3051. Deep Gold Lacquer

3051. Deep Gold Lacquer. Seed-lac, 3 ounces; turmeric, 1 ounce; dragon's blood, 1/4 ounce; alcohol, 1 pint. Digest for a week, frequently shaking, decant and filter. Deep gold colored.

3052. Dark Gold Colored Lacquer

3052.     Dark Gold Colored Lacquer. Strongest alcohol, 4 ounces; Spanish annotto, 8 grains; powdered turmeric, 2 drachms; red saunders, 12 grains. Infuse and add shellac, etc., as to the pale tin lacquer (see No. 3058 (Pale Tin Lacquer)), and when dissolved add 30 drops of spirits of turpentine.

3053. Gold Lacquer

3053.    Gold Lacquer. Ground turmeric, 1 pound; gamboge, 1£ ounces; gum sand-arach, 31/2 pounds ; shellac 3/4 pound; all in powder; rectified spirit of wine, 2 gallons. Dissolve, strain, and add turpentine varnish, 1 pint.

3054. Brass Lacquer

3054.    Brass Lacquer. Take 8 ounces shellac, 2 ounces sandarach, 2 ounces annotto, 1/4 ounce dragon's blood resin, 1 gallon of spirits of wine. The article to bo lacquered should be heated slightly, and the lacquer applied by means of a soft camel's-hair brush.

3055. Pale Brass Lacquer

3055.    Pale Brass Lacquer. Take 2 gallons spirits of wine, 3 ounces cape aloes cut small, 1 pound fine pale shellac, 1 ounce gamboge cut small. Digest for a week, shake frequently, decant and filter.

3056. Lacquer for Bronzed Dipped Work

3056.    Lacquer for Bronzed Dipped Work. A lacquer for bronzed dipped work may be made thus: Alcohol, 12 gallons; seed-lac, 9 pounds; turmeric, 1 pound to the gallon ; Spanish saffron, 4 ounces. The saffron may be omitted if the lacquer is to be very light.

3057. Lacquer for Tin Plate

3057.    Lacquer for Tin Plate. Best alcohol, 8 ounces; turmeric, 4 drachms; hay saffron, 2 scruples; dragon's blood, 4 scruples; red saunders, 1 scruple; shellac, 1 ounce; gum sandarach, 2 drachms; gum mastich, 2 drachms; Canada balsam, 2 drachms; when dissolved, add spirits of turpentine, 80 drops.

3058. Pale Tin Lacquer

3058.     Pale Tin Lacquer. Strongest alcohol, 4 ounces; powdered turmeric, 2 drachms; hay saffron, 1 scruple; dragon's blood in powder, 2 scruples; red sanders, 1/2 scruple. Infuse this mixture in the cold for 48 hours, pour off the clear, and strain the rest; then add powdered shellac, 1/2 ounce; sandarach, 1 drachm; mastich, 1 drachm; Canada balsam, 1 drachm. Dissolve this in the cold by frequent agitation, laying the bottle on its side, to present a greater surface to the alcohol. When dissolved, add 40 drops of spirits of turpentine.

3059. Iron Lacquer

3059.    Iron Lacquer. Take 12 parts amber, 12 parts turpentine, 2 parts resin, 2 parts asphaltum, 6 parts drying oil. Or, 3 pounds asphaltum, 1/2 pound shellac, 1 gallon turpentine.

3060. Bed Lacquer

3060.    Bed Lacquer. Take 2 gallons spirits of wine, 1 pound dragon's blood, 3 pounds Spanish annotto, 41/2 pounds gum san-darach, 2 pints turpentine. Made as pale brass lacquer.