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Black or Enameled Copper

The beautiful enameted surface possessed by paintings on copper, may be produced, on a black ground, by the following process: Clean the copper with sand and sulphuric acid, and then apply the following mixture: 2 parts white arsenic, 4 parts hydrochloric acid, 1 sulphuric acid, and 24 water.