Practical Graining, with Description of Colors Employed and Tools Used - William E. Wall

[INDEX.]

A.
Alcohol, use of, in distemper, [30].
Ammonia, spirits of, for removing old paint, [6].
Angular cutter, [50], [53].
Aniline colors used in graining, [54].
Ash, burl, [20].
burl, ground colors for, [8].
graining, [17].
ground colors for, [7].
Hungarian, [19].
Hungarian, ground colors for, [7].
Western, to match, [18].
Asphaltum for shading color of oak, [16].
B.
Badger blender, [49], [52].
Bamboo brush, use of, in graining rosewood, [37].
Best colors should be used for graining, [7].
Bird's-eye maple, [22].
maple in water color, [22].
Black walnut, [31].
Blending groundwork, [12].
quartered oak, [13].
Blistered appearance of whitewood, [41].
Bristle graining brush, [51], [53].
liners, fresco, [52], [53].
mottlers or cutters, [50], [53].
stippler, [53].
Brush, bamboo, use of, in graining rosewood, [37].
should not be stubby, [11].
Burl ash, [20].
ash, ground colors for, [8].
ash in oil color, [20].
Burning off paint, [6].
C.
Camel's-hair mottler or cutter, [50], [53].
Castellated or knotted overgrainer, [49], [50], [52].
Champs, to put in, [12].
Champs, shading, [15].
Cheap jobs, [6].
Check roller, [15], [53].
Cherry, [28].
ground work for, [8].
in oil color, preference for, [28].
natural wood, to match, [8].
Chestnut, [21].
clean cut divisions in graining, [14].
clearly cut joints in graining, [14].
graining in water colors, [22].
ground colors for, [7].
resemblance to ash, [21].
Coats, which to be avoided, [8].
thin preferable, [8].
Color for graining, [9].
for graining burl ash, [20].
of wood, to imitate, [9].
preparation of in graining oak, [10].
straining before thinning, [7].
to mix, [11].
usually dark, [10].
Combs, leather, [48], [49].
rubber, [12].
steel, [48].
Composition roller, graining by, [56].
Copyists of copies, [13].
Covering teeth of graining combs, [12].
Cracking of varnish, [42].
Curly, or rock maple, [25].
Cutter, angular, [50], [53].
Cutters or mottlers [50], [53].
Cypress wood, [38].
D.
Dark oak, [7].
ground color for, [7].
veins in rosewood, [37].
veins in mahogany, [35].
veins in quartered oak, [12].
Degenerate copyists of copies, [13].
Distemper, graining ash in, [18].
graining oak in, [16].
Divisions should be clean cut in graining, [14].
"Docked" pencil in bird's eye maple, [23].
Driers in graining color, [11].
Dry colors should never be used for grounds, [7].
E.
Edges of panel, how finished, [14].
Experience in varnish cracking, [43].
Eyes and shadows in bird's eye maple, [23].
in bird's eye maple, how to accentuate, [24].
F.
Feathered mahogany, [36].
Fine art, graining considered as a, [46].
champs in pollard oak, to put in, [28].
Fitch hair overgrainer, [49], [51].
or piped overgrainer, [51], [53].
tool, use of in graining ash, [17].
tool, use of in graining cypress, [39].
Flat brush used in graining in preference to round, [11].
fresco bristle liners, [52], [53].
French walnut, burl, [32].
walnut burl, graining in distemper, [33], [34].
walnut burl, pieces should be small, [34].
French walnut, ground work for, [8].
Fresco bristle liners, [52], [53].
G.
Glue size for distemper binder, [30].
Graduated teeth in graining combs, [12].
Grainers' combs, [11].
tools, [48].
Graining ash, [17].
ash in distemper, [18].
by patent roller, [54].
by stencil plates, [55].
by transfer paper, [57].
can be scoured off, [5].
cannot be chipped, [5].
chestnut, [21].
color, [9].
color, to mix, [9].
considered as a fine art, [46].
cypress, [39].
for the trade, [46].
light oak in oil, [10].
oak, [7], [16].
over old paint, [5].
over old work, preparation for, [6].
will not fade, [5].
Gransorbian transfer graining process, [56].
Grained work, varnishing over, [42].
Ground color, [6].
color, Indian red should never be used, for [9].
for burl ash, [8].
for chestnut, [7].
for cypress graining, [39].
for satin wood, [8].
colors of ash, [7].
Growth of ash, heart, [17].
of cherry, [29].
Growth for white wood, [41].
Ground work for cherry, [8].
for French walnut, [8].
for graining, [5].
for mahogany, [8].
for oak, [7].
for rosewood, [9].
for satin wood, [26].
for walnut, [8].
when old paint is not removed, [9].
H.
Heart grains in bird's eye maple, [24].
growth of ash, [17].
of oak, [14].
work in quartered oak, [14].
Hearts, imitating in black walnut, [32].
Hard pine, [40].
Hard wood varnishes, [43].
High lights in whitewood, [41].
Honduras feathered mahogany, [35].
Hungarian ash, [19].
ground colors for, [7].
I.
Imitation of carved work, mouldings, etc., [58].
M.
Mahogany, [35].
ground work for, [8].
Maple bird's eye, [22].
ground colors for, [7].
Marbler or mottler, the serrated, [50], [53].
Mason pad, [55].
Matching stained oak, [18].
Mitres and joints in graining, [14].
Mixing color, [11].
graining color, [9].
ground colors, [7].
Modern panels and styles of doors, [58].
Mottler, the waved, [50], [53].
Mottlers or cutters, [50], [53].
camel's hair, [50], [53].
O.
Oak, dark, [7].
graining, [16].
graining, all colors for, [7].
graining in distemper, [16].
groundwork for, [7].
heart of, [14].
light, [7].
light in oil, to grain, [10].
pollard, [27].
quartered, [13].
slashed, [14].
to grain, [10].
Objection to roller process of graining, [55].
Old paint, graining over, [5].
Old varnish, to remove, [6].
Overgrainer, castellated or knotted, [49], [50], [52].
for satinwood, [26].
Overgraining oak, [15].
Overgrainer, plain, [51], [53].
plain bristle, [49], [50], [52].
piped bristle, [49], [51].
P.
Paint, to remove, [6].
Panel edges, how finished, [14].
Panels and styles of doors, [58].
Panels in satinwood, [26].
Plain bristle overgrainer, [49], [52].
overgrainer, [50], [53].
Patent roller process of graining, [54].
Preparing old work for graining, [6].
Piped bristle overgrainer, [49], [51].
bristle overgrainer, use of, in graining black walnut, [31].
Piped overgrainer, [53].
overgrainer, use of, [30].
Pollard oak, [27].
Priming coats, [8].
partly in distemper and oil, [27].
Proportions of colors in graining color, [10].
R.
Removing old paint, [6].
old varnish, [6].
Rock or curly maple, [25].
Roller, the check, [53].
Root of ash, [20].
Rosewood, [37].
groundwork for, [9].
in water color, [37].
Round brush not used in graining, [11].
Rubber combs, [12].
combs with graduated teeth, [12].
Rubbing in graining, [12].
varnish, experiments with, [45].
S.
Sable piped overgrainer, [53].
Sandpapering, [6].
Satin wood, [26].
Second coat work, [6].
Serrated mottler or marbler, [51], [53].
Shadows around knarled places, [15].
Shades in burl ash, [20].
Shading champs, [15].
color of oak, [16].
Silver maple, [25].
Slashed oak, [14].
Smooth surface for graining, [6].
Solution for touching quartered oak work, [13].
Solution to remove varnish or paint, [6].
Spar composition, etc., [43].
Spirits of ammonia for removing old paint, [6].
Stained cherry, to match, [8].
oak, to match, [10].
white oak in preference to graining, [5].
wood, ground colors for, [8].
Steel combs, [11].
combs, (Illustrated) [48].
comb, use of, in quartered oak, [14].
Stencil plates, graining by, [55].
Stippling for graining in mahogany, [36].
for Hungarian ash, [19].
in distemper for black walnut, [31].
Straining colors before thinning, [7].
Stubby brush should not be used, [11].
Substitutes for thumb nail in graining, [12].
T.
The angular cutter, [50], [53].
check roller, [53].
fitch or sable piped overgrainer, [51], [53].
graining color, [9].
mason pad, [55].
patent graining machines, [54].
serrated mottler or marbler, [51], [53].
stubborn bristle, [51], [53].
waved mottler, [50], [53].
Thick coats should be avoided, [8].
Thinning graining color, [11].
Tools for putting bird's eyes in maple, [24].
for use in graining cherry, [29].
used by grainers, [48].
Tools, use in graining mahogany, [36].
use in graining rosewood, [38].
Touching quartered oak with solution, [13].
Transfer graining, [56].
paper, graining by, [57].
Thumb nail, substitutes for, in graining, [12].
V.
Varnish for exposed work, [42].
in graining, [5].
Varnishing over grained work, [42].
Veins, dark, in quartered oak, [13].
in oak, [16].
Vinegar, use in removing old paint, [6].
W.
Walnut, black, [31].
French, burl, [32].
French, groundwork for, [8].
groundwork for, [8].
Water colors, use of, in graining black walnut, [31].
Waved mottler, the, [50], [53].
Western ash, matching, [18].
White wood, [40].
wood, blistered appearance, [41].
Woods, color of, to imitate, [9].

[INDEX TO COLORED PLATES.]

A.
Ash, burl, in water color, [16].
dark, penciled and combed, [17].
Hungarian, ground for, [1].
Hungarian, wiped out, [18].
light, ground for, [13].
light, heart of, wiped out and shaded, [13].
light, wiped out, [12].
B.
Bird's eye maple overgrained, [19].
ready for the eyes, [21].
with the eyes, [22].
Black or French walnut, ground for, [2].
walnut penciled, [36].
Burl ash in water color, [16].
walnut, French, [39].
C.
Cherry mottled in oil, [30].
mottled and penciled in oil, [31].
mottled and penciled in oil as finished, [33].
stained, ground for, [2].
wiped out and penciled in oil, [34].
Chestnut, [20].
ground for, [2].
Curly maple overgrained, [27].
mottled to overgrain, [26].
Curly walnut, [38].
Cypress in oil, [45].
D.
Dark ash penciled and combed, [17].
heart of ash penciled, [14].
or pollard oak, ground for, [2].
F.
Feathered mahogany, [42].
Finished cherry, mottled and penciled, [33].
rosewood, [44].
Flaked oak, light, [4].
oak light, shaded, [8], [10].
oak light, ground for, [3].
or quartered dark oak, shaded, [11].
French walnut burl, [39].
G.
Grounds for graining, [1], [2].
H.
Hard pine, [46].
Heart growth oak, light, [6].
growth oak penciled, [7].
of ash, dark, penciled, [14].
of oak checked and shaded, [9].
of light ash wiped out, [12].
wiped out and shaded, [13].
Hungarian ash, ground for, [1].
wiped out, [18].
wiped out and penciled, [15].
L.
Light ash, ground for, [1].
ash heart of, wiped out, [12].
ash heart of, wiped out and shaded, [13].
flaked oak, [5].
grained or wainscoted oak, [4].
heart growth oak, [6].
oak, ground for, [11].
shaded flaked oak, [8], [10].
M.
Mahogany, feathered, [42].
ground for, [2].
mottled, [41].
straight, [40].
Maple, bird's-eye, mottled ready for the eyes, [21].
bird's-eye, overgrained, [19].
bird's-eye, with the eyes, [22].
Mottled and penciled cherry in oil, [31], [32].
and penciled cherry in oil as finished, [33].
bird's-eye maple ready for the eyes, [21].
Mottled cherry, [30].
curly maple to overgrain, [26].
mahogany, [41].
Mouldings, imitation of satinwood, [24].
O.
Oak, dark or pollard, ground for, [2].
flaked or quartered, [11].
heart growth, pencilled, [7].
heart of, checked and shaded, [9].
light, flaked, [4], [5].
light, flaked, shaded, [10].
light, ground for, [1].
light, heart growth, [6].
flaked, light, shaded, [8].
Overgrained and mottled satinwood, [25].
bird's-eye maple, [19].
curly maple, [27].
P.
Penciled and combed dark ash, [17].
and wiped out Hungarian ash, [15].
and wiped out walnut, [37].
black walnut, [36].
dark heart of ash, [14].
Penciled heart growth, [7].
Pine, hard, [46].
Plain or wainscoted oak, light, [3].
Pollard oak, [28], [29].
oak, ground for, [2].
Q.
Quartered dark oak shaded, [11].
R.
Rosewood as finished, [44].
Rosewood as outlined to overgrain, [43].
ground for, [2].
S.
Satinwood, mottled, [24].
mottled and overgrained, [25].
Stained cherry, ground for, [2].
Stippled walnut, [35].
Straight mahogany, [41].
W.
Wainscoted or plain oak, light, [3].
Walnut, black or French, ground for, [2].
curly, [38].
French, burl, [39].
stippled, [35].
wiped out and pencilled, [37].
Water colors, burl ash in, [16].
White wood in oil, [47].
Wiped out and pencilled Hungarian ash, [15].
out and pencilled walnut, [37].
out and shaded heart of light ash, [13].
out cherry pencilled in oil, [34].
out heart of light ash, [12].
out Hungarian ash, [18].

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