Practical House, Wagon and Automobile Painter / including sign painting, and valuable hints and recipes

by W. F. White

JAPAN.

Always cut your japan in a little turps before you add it to the paint. An ounce of japan, cut with turps, will do better work than two ounces in oil paint, if put in clear. Don’t add dryer to any more paint than you can use up in a few hours, because it will soon commence to fatten your paint in the pot and lessen its covering and wearing properties. Many a job has been spoiled by using old color, doped with japan. Such paint is liable to mildew.