- Take a gallon of the above stain, add two more ounces of pearlash; use hot, and brush often with the alum solution.
- Use a cold infusion of archil, and brush over with the pearlash solution used for No. 1434.
1438. Imitation of Rosewood
- Boil half a pound of logwood in three pints of water till it is of a very dark red, add half an ounce of salt of tartar; stain the work with the liquor while boiling hot, giving three coats; then, with a painter's graining brush, form streaks with No. viii. black stain (see par. [1430]); let the work dry, and varnish.
- Brush over with the logwood decoction used for No. vi. black, three or four times; put half a pound of iron filings into two quarts of vinegar; then with a graining brush, or cane bruised at the end, apply the iron filing solution in the form required, and polish with bees'-wax and turpentine when dry, or varnish.
1439. Wood: Yellow
- Brush over with the tincture of turmeric.
- Warm the work and brush over with weak aquafortis, then hold to the fire. Varnish or oil as usual.