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Gutta-Percha Oil Varnish

2 ounces slacked lime, and 4 ounces boiled lin- Clean + pound gutta-percha in warm water seed oil. Mix, and add 4 ounces each whites from adhering impurities, dry well, dissolve and yolks of eggs, and liquefy the mixture by in 1 pound of rectified resin oil, and add 2 heat. This curious mixture is said to produce pounds linseed oil varnish, boiling hot. Very a pliable and transparent varnish. suitable to prevent metals from oxidation.

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