3003. To Stain or Color French Polish

3003.    To Stain or Color French Polish. Wood may be stained or grained any color or design, by mixing it with the polish, or dipping the rubber in the color (finely powdered), at the time you apply the polish. (See No. 3002 (French Polish).) To produce a red, dip the cotton into dragon's blood (finely powdered), immediately applying the polish; then cover with the linen, and polish. For yellow, use the best chrome yellow. For blue, ultramarine blue, or indigo. For black, ivory or lampblack, etc.. Graining is produced by touching or streaking the wood with the color, as above, in irregular lines or marks, and in such shapes as the fancy may suggest, then finishing it with a coat of clear polish.

3004. Water-Proof Polish

3004.     Water-Proof Polish. Take 1 pint spirits of wine, 2 ounces gum-benzoin, 1/4 ounce gum sandarach, and 1/4 ounce gum anime; these must be put into a stoppered bottle, and placed either in a sand-bath or in hot water till dissolved; then strain the mixture, and, after adding about 1/4 gill best clear poppy oil, shake it well up, and put it by for use.

3005. Bright Polish

3005.    Bright Polish. 1 pint spirits of wine to 2 ounces gum benzoin and 1/2 ounce gum-sandarach, put in a glass bottle corked, and placed in a sand-bath or hot water until you find all the gum dissolved, will make a beautiful clear polish for Tunbridgeware goods, tea-caddies, etc.. It must be shaken from time to time, and, when all dissolved, strained through a fine muslin sieve, and bottled for use.

3006. Prepared Spirits for Finishing Polish

3006.    Prepared Spirits for Finishing Polish. This preparation is useful for finishing after any of the foregoing receipts, as it adds to the lustre and durability, as well as removing every defect, of the other polishes ; and it gives the surface a most brilliant appearance. Take 1/2 pint best rectified spirits of wine, 2 drachms shellac, and 2 drachms gum-benzoin. Put these ingredients in a bottle, and keep it in a warm place till the gum is all dissolved, shaking it frequently; when cold, add 2 tea-spoonfuls of the best clear white poppy oil; shake them well together, and it is fit for use. This preparation is used in the same manner as the foregoing polishes; but, in order to remove all dull places, the pressure in rubbing may be increased.

3007. Strong Polish

3007.    Strong Polish. To be used in the carved parts of cabinet-work with a brush, as in standards, pillars, claws, etc.. Dissolve 2 ounces seed lac and 2 ounces white resin in 1 pint spirits of wine. This varnish or polish must be laid on warm, and if the work can bo warmed also, it will be so much the better; at any rate, moisture and dampness must bo avoided.

3008. How to Give Black Walnut a Dark Dead Smooth Surface

3008.    How to Give Black Walnut a Dark Dead Smooth Surface. Take asphaltum, pulverize it, place it in a jar or bottle, pour over it about twice its bulk of turpentine or benzole, put it in a warm place, and shake it from time to time. When dissolved, strain it and apply it to the wood with a cloth or stiff brush. If it should make too dark a stain, thin it with turpentine or benzole. This will dry in a few hours. If it is desired to bring out the grain still more, apply a mixture of boiled oil and turpentine; this is better than oil alone. Put no oil with the asphaltum mixture, as it will dry very slowly. When the oil is dry the wood can be polished with the following : Shellac varnish, of the usual consistency, 2 parts; boiled oil, 1 part. Shake it well before using. Apply it to the wood by putting a few drops on a cloth and rubbing briskly on the wood for a few moments. This polish works well on old varnished furniture.

3009. Polish for Turners' Work

3009. Polish for Turners' Work. Dissolve sandarach in spirits of wine in the proportion of 1 ounce sandarach to 1/2 pint of spirits; next shave bees' wax, 1 ounce, and dissolve it in a sufficient quantity of spirits of turpentine to make it into a paste; add the former mixture by degrees to it; then with a woolen cloth apply it to the work while it is in motion in the lathe, and with a soft linen rag polish it. It will appear as if highly varnished.