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True French Polish

To 1 pint cloth, doubled, the rest of the cloth being gathered up at the back of the rubber to form spirits of wine add + ounce each gum copal a handle. Moisten the face of the linen with and sandarach, and 1 ounce shellac. Let a little raw linseed oil, applied with the finger the gums be well bruised, and sifted throug , and sifted through to the middle of it. Place the work opposite a piece of muslin. Put the spirits and the the light, pass the rubber quickly and lightly gums together in a vessel that can be closely over its surface uniformly in small circular corked; place them near a warm stove, and Γ TO ENAMEL WOODWORK. frequently shake them. In 2 or 3 days they will be dissolved. Strain the mixture through a piece of muslin, and keep it tight corked for use.

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