coal tar. Without g…
There are many ways and means to cheapen paint, either by extending the pigment or by employing cheaper thinners. It is not advisable, however, to employ any but orthodox materials, such as pure white lead, linseed oil and turpentine for priming new woodwork in house or sign painting. It is better by far to make use of cheaper material for finishing coats, than to believe, as many painters honestl…
We do not know of any better method to make use of paint skins than to soften them by boiling with plenty of linseed oil or linseed oil foots, running the softened skins through a paint mill or a paint strainer, and we believe such paint to be cheap, even at a high cost of linseed oil. We do not advocate the use of substitutes or inferior oils, nor would we recommend the boiling of paint skins wit…
So you would like to have a formula to make a satisfactory vermilion dip, hey? So would many' another man in the paint line. You do not state whether you want a flat or a gloss dip. In the first place, you require a vermilion that has the best orange mineral, not ordinary red lead, for its base ; next you want to avoid the use of make weight material, such as barytes, clay, silica or marble dust i…
It would be a waste of time and of little or no benefit to our readers to give formulas or describe the process of making water colors when they can be bought much cheaper from the manufacturer who prepares them on a large scale.
Melt in .a hot water bath one pound of Chinese or Japan wax or carnauba wax ; when melted, add one gallon spirits of turpentine and take from the bath, stirring until cool, then add one pint of gold size by stirring it well in.
? A line of paints which are well considered and extensively sold to the fresh water ship trade are called carbon paints. We append three formulas covering such goods: 6o lbs. asbestine pulp, This makes a paint which resists the combined action of water and weather to an astonishing degree. The paint is not cheap but good. Cheaper and not so good, but still good is this one: 40o lbs. boneblack, ti…
Lay the leaf which is to form the matt gold center in the ordinary way in varnish size, and you will find that on the opposite side, in contrast with the burnished gold, it will appear decidedly dead or flat.
'First see that the , wood is sandpapered perfectly smooth and dust carefully. Prime with pure white lead, thinned with equal parts raw linseed oil and turpentine, adding a little good japan. Apply thin, so as to avoid brush marks, and when dry, sandpaper with No. o paper. Putty up with white lead putty, which allow to dry hard. Now apply two thin coats, at least, of pure lead, tinted with a littl…
The liquid for etching on glass may be made by mixing three parts of sulphate of barium with one part of fluoride of ammonia, and adding sufficient sulphuric acid to decompose the ammonium, bringing the mixture to the consistency of rich milk. The mixture must be made in a lead pan or leaden vessel and should be kept in a bottle of lead or gutta percha. Fluoric acid usally etches smooth, while oth…
We assume that you have hardwood furniture in view, and would say that the first step is to see that the work, as it comes from the cabinet makers, is well sandpapered, for if it is not it will have to be done by you in order to have a good surface to begin with. In case the furniture is to be stained, this is the next operation, after which comes the filling with a good paste filler. This dry, sa…
There are various ways of treating hard wood floors and the method adopted depends on the taste of the owner and the price paid for the work. The most usual and cheapest method is to oil the floor, after it has been thoroughly cleaned of plaster spots and other marks of discoloration, dust, etc.; the oil should be kettle boiled, or if this cannot be had, good pure raw linseed oil, with one pint of…
Purchase only well calcined lampblack, that is free from greasy matter and wet it up first with turpentine, beating it into a stiff paste, then gradually add your linseel oil and driers under constant stirring.
The most effective way to stain oak black, making the stain penetrate deeply into the wood, is to take iron filings, place them into a strong stoneware pitcher or strong glass jar, pouring over this a mixture of equal parts of oil of vitriol and soft water, stirring the decoction frequently with a glass rod or wooden stick until the liquid has assumed a greenish color. This liquid is applied to th…
It is not necessary to apply floor wax hot, though this is done on parquet floors. Melted wax that has become thick on standing can be thinned with turpentine while cold, but it is best to use a water bath, same as for melting glue. Do not use an open fire, as it is dangerous on account of the fumes. Work of polishing can be commenced as soon as the wax has set after application. Wax that is left …
If the colors are gummed up merely, work them out on a slab with muller or spatula, adding turpentine gradually, until working consistency is obtainable.
An attempt was made to melt black asphalt in its crude or hard state and mix it with coal tar and turps, but the asphalt settled to the bottom in a very few days. The best plan is to melt your asphaltum with a small portion of linseed oil. When liquid, take from the fire to a safe place and thin with turpentine or turps and benzine to the consistency of thin varnish and allow to cool. Decant caref…
Owing to the varying strength of the different brands in commerce, we shall refrain from giving proportions, placing the name of the color of which the largest quantity is required first, and that of which the least is required last. The colors we select for the combinations are such as would be used by artists and decorators, but not for the ordinary purposes of the house painter. AMBER. - Yellow…
Dissolve gum shellac in 4 parts by volume of grain alcohol, then add your gold bronze, t part of the dry powder in 3 or 4 parts of the solution. Go over your stripe again when the first application has dried and work as rapidly as possible. When your striping is well done you can burnish it by rubbing with wash leather. Will Oil Paint or Enamel Paint Stand on Whitewashed Brick Walls? Required to p…
The latest and most favored molds for plaster casts are a combination of glue and glycerine, and the mass is prepared as follows: In a suitable kettle place five pounds of good glue with five pounds of soft or rain water, and allow it to stand for twenty-four hours. Now pour off the superfluous water and place the kettle into the water bath, i. e., into a larger kettle that contains boiling water …
A certain brand of graphite paint was used for a smokestack, but did not last long. The stack paint you have mentioned is one of the best preparations for that kind of work, but, of course, under very severe conditions it is bound to perish, as it cannot be considered a baking varnish, which is really the only coating that will stand great degrees of heat. Much depends on the size of the stack, it…
Real ivory black resists strong light permanently.
Mix four parts by measure of commercial silicate of soda (water glass) and only one part by measure of pale syrup.
When water stain and wax finish are specified filler is not called for,' because the wax is expected to act as filling and will do so if properly employed. Have the surface well planed and smooth sandpapered. then apply the water stain of the color desired as often as required to give the desired effect, then apply your wax. This you can prepare by melting good pure yellow beeswax (the harder waxe…
To prepare oak graining color so that it may be rubbed it should be thinned with turpentine only and then some good rubbing varnish added, say one tablespoonful to one-half pint of the prepared color.
Various effects in staining oak may be had by any of the following treatments, the solutions or decoctions being repeatedly applied, until the desired effect is obtained : i. Lay on liquid ammonia with a sponge or brush. The color thus given to oak does not fade. When dry, rub over with spirits of turpentine ; then fill and varnish. In place of the liquid ammonia bichromate of potash dissolved in …
In testing oil colors for their intrinsic value the practical man will consider tinting strength or staining power and fineness of grinding above everything, and then the brightness, richness or brilliancy of tone, and lastly the opacity, or body of the solid colors and the translucency of the transparent or glazing colors. In the following we shall exclude the consideration of the high-priced art…
The use of alkalies is unnecessary in the manufacture of driers, and is only resorted to in very cheap grades, in order to give additional hardness at lowest possible cost or in order to harden the rosin used in preparing cheap driers. Good oil driers should be free from any sort of gum, and especially free from rosin. To make a good oil drier of medium color, which will not materially affect the …
To give a rich mahogany color to birch wood and show up the grain well, mix three pounds of rose pink in oil and one pound of a deep burnt sienna in oil, with one quart best brawn japan, one quart of boiled linseed oil and two or three quarts of turpentine.
A Massachusetts painter was induced to buy some oil that was claimed to be better than linseed oil. Early in the spring he used two gallons of it in paint that was put on the clapboard part of a house. Immediately after application the paint became darker, and it seemed as if all the oil had come to the surface. In two months all the paint could be taken off with a stiff brush, leaving the surface…
The following detailed statement of the conditions was given by the painter of a house on which the paint failed : "The work referred to was repainting the exterior of a fine Colonial house, all wood. Have had nothing to do with first painting, when the house was built. First painting was light gray priming, applied October and November ; second coat,, light Colonial yellow, with trace of red, app…
A sample of paint and varnish remover, in the original package, was received with a request to have it tested and to have a candid criticism of it. We had one of our friends - an old veteran in the painting profession - interested in the matter, and he has given us a full report, which is as follows: I have tried the paint and varnish remover which you requested me to give a fair and impartial tes…
Cabs of locomotives, painted in a cold, damp place, blister, except on panels of poplar. Blistering always occurs on panels made from old sills of cars, no matter how the paint may be mixed. The painter who meets these difficulties also wants to know the best method of mixing paint for locomotives. In view of these facts we think the blistering due to the damp atmosphere in part and partly to the …
Painters' cream is a sort of emulsion used by artists to cover their paintings with temporarily during transportation or when buildings containing costly or treasured works of art are renovated. and is made as follows: Gum mastic. 2 ounces. dissolved in 14 ounces pale nut oil by heat : add to this one-half ounce by weight of white sugar of lead, previously ground fine in linseed oil : then add water slowly and gradually until an emulsion of the consistency of cream is formed.
We can give general rules only for measuring, and you will have to exercise your judgment as to conditions of surface. So, for instance, if the siding has deep impressions. add 5o per cent. to the area of surface; for rough weather-boarding, etc., allow double measure. Window and door frames, in and outside, also double. Venetian shutters, double the measure of plain work. Window sash is to be mea…
The best blackboard paint is made by moistening four ounces dry lampblack with alcohol, rubbing it out with a spatula, gradually adding one quart of shellac varnish and stirring into this three ounces flour of pumice and three ounces finely pulverized rotten stone ; then straining through a fine sieve or strainer to break up any lumps that may have formed. This is applied quickly to the bare wood,…
Radiator paints are usually made very similar to baking enamels and consist of pigments and fatty varnishes that bake on the metal by the aid of the heat in the pipes. To suit well for the work the pigments must be ground in varnish to the utmost degree of fineness and thinned with a special varnish to proper consistency for free application. If the architect objects to linseed oil, he might equal…
Most every paint and varnish manufacturer makes a paint suitable for the purpose named, and we would advise you to take advantage of their experience, instead of wasting time and money on experiments. We shall, however, give you all the points we can on the subject. In the first place you must see that the surface is free from scale, rust and grease, and it is best to paint the pipes and radiators…
Dissolve two ounces of chloride of copper, two ounces nitrate of copper and two ounces sal ammoniac in one gallon of water ; then add two fluid ounces of crude hydrochloric acid.
The first thing to do is to clean the ceilings before repainting with soapsuds to which a little ammonia may be added, scrubbing brush, sponge and elbow grease and a good rinsing with clear water and sponge afterward.
If the walls have stood for some time, say at least one year, and first cost is no obstacle to its use, we would recommend a pure lead and linseed oil paint, white or tinted to suit, the first coat to be quite thin and oily, the second coat as stout as it is used for a finish on woodwork. Should this be too expensive to suit your patron, you might use either of the following: Take fine sand that h…
A man who frequently has to repair compasses for ships has been unable to make a white that will stand in alcohol, nor a black for the numbers. We have had no experience along this line of painting, and find the question a difficult one to answer. We do not entertain the idea that the paint is dissolved by the alcohol, but simply softened and lifted off, as it were. If it were a mere matter of sol…
We would advise you to use a strictly pure oil paint, omitting turpentine, benzine, etc., entirely, and using only as much japan as is absolutely necessary.
A house that has been painted pearl gray body, deep maroon trim, Venetian red sash and bronze green shutters, is to be painted in Colonial style, with yellow body and white trim and sash and green shutters. The owner will 'not pay for more than two coats. For first coat on body of house use strictly pure white lead tinted a decided buff with French yellow ocher, thinning with two-thirds raw oil an…
If the hearse be a new one, sandpaper smooth and dust off thoroughly every part of the body and running gears as well. Mix pure white lead in oil (keg lead) with lamp black to dark lead color and thin with equal parts raw oil and turpentine, adding one tablespoonful of coach japan to each quart of this if you wish to hurry the job somewhat, otherwise omit the use of japan. Apply one coat of this p…
As hearses are subject to exposure and wear same as other vehicles, though not to such an extended degree, the use of zinc white and damar varnish, which furnish the cleanest white, cannot be taken into consideration and we must look to white which will give the next best result as regards whiteness and which will insure durability at the same time. These are the quick-drying whites, known various…
It is impossible for us to give you an idea as to the price you should ask for the job, as you do not state anything about the size of the locomotive, nor of color, ornamentation and lettering desired. Engines are not usually coated at present with black asphaltum varnish, but higher priced goods, such as black or green locomotive enamels, are now very generally used, or flat color is applied, the…
The priming is ' done with keg lead, which is thinned with turpentine and very little bleached oil and white japan.
Lumber dealers claim that cypress will hold paint on exposed work equal to white pine, but one painter's experience shows it will not. He uses pure white lead, pure raw linseed oil and as little drier as possible. While on white pine this paint will remain in good condition for five or six years, on cypress the paint invariably scales in from eighteen months to two years. We quite agree with you, …
Some stucco figures for the facade of a suburban house were given three coats hot boiled linseed oil before being placed in position. The stucco was perfectly dry and hard, but the oil came off in shreds, although the facade was not afterward painted. To coat articles of plaster three times with hot boiled oil is rather barbarous treatment, and it is not surprising that the plaster figures rebel a…
An Illinois painter gives the following as his method for painting galvanized iron and tin on the side (not the roof) of a building: The galvanized iron is allowed to stand three months exposed to the weather before painting. For first coat,.Venetian red, mixed with raw linseed oil, driers and enough turps to have it dry with dull gloss. Second coat : White lead, colors to suit, raw linseed oil, d…
If you wish to imitate the gray granite, have your ground color light gray or light lead.
First fill all your machinery parts requiring painting, with iron filler or surfacer, that you can obtain from any reliable paint manufacturer, as per directions on label of package.
An iron stack was painted with two coats of asphaltum, which perished in less than eight months.
Very much depends upon the quality of the asphaltum varnish, and a cheap article is not to be recommended for this purpose at any time.
A heavy bodied boiled oil, such as is used in the manufacture of linoleum, i. e., pure linseed oil that is boiled with the required drying mediums, until it attains the consistency of heavy syrup, mixed with the desired colors, is the best material we know of for the purpose.
We do not know how long a cemented surface should stand exposed before it is safe to paint on, as it depends very much on the quality of the cement. It is safe to say that after it has stood for a year, there will be no risk of paint being thrown off, provided the surface is well washed and rinsed with clear water and allowed to dry. For comparatively fresh cemented surface the sulphuric acid trea…
Rub over the ground side of the glass with equal parts of oil and turpentine, then dip some cotton into turpentine or benzine and remove therewith the oil and dry the glass well.
The principal object to be obtained in preparing the fabric is to take care that the stuff does not become too brittle from painting upon it, and this is prevented by using the colors as flat as possible, so that the material does not strike in the fabric too much. In order to stop the colors from coming through on the other side, a size made from four parts of gelatine and ten parts of water, wit…