Priming for Deal or Pine (inside).
—With white lead use three-quarter ounces of driers and the same quantity of red lead to every pound of lead. Thin with about the same proportion of turps and raw linseed oil.
Second Coat (inside).
—Use about half-an-ounce of driers and one ounce of red lead to every pound of white lead.
Second Coat (outside).
—Use about one ounce of patent driers to every pound of white lead, with the addition of about the same quantity of red lead.
Egg Shell Gloss.
—To every pound of white lead add quarter of an ounce of copal varnish and the same quantity of gold size with half the quantity of boiled oil. These will serve the purpose of binding the materials together and causing them to dry. The thinners should consist of turpentine used in the proportion of about three-quarters of a pint to every 7 lbs. of white lead.
