Oil, Fur′niture. Syn. Mahogany oil, Oil stain. Prep. 1. From refined linseed oil, 1 pint; alkanet root, 1⁄4 oz.; digested together in a warm place until the former is sufficiently coloured, when it is poured off and strained.
2. Pale boiled oil, 1 pint; beeswax, 1⁄4 lb.; melted together, and coloured as before. Gives a superior polish, which becomes very tough by age.
3. Linseed or boiled oil, 1 pint; Venice turpentine (pure), 6 oz.; as before. The above are used for mahogany and other dark-coloured woods.
4. Linseed oil, 8 oz.; vinegar, 4 oz.; oil of turpentine, mucilage, rectified spirit, of each 1⁄2 oz.; butter of antimony, 1⁄4 oz.; hydrochloric acid, 1 oz. Mix.
5. Linseed oil, 16 oz.; black resin, 4 oz.; vinegar, 4 oz.; rectified spirit, 3 oz.; butter of antimony, 1 oz.; spirit of salts, 2 oz.; melt the resin, add the oil, take it off the fire, and stir in the vinegar; let it boil for a few minutes, stirring it; when cool put it into a bottle, and add the other ingredients, shaking all together. The last two are specially used for reviving French polish.
6. (Pale.)—a. As the preceding, omitting the alkanet.
b. From nut oil, 3⁄4 pint; beeswax (finest), 3 oz.; melted together.
c. To the last add of copal varnish, 3 or 4 oz.
The last three are employed for pale woods. They are all applied by means of a rag, and are ‘polished off’ with a ‘woollen rubber’ or ‘furniture brush.’ A little strong vinegar, or a few drops of hydrochloric acid, are sometimes added. See Polish.
Oil, Hair. See Oil (Perfumed).