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Wax Varnish for Furniture
2944. Transparent Varnish for Wax, 3 ounces; oil of turpentine, 1 quart; Prints and Pictures. Dilute pound dissolve by a gentle heat. Used for furniture. Venice turpentine with a gill, or thereabouts, of spirits of wine. If too thick, a little more cut small, in 1 pint of either chloroform, sulof the latter; if not enough, a little more of phuric ether (washed), or bisulphuret of carthe former; so that it is brought to the con- bon. This dries as soon as laid on. sistence of milk. Lay 1 coat of this on the 2949. India-Rubber Varnish. Digest right side of the print, and, when dry, it will in a closed vessel, at a gentle heat, 1 ounce shine like glass. If it is not satisfactory, lay India-rubber shavings in 1 pint of rectified on another coat.
2945. Το Make the Design of a Print Appear in Gold. After having laid on both sides of the print one coat of the varnish described in No. 2944, in order to make it transparent, let it dry a little while; then, before it is quite dry, lay some gold in leaves on the wrong side of the print, pressing it gently on with a cotton pad. By these means, all parts where these leaves have been laid will appear like massive gold on the right side. When this is all thoroughly dry, lay on the right side of it one coat of the varnish described above, and it will then be as good as any crown glass. A pasteboard may be put behind the print, to support it better in its frame.