2. Add 12 ounces of beeswax to a gallon of linseed oil, and boil it two hours; prime the cloth with this mixture, and use the same in place of boiled oil for mixing the paint. Give two coats of paint.
Lacquers for iron ordnance.
| 1. Black-lead, pulverized | 12 lbs. |
| Red-lead | 12 lbs. |
| Litharge | 5 lbs. |
| Lampblack | 5 lbs. |
| Linseed oil | 66 lbs. |
Boil it gently about twenty minutes, during which time it must be constantly stirred.
| 2. Umber, ground | 3.75 lbs. |
| Gum-shellac, pulverized | 3.75 lbs. |
| Ivory-black | 3.75 lbs. |
| Litharge | 3.75 lbs. |
| Linseed oil | 78. lbs. |
| Spirits turpentine | 7.25 lbs. |
The oil must be first boiled half an hour. The mixture is then boiled twenty-four hours, poured off from the sediment, put in jugs and corked.
| 3. Coal tar of good quality | 2 galls. |
| Spirits turpentine | 1 pint. |
The turpentine to be added in small quantities during the application of the lacquer.
| 4. Anti-corrosion | 40 lbs. |
| Grant's black, ground in oil | 4 lbs. |
| Red-lead, as a dryer | 3 lbs. |
| Linseed oil | 4 galls. |
| Spirits turpentine | 1 pint. |
This mixture, when well stirred and incorporated, will be fit for use; but, as by long keeping in this state it becomes hard, no more should be mixed than may be required for immediate use.