Practical House, Wagon and Automobile Painter / including sign painting, and valuable hints and recipes
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Including Sign Painting, and Valuable Hints and Recipes
W. F. WHITE
SHREWESBURY PUBLISHING CO.
CHICAGO
Copyright, 1919
SHREWESBURY PUBLISHING CO.
PRACTICAL HOUSE PAINTER.
The following is an infallible and simple commercial test of the purity of white lead:
W. F. White
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INDEX.
JAPAN.
OBJECTIONS TO THE USE OF CHEAP DRY OCHRE AS A PRIMER.
PAINTING TIN ROOFS.
ANALYSIS OF OCHRE.
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER.
ANOTHER IN OIL.
YELLOW IRON ORE.
CRAWLING PAINT.
TO PAINT BLINDS AND NOT DAUB YOUR HANDS.
LEGLESS STEP-LADDERS.
SUCCESS IN PAINTING.
GUESSING ON WORK.
GLASS GILDING.
HOW TO ESTIMATE WORK.
ONE WAY TO MEASURE A JOB.
TO SOFTEN HARD, LUMPY PUTTY.
TACKY PAINT ON CHURCH SEATS, ETC.
TESTING JAPAN.
WHY DO PAINTS AND VARNISHES CRACK?
BRUSH CLEANING TROUGH.
FLOOR WAX.
DAMAR VARNISH.
STENCIL STAINING.
PAINTING BRICK.
CLEANING UP A ROOM.
PASTE FOR LABELING ON TIN.
ANOTHER.
TO MAKE TENTS, ETC., WEATHERPROOF.
TO PAINT ON CANVAS OR MUSLIN WITHOUT SIZING.
TO PAINT ON ZINC.
PAINTING BLINDS.
TREATMENT FOR HARDWOOD FLOORS.
WHITEWASH FOR OUTSIDE WORK.
THE STRAINER.
TO KILL GREASE SPOTS ON WOOD.
KALSOMINE.
TO TAKE OFF THE PAINT.
CLEANING SILVER, BRASS OR COPPER.
WHY DO WALL PAPERS CRACK?
OIL SIZE FOR WHITEWASH.
TO CLEAN BRICK.
TO CLEAN TARNISHED ZINC.
TO GILD ON WOOD.
STIR YOUR PAINT.
TO MAKE CHERRY STAIN.
VARNISH STAINS.
MAHOGANY VARNISH STAIN.
WALNUT VARNISH STAIN.
MAHOGANY VARNISH STAIN.
TO MAKE NEW OAK LOOK OLD.
DARK STAIN FOR OAK.
ANOTHER.
RED SAUNDERS STAIN.
TO CHANGE THE COLOR OF WALNUT TO DARK MAHOGANY.
NATURAL WOOD FINISHING.
TO MAKE BLEACHED OR WHITE SHELLAC VARNISH.
TO COLOR PUTTY.
SPOTS ON PAINT.
PORCELAIN FINISH.—CHINA GLOSS.—GLOSS FINISH.
ANOTHER WAY.
LEAD POISONING—HOW TO AVOID IT.
SYMPTOMS OF LEAD POISON.
TO FINISH FURNITURE AND OTHER WORK IN SIXTEENTH CENTURY OAK.
A SUPERIOR GLUE (WATERPROOF).
A VALUABLE CEMENT.
LINSEED OIL AND IRON RUST.
WHITE ENAMEL (SELECTED).
VARNISH TO IMITATE GROUND GLASS.
VARNISH FOR RUSTIC WORK.
TO CLEAN VERY DIRTY BRASS.
TO COUNTERFEIT TORTOISE SHELL VERY FINELY.
PRICE LIST.
MIDSUMMER PAINTING.
TO REMOVE PAINT.
TO SOFTEN PUTTY AND REMOVE OLD PAINT.
TREATMENT OF DAMP WALLS.
TO PAPER ON A BOARD PARTITION.
SANDPAPERING.
A STENCILED BORDER.
REPAINTING SCALED WORK.
TO MIX WATER COLORS.
TO SIZE MUSLIN FOR LETTERING.
ANOTHER FOR WHITE WORK.
TEST OF THE PURITY OF WHITE LEAD.
POLISH TO RENOVATE VARNISHED WORK.
BLACK VARNISH FOR IRON.
TO FREE BENZINE FROM ITS OFFENSIVE ODOR.
PAINT TO PREVENT WOOD EXPOSED TO THE GROUND FROM ROTTING.
RECIPES FOR BLACKBOARD SLATING.
TO MAKE A BLACKBOARD ON COMMON PLASTER.
CHEAP SLATING, BUT GOOD.
WATERPROOF OIL RUBBER PAINT FOR CLOTH.
TO CLEAN PAINT.
GOOD QUICK STAIN FOR A BRICK CHIMNEY.
TO CLEAN DOOR PLATES.
TO CLEAN VARNISHED PAINT.
SLOWING THE DRYING OF PAINT.
FINE BRONZE FOR METALS.
REPAINTING BLISTERED DOORS.
FIREPROOF PAINT FOR ROOFS, ETC.
VARNISH FOR IRON.
BLACK VARNISH FOR IRON.
TO MIX DRY LAMP BLACK.
TO CLEAN BRASS.
DIPPING PAINT.
TO MAKE WAX FINISH FOR FLOORS.
SPIRIT VARNISHES.
BROWN HARD SPIRIT VARNISH (SELECTED).
WHITE HARD VARNISH.
PURE WHITE VARNISHES.
VARNISH PAINTS.
GOLD VARNISH.
FURNITURE VARNISH.
DAMAR VARNISH.
LACQUERS FOR BRASS AND TIN.
LEATHER VARNISH (BLACK).
PAPER HANGER’S OUTFIT.
PAPER HANGERS’ PASTE.
TO MAKE A PASTE FOR PAPERING OVER PAINTED OR VARNISHED WALLS.
LIQUID GLUE.
TO CRYSTALIZE GLASS.
SIZE FOR WALLS BEFORE PAPERING OR KALSOMINING.
STAIN OAK WOOD.
SIZING WALLS.
HOW TO APPLY WHITE ENAMELED LETTERS TO GLASS.
WALL SIZING FOR KALSOMINING.
SIGN PAINTING.
LIST OF PRICES AND MODE OF MEASUREMENT.
MODE OF MEASURING.
MODE OF MEASURING.
PLATE GLASS.
SANDING.
CLEANING AND KALSOMINING.
DEDUCTIONS.
FEES FOR MEASURING.
TO MAKE HARD PUTTY.
TO MAKE AND APPLY KALSOMINE.
LIQUID GLUE FOR KALSOMINE AND WALL SIZING.
TO PREPARE AN OLD WALL FOR PAINT OR PAPER.
HOW TO PAINT A PLASTERED WALL.
TO PREPARE A ROUGH SANDY WALL FOR PAINT OR PAPER.
TO PAINT OVER NEWLY PLASTERED CRACKS IN WALLS.
FLASHED GLASS SIGNS.
FLUORIC ACID, TO MAKE FOR ETCHING PURPOSES.
LIQUID WOOD FILLERS FOR CHEAP WORK.
ANOTHER PASTE FILLER.
CARRIAGE PAINTING IN THE VILLAGE SHOP.
MIXING QUICK COLOR.
BLACK VARNISH FOR GASOLINE STOVES, ETC.
BLACK STENCH INK.
BRONZE FOR BRIGHT METALS.
VARNISH TO FIX PENCIL DRAWINGS.
RUST SPOTS ON MARBLE.
WHITEWASH TO SOFTEN.
WATER GLASS FOR FLOORS.
TO FINISH REDWOOD.
MARKING INK.
FORMULAS FOR MIXING COLORS. (SELECTED.)
SOME EXPENSIVE COLORS.
SUGGESTIONS FOR TINTS AND COLORS.
PAINTING CARS AT HOME.