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Show Here's One Way to Get Dead Black on Iron The question Is often asked, how can I produce a dead black on Ironwork? Iron-work? The answer Is, the Ironwork should first be primed with a suitable primer, for example, 100 pounds of red lead and 2 gallons linseed oil. If boiled oil Is obtainable, the use of one-third boiled and two-thirds raw oil Is advised. ad-vised. If not, raw oil may be used. In this event a sufficient amount of dryer should be added. Second or body coat should next be applied after Ihe primer has thoroughly thor-oughly dried. A suitable formula for this would he 100 pounds red lend. 12 ounces lampblack (ground in oil) and 2 gallons linseed oil. After the body coat has thoroughly dried, add n coat of superfine lampblack lamp-black thinned with turpentine to which a very small amount of varnish var-nish has been added to form a good bond. The result will be a fiat black. If the black Is lo be used ns gloss for exterior the addition of H unliable amount of exterior spar varnh-h would be advisable. |