Asphaltum, 2 pounds.
Boiled linseed oil, 1 pint.
Spirits turpentine, 2 quarts.
Melt the asphaltum with the oil in an iron kettle. Stir well before removing from the fire. When partly cool add the turpentine and a little good japan.
TO FREE BENZINE FROM ITS OFFENSIVE ODOR.
To deodorize benzine, add 3 ounces quicklime to the gallon of benzine; shake well. Let the lime settle and pour off and filter the benzine.
PAINT TO PREVENT WOOD EXPOSED TO THE GROUND FROM ROTTING.
Take of linseed oil, 4 parts; whiting, 40 parts; rosin, 50 parts; clean sand, 300 parts; heat together in a kettle until the rosin melts; then add 2 parts sulphate of copper; the mass to be well stirred, and thinned to workable consistency with linseed oil.