Encyclopedia of Practical Receipts and Processes

How to silver a mirror, brew ginger beer, kill moths, make fireworks, tan a hide, bronze iron, cure a ham and clean a straw hat: William B. Dick's numbered encyclopedia answered the questions a nineteenth-century household actually had.

HomeMiscellaneous Receipts › To Face Oil Stones

To Face Oil Stones

Take a piece of iron with even or straight face (it ought to be planed); scatter a little emery or fine sand about as coarse as No. 1½ sand paper on the iron plate, add a little water and rub the face of the stone, renewing the emery or sand and water as requisite, finishing with boiling-and other flavoring may be used instead of lemon.

← Drill LubricatorTo Make Taffee →