Light weight colors which will not mix well with water may be easily mixed to a stiff paste with molasses or sirup, then mix in glue size for a binder and thin with water.
TO SIZE MUSLIN FOR LETTERING.
Use a thin size of white glue in water, or a thin starch paste. For a sign to stand weather, dissolve white wax in turpentine by heat. Melt the wax in a kettle, then take it outside and by degrees add sufficient spirits of turpentine and make a thin size.
One ounce of wax to the quart of turps is about right. Put it on warm with a brush.
ANOTHER FOR WHITE WORK.
Slake a little good, fresh lime in hot water and mix a size with skim milk. Then strain through cheese cloth. This size is, when dry, insoluble in water and will hold lettering as long as the cloth lasts. May be tinted.
No. 4. OLD STYLE EXTENDED.
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