Practical House, Wagon and Automobile Painter

About this eBook

Author

White, W. F.

Title

Practical House, Wagon and Automobile Painter including sign painting, and valuable hints and recipes

Original Publication

United States: Shrewesbury Publishing Co.,1919.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

TT: Technology: Handicrafts, Arts and crafts

Subject

Sign painting

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 67109

Release Date

January 5, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Practical House, Wagon and Automobile Painter
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.INDEX.
5. 5.JAPAN. — OBJECTIONS TO THE USE OF CHEAP DRY OCHRE AS A PRIMER. — PAINTING TIN ROOFS. — ANALYSIS OF OCHRE. — ANOTHER. — ANOTHER. — ANOTHER. — ANOTHER IN OIL. — YELLOW IRON ORE. — CRAWLING PAINT. — TO PAINT BLINDS AND NOT DAUB YOUR HANDS. — LEGLESS STEP-LADDERS. — SUCCESS IN PAINTING. — GUESSING ON WORK. — GLASS GILDING. — HOW TO ESTIMATE WORK. — ONE WAY TO MEASURE A JOB. — TO SOFTEN HARD, LUMPY PUTTY. — TACKY PAINT ON CHURCH SEATS, ETC. — TESTING JAPAN. — WHY DO PAINTS AND VARNISHES CRACK? — BRUSH CLEANING TROUGH. — FLOOR WAX. — DAMAR VARNISH. — STENCIL STAINING. — PAINTING BRICK. — CLEANING UP A ROOM. — PASTE FOR LABELING ON TIN. — ANOTHER. — TO MAKE TENTS, ETC., WEATHERPROOF. — TO PAINT ON CANVAS OR MUSLIN WITHOUT SIZING. — TO PAINT ON ZINC. — PAINTING BLINDS. — TREATMENT FOR HARDWOOD FLOORS. — WHITEWASH FOR OUTSIDE WORK. — THE STRAINER. — TO KILL GREASE SPOTS ON WOOD. — KALSOMINE. — TO TAKE OFF THE PAINT. — CLEANING SILVER, BRASS OR COPPER. — WHY DO WALL PAPERS CRACK? — OIL SIZE FOR WHITEWASH. — TO CLEAN BRICK. — TO CLEAN TARNISHED ZINC. — TO GILD ON WOOD. — STIR YOUR PAINT. — TO MAKE CHERRY STAIN. — VARNISH STAINS. — MAHOGANY VARNISH STAIN. — WALNUT VARNISH STAIN. — MAHOGANY VARNISH STAIN. — TO MAKE NEW OAK LOOK OLD. — DARK STAIN FOR OAK. — ANOTHER. — RED SAUNDERS STAIN. — TO CHANGE THE COLOR OF WALNUT TO DARK MAHOGANY. — NATURAL WOOD FINISHING. — TO MAKE BLEACHED OR WHITE SHELLAC VARNISH. — TO COLOR PUTTY. — SPOTS ON PAINT. — PORCELAIN FINISH.—CHINA GLOSS.—GLOSS FINISH. — ANOTHER WAY. — LEAD POISONING—HOW TO AVOID IT. — SYMPTOMS OF LEAD POISON. — TO FINISH FURNITURE AND OTHER WORK IN SIXTEENTH CENTURY OAK. — A SUPERIOR GLUE (WATERPROOF). — A VALUABLE CEMENT. — LINSEED OIL AND IRON RUST. — WHITE ENAMEL (SELECTED). — VARNISH TO IMITATE GROUND GLASS. — VARNISH FOR RUSTIC WORK. — TO CLEAN VERY DIRTY BRASS. — TO COUNTERFEIT TORTOISE SHELL VERY FINELY. — PRICE LIST. — PRIMING AND GLAZING SASH. — JAPANNED TIN SIGNS. — GLASS SIGNS ON WINDOWS AND DOORS. — DRUM SIGNS. — MUSLIN SIGNS. — OIL CLOTH SIGNS. — BOARD SIGNS. — WALL SIGNS. — SHOW CARDS. — MIDSUMMER PAINTING. — TO REMOVE PAINT. — TO SOFTEN PUTTY AND REMOVE OLD PAINT. — TREATMENT OF DAMP WALLS. — TO PAPER ON A BOARD PARTITION. — SANDPAPERING. — A STENCILED BORDER. — REPAINTING SCALED WORK. — TO MIX WATER COLORS. — TO SIZE MUSLIN FOR LETTERING. — ANOTHER FOR WHITE WORK.
6. 6.TEST OF THE PURITY OF WHITE LEAD. — POLISH TO RENOVATE VARNISHED WORK. — BLACK VARNISH FOR IRON. — TO FREE BENZINE FROM ITS OFFENSIVE ODOR. — PAINT TO PREVENT WOOD EXPOSED TO THE GROUND FROM ROTTING. — RECIPES FOR BLACKBOARD SLATING. — TO MAKE A BLACKBOARD ON COMMON PLASTER. — CHEAP SLATING, BUT GOOD. — WATERPROOF OIL RUBBER PAINT FOR CLOTH. — TO CLEAN PAINT. — GOOD QUICK STAIN FOR A BRICK CHIMNEY. — TO CLEAN DOOR PLATES. — TO CLEAN VARNISHED PAINT. — SLOWING THE DRYING OF PAINT. — FINE BRONZE FOR METALS. — REPAINTING BLISTERED DOORS. — FIREPROOF PAINT FOR ROOFS, ETC. — VARNISH FOR IRON. — BLACK VARNISH FOR IRON. — TO MIX DRY LAMP BLACK. — TO CLEAN BRASS. — DIPPING PAINT. — TO MAKE WAX FINISH FOR FLOORS. — SPIRIT VARNISHES. — BROWN HARD SPIRIT VARNISH (SELECTED). — WHITE HARD VARNISH. — PURE WHITE VARNISHES. — VARNISH PAINTS. — GOLD VARNISH. — FURNITURE VARNISH. — DAMAR VARNISH. — LACQUERS FOR BRASS AND TIN. — LEATHER VARNISH (BLACK). — PAPER HANGER’S OUTFIT. — PAPER HANGERS’ PASTE. — TO MAKE A PASTE FOR PAPERING OVER PAINTED OR VARNISHED WALLS. — LIQUID GLUE. — TO CRYSTALIZE GLASS. — SIZE FOR WALLS BEFORE PAPERING OR KALSOMINING. — STAIN OAK WOOD. — SIZING WALLS. — HOW TO APPLY WHITE ENAMELED LETTERS TO GLASS. — WALL SIZING FOR KALSOMINING. — SIGN PAINTING.
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21. 21.LIST OF PRICES AND MODE OF MEASUREMENT. — SQUARE MEASURE. — PANEL WORK. — BRICK WORK. — INSIDE WALL PAINTING. — STOPPING AND CLEANING. — SURFACING, STAINING AND VARNISHING. — LINEAL MEASURE. — MODE OF MEASURING. — STRING BOARD, ETC. — CORNICES AND COLUMNS—PLAIN. — CORNICES WITH BRACKETS. — MODE OF MEASURING. — PRIMING OR TRACING AND GLAZING SASH. — PLATE GLASS. — SANDING. — GRAINING—SQUARE MEASURE. — LINEAL MEASURE. — MARBLING—SQUARE MEASURE. — LINEAL MEASURE. — CLEANING AND KALSOMINING. — DEDUCTIONS. — FEES FOR MEASURING. — Sign Painting. — FACIA SIGNS. — BRASS SIGNS. — TO MAKE HARD PUTTY. — TO MAKE AND APPLY KALSOMINE. — LIQUID GLUE FOR KALSOMINE AND WALL SIZING. — TO PREPARE AN OLD WALL FOR PAINT OR PAPER. — HOW TO PAINT A PLASTERED WALL. — TO PREPARE A ROUGH SANDY WALL FOR PAINT OR PAPER. — TO PAINT OVER NEWLY PLASTERED CRACKS IN WALLS. — FLASHED GLASS SIGNS. — FLUORIC ACID, TO MAKE FOR ETCHING PURPOSES. — LIQUID WOOD FILLERS FOR CHEAP WORK. — ANOTHER PASTE FILLER. — CARRIAGE PAINTING IN THE VILLAGE SHOP. — NEW WORK. — OLD WORK. — ROUGH STUFF. — CLEANING PHAETON CUSHIONS. — MIXING QUICK COLOR. — BLACK VARNISH FOR GASOLINE STOVES, ETC. — BLACK STENCH INK. — BRONZE FOR BRIGHT METALS. — VARNISH TO FIX PENCIL DRAWINGS. — RUST SPOTS ON MARBLE. — WHITEWASH TO SOFTEN. — WATER GLASS FOR FLOORS. — TO FINISH REDWOOD. — MARKING INK.
22. 22.FORMULAS FOR MIXING COLORS. (SELECTED.) — SOME EXPENSIVE COLORS. — SUGGESTIONS FOR TINTS AND COLORS.
23. 23.PAINTING CARS AT HOME.
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