Bake the graining colour at 200° for 2 to 3 hours. Sandpaper lightly.
Put on transfer and striping, if any, 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. Rub and polish the last coat.
In this work, at least one coat of finishing copal is necessary to protect the graining colour.
White Work—Bedsteads, Etc.
White work cannot be finished with one coat, because no white pigment has sufficient covering power.
Two or more coats of first coat white enamel.
Bake each coat at 120° to 150° for 3 to 4 hours. Sandpaper each coat lightly.
Two or more coats of finishing white enamel.