Graining and Marbling / A Series of Practical Treatises on Material, Tools and Appliances Used; General Operations; Preparing Oil Graining Colors; Mixing; Rubbing; Applying Distemper Colors; Wiping Out; Penciling; The Use of Crayons; Review of Woods; The Graining of Oak, Ash, Cherry, Satinwood, Mahogany, Maple, Bird's Eye Maple, Sycamore, Walnut, Etc.; Marbling in All Shades.

by F. Maire

26. What is said of the general operations by which graining is done?

27. What preparations are necessary for the painting of grounds?

28. How is new wood to be grounded?

29. How is old painted work to be grounded?

30. How is old varnished work to be treated for grounding?

31. What is the general rule to be followed in preparing the ground work for any given wood?

32. What else is said regarding tinting the ground colors?

LESSON VII.
PREPARING OIL GRAINING COLORS.

33. Again here is another one of the many operations necessary for graining upon which grainers are very far from being unanimous as to the proper way that it should be done. It will be best to note what is expected of a graining color, and afterwards to prepare them according to these requirements, irrespective of any cut and dried formulas, as when these requirements are complied with it does not matter so very much about the material that is used in doing so. It will be well to say that these graining colors are best known to old time English grainers under the name of “megilp,” in order that there may be no misunderstanding as to the kind of graining color that is meant.

34. A good “megilp,” or graining color, should possess the following qualities: