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To Wax Furniture

In waxing, will be necessary to give it a coat of clear size it is of great importance to make the coating previous to commencing with the polish; and, polish; and, as thin as possible, in order that the veins of when dry, gently go over it with very fine the wood may be distinctly seen. The follow-glass paper . The size will fill up the pores, ing preparation is the best for performing this and prevent the waste of the polish, by being operation: Put 2 ounces white and yellow absorbed into the wood, and be also a saving wax over a moderate fire, in a very clean ves- of considerable time in the operation. sel, and, when it is quite melted, add 4 ounces 2995. Το Make a French Polish best spirits of turpentine. Stir the whole Rubber. Roll up a strip of thick woolen until it is entirely cool, and you will have a cloth which has been torn off, SO as to form a torn off, so as to form a pomade fit for waxing furniture, which must soft elastic edge. It should form a coil, from be rubbed over it according to the usual 1 to 3 inches in diameter, according to the method. The oil soon penetrates the pores of size of the work. This rubber is to be secure- This rubber is to be securethe wood, brings out the color of it, causes ly bound with thread, to prevent it from un- , to prevent it from unthe wax to adhere better, and produces a lustre equal to that of varnish, without being subject to any of its inconveniences. The polish may be renewed at any time by rubbing it with a piece of fine cork. coiling when it is used. 3 1