Bake each coat at 250° for 3 hours. Sandpaper each coat lightly. One or more coats of finishing enamel.
Bake each coat at 250° for 3 hours. Sandpaper all but the last coat. Rub the last coat with pumice.
Enamels when rubbed have a different colour than the surface colour; this must be taken into account in finishing.
Transfer and striping, if any, should be put over last coat of finishing enamel. Bake at 150° for 1 to 2 hours. One or more coats of finishing copal.
Bake each coat at 175° for 2 to 3 hours. Rub each coat, and polish the last coat.
If finishing copal is omitted, leave the last coat of enamel in gloss, or rub and polish as preferred.
The same enamel will bake to different shades at different heats and varied lengths of time, so care must be observed to get uniform results.
Imitation Wood Effects.
One or more coats of ground colour; back of metal one coat steel preservative, both reduced as thin as possible, and still cover well. If the steel preservative is used by dipping, only one coat of ground colour is generally used.
Bake each coat at 250° for 3 hours. Sandpaper each coat of ground colour. One coat of graining colour, reduced with turpentine brushed on, and grained by hand, or with tools as in general graining. This may be done by machine or as transfer work.