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Polishing Paste

Take 3 ounces pentine. Shave the wax and soap very fine white wax, 1/2 ounce Castile soap, 1 gill turwax , & ounce Castile soap , 1 gill tur- 2983. To Clean Soft Mahogany or other Porous Wood. After scraping and and put the wax to the turpentine; let it sand-papering in the usual manner, take a stand 24 hours; then boil the soap in 1 gill sponge and well wet the surface, to raise the water, and add to the wax and turpentine. grain; then, with a piece of fine pumice- This has been highly recommended.

FRENCH POLISHING.

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