If gilt, silver or aluminium edges are to be marbled, they must be thoroughly dried, burnished slightly and rubbed off with a small piece of linen, silk or leather, and any blemishes or spots from which the gold or other metal has blistered must be repaired.
The dull gilt-edge is now to be moistened by means of a soft brush with a solution of powdered alum in hot water after this has formed a thin paste.
The marbling of the gilt-edge is executed in the usual way, before the layer of alum is entirely dried. After the completion of the marbling the edge must be washed with water until it is entirely clean.
After the edge has become dry, it is rubbed with a waxed rag and burnished over.
For marbling, the common marbling colors can be used.
It remains only to add that too dry edges do not take marbling colors readily.
CONTENTS.
| Page. | |
|---|---|
| Preface to the first edition, | [3] |
| Preface to the second edition, | [10] |
| Historical, | [13] |
| The size, | [21] |
| Carrageen moss, | [31] |
| Gum tragacanth, | [45] |
| Salep, Flea-bane and other glutinous bodies, | [53] |
| The Ox-gall,—Its chemical analysis, | [59] |
| Effect of the gall on colors, | [60] |
| Preparation of ox-gall and its uses, | [63] |
| Substances acting similarly to gall, | [71] |
| Sprinkling water, | [75] |
| The alum water, | [79] |
| The preparation of colors for marbling, | [85] |
| The marbling of book-edges and paper, | [97] |
| The comb or nonpareil marble, | [103] |
| The peacock marble, | [111] |
| The bouquet marble, | [115] |
| The entwined comb marble, | [119] |
| The snail marble, | [123] |
| General remarks relative to drawn edges, | [129] |
| Marbled edges, | [137] |
| Hair-vein edges, | [147] |
| Rules in regard to the marbling table, | [153] |
| Precautions, | [153] |
| A new expanding medium, | [154] |
| Marbling of gilt-edges, | [159] |
| Marbling on a large scale, | [159] |
| The Utensils,—The marbling trough, | [163] |
| The size-skimmer, | [163] |
| The drawing needle or stylus, | [164] |
| The comb, | [164] |
| The peacock-comb, | [165] |
| The brush for comb-edges, | [165] |
| The broom-corn whisk, | [165] |
| The brush for marbled-edges, | [166] |
| Book-clamps, | [166] |
| Apparatus for throwing-on colors, | [167] |
| Sample plates, I-X, | [169]-[187] |