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Gold Size for Picture Frames

Grind a lump of tobacco pipe clay into a very stiff paste with thin size; add a small quantity of red ochre and fine black lead, ground very fine, and temper the whole with a small piece of tallow. 3564. To Prepare Picture Frames for Gilding. Take a small cup or pipkin, into which put as much gold size as you judge sufficient for the work in hand; add parchment size till it will just flow from the brush; when quite hot, pass over your work with a very soft brush, taking care not to put the first making a flat brush with a very few hairs. coat too thick; let it dry, and repeat it two A burnisher, which is a crooked piece of agate set in a long wooden handle.