Practical Graining, with Description of Colors Employed and Tools Used

by William E. Wall

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The piped bristle or fitch hair overgrainer ([Fig. 4]) may be used in oil or in distemper for representing ash, walnut, cherry, mahogany, etc.; for maple it may be used as an overgrainer. For overgraining any wood in distemper there is no better tool than the plain bristle overgrainer ([Fig. 5]) the bristles being separated into clusters with a bone comb after charging the brush with color.

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The badger blender ([Fig. 6]) is used for all graining done in distemper and is sometimes used for oil work, a similar brush made of bristles is sometimes used for marbling. The flat bristle brush used for applying the graining color is the only blender necessary for oil work.

The castellated or knotted overgrainer ([Figs. 7], [8] and [9]) is used for graining in distemper work, which has previously been grained in oil.