Lacquer for small arms, or for water-proof paper.
| Beeswax | 13 lbs. |
| Spirits turpentine | 13 galls. |
| Boiled linseed oil | 1 gall. |
All the ingredients should be pure, and of the best quality. Heat them together in a copper or earthen vessel, over a gentle fire, in a water-bath, until they are well mixed.
Lacquer for bright iron-work.
| Linseed oil, boiled | 80.5 lbs. |
| Litharge | 5.5 lbs. |
| White-lead, ground in oil | 11.25 lbs. |
| Rosin, pulverized | 2.75 lbs. |
Add the litharge to the oil, let it simmer over a slow fire for three hours; strain it, and add the rosin and white-lead; keep it gently warmed, and stir it until the rosin is dissolved. Apply it with a paint-brush.
Varnish for scabbards, or patent leather.
| For 1st and 2d coats.— | Prussian blue, in lumps | 4. lbs. |
| Sugar-of-lead | 0.7 lb. | |
| Aquafortis | 0.7 lb. | |
| Linseed oil, boiled | 70. lbs. | |
| Spirits turpentine | 24.6 lbs. |
The ingredients, except the turpentine, are boiled together, in an iron kettle, eight hours, when the mixture will assume a brilliant black color. When the varnish is nearly cool, stir in the turpentine. The kettle in which the varnish is made should be of a capacity to hold double the quantity of varnish to be boiled. It cannot be safely made on board ship.
For the third or finishing coat.—Copal Varnish.