27. Paint Formulas.—As most toys are exposed to the weather a great deal, the following formulas are recommended. These take no account of tinting materials.
(a) Priming Coat:
25 pounds pure white lead
1 gallon pure raw linseed oil
½ gallon pure turpentine
¼ pint drier, free from rosin
(b) Body Coat:
25 pounds pure white lead
3⁄8 gallon pure raw linseed oil
3⁄8 gallon pure turpentine
¼ pint drier, free from rosin
(c) Finishing Coat:
25 pounds pure white lead
1 gallon pure raw linseed oil
¼ pint pure turpentine
¼ pint drier.
One must exercise his own discretion in using a larger or smaller quantity of oil according to whether the wood is oil absorbing, as white pine, poplar, and basswood, or less permeable, as yellow pine, cypress, spruce, and hemlock.
28. Formulas for Making Tinted Paint.—Any color or tint may be obtained by varying the addition of tinting colors. These tinting colors are called "colors in oil." The colors should be added to the white lead before the paint is thinned.
To twenty-five pounds of white lead ground in oil add colors in oil as follows: