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Second Coat for Outside Work
Mix the paint with raw oil, as thick as it can across to even it, and finish longways with long, light sweeps of the brush. 2737. Dryers for Light-Colored 2750. Third Coat for Outside Work. Paints. Sulphate of zinc, or sugar of lead, mixed with drying oil, and used in the same way as the litharge in the last receipt.