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Sealing-Wax (Blue Shellac parts dammar)

Blue. 1. Shellac, 2 parts; dammar resin, 2 parts; Burgundy pitch, 1 part; Venice turpentine, 1 part; artificial ultramarine, 3 parts. 2. Light Blue. - As the last, with 1 part of dry sulphate of lead. 3. Dark Blue. - Venice turpentine, 3 oz.; finest shellac, 7 oz.; clear amber or black resin, 1 oz.; Prussian blue, 1 oz.; carbonate of magnesia, 1½ dr. The last two to be made into a stiff paste with oil of turpentine and added to the melted shellac and Venice turpentine.

Black. 1. Venice turpentine, 44 oz.; shellac, 9 ο.; colophony, oz.; lampblack mixed to a pasto with oil of turpentine, q. s. 2. Inferior.- Venice turpentine, 4 oz.; shellac, 8 oz.; 3 oz of colophony, and sufficient lampblack mixed with oil of turpentine to color it. 3. Shellac, 8 oz.; Venice turpentine, 4 oz.; lampblack, 6 oz. 4. Common, for Bottles. - Resin, 6 oz.; shellac, 2 oz.; Venice turpentine, 2 oz.; lampblack, q. s.

Brown. 1. Light Brown. - Venice turpentine, 4 oz.; shellac, 7½ oz.: brown earth (English umber), oz.; cinnabar, oz.; prepared chalk, oz.; carbonate of magnesia, moistened with oil of turpentine, 1½ dr. 2. Light Brown.-Second Quality. - Venice turpentine, 4 oz.; shellac, 7 oz.; resin, 3 oz.; English umber 3 oz.; cinnabar, 1 oz.; prepared chalk, 1 oz.; magnesia as the last. 3. Dark Brown. - Venice turpentine, 4 oz.; fine shellac, 74 oz.; English umber, 1½ oz.; magnesia as before. 4. Dark Brown. - Second Quality.-Venice turpentine, 4 oz.; shellac, 7 oz.; colophony, 3 oz.; English umber, 1½ oz.; magnesia as before.

Green.

Venice turpentine, 2 oz.; shellac, 4 oz.; colophony, 14 oz.; King's yellow, oz.; Prussian blue, oz.; magnesia as for brown.

Gold. 1. Venice turpentine 4 oz.; fine shellac, 8 oz.; leaf gold, 14 sheets; bronze powder, oz.; magnesia (made into a paste with oil of turpentine), 1½ dr. 2. Use gold talc instead of gold leaf and bronze.

Marbled.

Melt each colored wax separately, and just as they begin to grow solid, mix together.

Red. 1. Fine Carmine Wax. - Venice turpentine, 2 oz.; finest shellac, 4 oz.; colophony, 1 oz.; English vermilion, 1½ oz.; magnesia (moistened with oil of turpentine), 1½ dr. 2. Finest Red. - Venice turpentine, 4 oz.; shellac, 7 oz.: cinnabar, 4 oz.; carbonate of magnesia (with oil of turpentine), 1½ dr; 3. As the last, with only 34 oz. of cinnabar. 4. Venice turpentine, 4 oz.; shellac, 6 oz.; colophony, oz.; cinnabar, 24 oz.; magnesia (with oil of turpentine), 1½ dr. 5. Venice turpentine, 4 oz.; shellac, 6 oz.; colophony, oz.; cinnabar, 1 oz.; magnesia as before. 6. As the last, but use colophony and cinnabar, each 1½ oz. 7. Venice turpentine, 4 oz.; shellac 5+ 0.; colophony, 1½ oz.; cinnabar, 14 oz.; magnesia as before. 8. English. Venice turpentine, 2 oz.; shellac, 3 oz.; vermilion, 1 oz. 9. Spanish.-Venice turpentine, 8 oz.; shellac, 2 oz.; colophony, 1 oz.; vermilion, 1 oz. Remove from the fire; and add oz. rectified spirit.

Yellow.

Venice turpentine, 2 oz.; shellac, 4 oz.; colophony, 14 oz.; King's yellow, 2 oz.; magnesia as before.

Perfumed Wax.

Add to any of the above a small quantity of fine benzoin. Common Bottle Wax. 1. Dark resin, 18 oz.; shellac, 1 oz.; beeswax,