For painting any surface that has to stand the stress of weather the paint should be of as good quality as possible. For a good oil paint take, for each pound of colour required, Alb. genuine white-lead, 1 oz. of patent (paste) driers, or "a small quantity of terebine, and mix it to the required consistency with a mixture of raw linseed oil 2 parts, turpentine 1 part. If it is required to dry with a good gloss, replace half the raw oil with boiled oil. If a tint is wanted, work in the requisite quantity of pigment ground in oil; ochre for cream, Venetian red for salmon, middle Brunswick green for pale green, ultramarine for grey, burnt sienna for a reddish buff. For dark coloured paints, replace the white-lead with a similar quantity of pigment ground in oil, and use more boiled oil, or else add a little good oak varnish.