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Adhesives, Paints, and Varnishes: Boil
Or melt 14 pounds of rosin, add 1 pound of Venetian turpentine, then stir in 1 gallon of boiled linseed oil at high temperature. Boil until stringy; cool and thin with 1 quart of turpentine. The above are ordinary oil varnishes suitable for common work.
Copal Varnish. -Fuse 2 ounces of African copal and add 4 ounces of best boiled linseed oil at a high temperature. Boil until stringy, cool, and add 8 ounces of oil of turpentine.
This is a transparent body varnish, hard, clear, and durable.
Or melt 4 ounces of copal, and add at a high temperature 2 ounces of boiled linseed oil. Stir and thin with 34 ounces of turpentine. To make a white copal varnish, color the above with the finest white lead.
Anime Varnishes. -Melt 4 pounds of gum anime and add at a high temperature 1½ gallons of boiled linseed oil. Boil until stringy. Stir in 2 ounces of camphor and 2 ounces of litharge, cool, and thin with 2 gallons of oil of turpentine. This is a good carriage or furniture varnish.
Or, for a finer grade of work, melt 4 pounds of gum anime; add at a high temperature 1½ gallons of clarified linseed oil, 2 ounces of litharge, 2 ounces of dry acetate of lead, and 24 gallons of turpentine.
Lac Varnishes. - Dissolve 1 pound of shellac, and add at a high temperature 2 quarts of boiled linseed oil. Stir in pound of red lead, pound of litharge, and 2 ounces of umber.
Boil until stringy. This dries rapidly, and has a high gloss. Waterproof Varnish.-Dissolve 1 pound of flowers of sulphur in 1 gallon of boiled linseed oil. Boil and stir until they form a perfect emulsion. This is a good waterproof varnish for woven goods. Or cut India rubber in small pieces, put them in a glass bottle with benzine, and let stand four or five days, shaking frequently. Strain through cotton to remove the benzine, and thin with boiled linseed oil or turpentine.
Flexible or Balloon Varnish.-Cut 1 pound of India rubber into fine pieces and boil in 1 pound of linseed oil until dissolved. Cool, and add 1 pound of turpentine. Simmer with gentle heat and strain through cheese cloth.
Dissolve 8 ounces of birdlime in 8 ounces of boiled linseed oil. Boil until the birdlime ceases to crackle. Add 12 ounces of boiled oil and 2 ounces of litharge, and boil until it becomes stringy. Cool, and add 12 ounces of turpentine. Apply while warm.
Or dissolve ounce of India rubber cut fine in 1 pound of mineral naphtha. Cover the vessel and melt with gentle heat until it dissolves.
Strain through cheese cloth.
Or cut fine ounce of India rubber, pour over this 1 pint of boiled linseed oil, and dissolve with gentle heat, stirring constantly. Strain through cheese cloth.
Or raise to a boil 2 quarts of boiled linseed oil, stirring in 1½ ounces of white copperas, 1½ ounces of sugar of lead, and 4 ounces of litharge. Boil until stringy. Allow to cool slowly and pour off the clear liquid.
Or take 1 gallon of boiled linseed oil, and dissolve 4 ounces of pure asphaltum with gentle heat in a small amount of the oil. Grind 3 ounces of burnt umber in a little of the oil.
Add the remainder of the oil, boil until stringy, cool, and thin with oil of turpentine.