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

67. The above comprises all the operations done in graining woods that can be given a general description of. Each kind of wood will require some of their use. Not all, however, must be given in the same manner, but must be adapted to suit the particular woods one may be trying to imitate. As occasion may require reference will be made to some of the paragraphs giving the proper information as to “how to do it.”

QUESTIONS ON LESSON XIII.

63. How are graining crayons made?

64. What is said about graining crayons?

65. How is graining done with sponges?

66. What is said of the use of sponges in burled graining?

67. What is said concerning the special use to be made of the various operations in graining described in the previous lessons?

LESSON XIV.
GENERAL REVIEW OF WOODS.

68. Woods may be divided into two general classes:

1st. Those that are close grained and which when sawed into boards show very fine pores, or perhaps very little if any perceptible to the naked eye, as “holly,” for instance, and in a lesser degree in “satinwood.”