| Show HINTS ON PAINTING in forming the nic necessary essary manipulations for house painting the priming coats for exterior work should be mixed with clear old white lead and pure linseed oil in about the proportion of ten pounds of white lead for every two quarts of oil for interior painting it is best to use with the lead boiled linseed oil exclusively instead of raw or a proportion of boiled and raw as is sometimes done with a small email quantity of patent dryer ground in turpentine which will cause the priming to set quick and form a body without dripping for exterior second coat work use the pr priming 11 1 nir nor process and add thereto sufficient white lead to make the paint quite stiff it if neu neutral trai tinta tints are used then estimate thirds of the above proportion of lead to be addel to one half its bulk of color and all the oil they will take for fr second coating interior work grind the white lead in raw lins linseed feed oil to the consistency of thick paste paster then reduce it with turpentine until in a proper condition to spread with the brush using as a general rule an equal quantity ot of oil and turpentine to complete the tha mixing process the second may sometimes be made anin annn a uns bing coat bythe by the addition of ota a larger proportion of turpentine and bystra by stra ning the color carefully and adding a portion of the finest french z zinc inc equal in proportion to hait halt the quantity of lead used supposing the finish to be a clear dead white for dor neutral tints the addition of the required color in the proper proper proportions to the white mixed as above for a base ia a buffi sufficient clent I 1 would not unless in some exceptional cabes cases advise the use of two coat work for completely ee lately finishing the wood work but wish to be understood as urging the necessity ot of not stopping short of 0 good three coat work and in some cases tour four and five coat work in preparing the third coat if designed for a dead white the ingredients should be first equal parts of the best old american white lead and the best quality of french zinc ground in equal parts of raw linseed oil and turpentine as stiff as possible and afterwards reduced w wi b h all turpentine to the proper consistency bis sis tency for use it if it should be required to finish with a superior gloss technically termed china gloss then the work must receive a coat of white shellac upon the priming and the last or third coat should be composed of three I 1 parts zinc to one of lead ground in oil and turpentine and reduced with the latter and after becoming dry should have bare in addition one coat roat of the best white vanish and to perfect f act the gloss add abill sti JJ another coat an exceedingly beautiful white hite paint for interior wood work may be obtained by the following process to one half bait gallon 0 of tur add twenty ounces ot of frankincense placeit place it over a fire to dissolve after which which strain and put in car cat carb cars s for use to one quart of this mixture add three quarts of bleached linseed oil to these two mixtures combined add equal parts of clear old white lead and the best french zinc ground in turpentine strain them and it too stiff reduce with turpentine as for oth r interior work paint prepared io in this manner gives out scarcely any odor and if well done will preserve its fine finish many years but its great coat compared with the commoner kinds of white paint prevents it coming into general use LI artificer 2 in the horticulturist |
