The liquid application consists usually of a solution of yellow wax and soap in oil of turpentine, and it should be a matter of no difficulty whatever to compound a mixture of this character at least equal {634} to the preparations on the market. As a type of the mixture occasionally recommended we may quote the following:

I.—Yellow wax4 ounces
Pearl ash4 drachms
Yellow soap1 drachm
Spirit of turpentine7 ounces
Phosphine (aniline)4 grains
Alcohol4 drachms
Water, a sufficient quantity.

Scrape the wax fine and add it, together with the ash and soap, to 12 ounces of water. Boil all together until a smooth, creamy mass is obtained; remove the heat and add the turpentine and the aniline (previously dissolved in the alcohol). Mix thoroughly, and add sufficient water to bring the finished product up to 1 1/2 pints.

II.—Water18 parts
Rosin oil 4 1/2 parts
Spirit of sal ammoniac, concentrated 1 1/5 parts
White grain soap 1.93 parts
Russian glue 1.59 parts
Brown rock candy 0.57 parts
Bismarck brown 0.07 parts

Boil all the ingredients together, excepting the pigment; after all has been dissolved, add the Bismarck brown and filter. The dressing is applied with a sponge.

III.—Beeswax, yellow 2 ounces
Linseed oil 3 ounces
Oil turpentine10 ounces

Dissolve by heat of a water bath, and add 1 1/4 ounces soap shavings, hard yellow. Dissolve this in 14 ounces of hot water.

IV.—A simpler form of liquid mixture consists of equal parts of yellow wax and palm oil dissolved with the aid of heat in 3 parts of oil of turpentine.

V.—Soft or green soap1 ounce
Linseed oil, raw2 ounces
Annatto solution (in oil)7 ounces
Yellow wax2 ounces
Gum turpentine7 ounces
Water7 ounces

Dissolve the soap in the water and add the solution of annatto; melt the wax in the oil of turpentine, and gradually stir in the soap solution, stirring until cold.