Salt Lake Herald | 1890-11-11 | Page 6 | "Porcelain Finish"

Porcelain Finish The Painters Gazette gives the most approved ap-proved method of producing the porcelain finish which is the latest craze for finishing finish-ing dining rooms in pure white If it is new work the wood must have a coat of shellac to prevent pitch from coming through if hard pine it should receive two coats If over old paint it must be sandpapered sand-papered down to a perfectly smooth surface sur-face and all imperfections filled with putty Give the work four coats of French zinc mixed with raw oil and enough turpentine to make it dry with only an egg shell gloss Give enough time between each coat to dry perfectly hard before applying another When dry and hard sandpaper to a smooth surface with No 0 paper then it is ready for the finish which consists of two coats of French zinc ground in and thinned with Demar varnish There should he no oil in this finishing coat astit would tend to lessen the gloss and turn the paint yellow