Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-04-24


aDia Tor reference, AMI nay save ma
ny dollar to the man who likes to
have things neat about his residence,
and who feels disposed to economic
by doing bis own painting:-
To BOIL OIL
10 billing oil, never Gil your kettle
more than two-tbirds full, or If may
run over ana take fire. Place your
kettle on the Goals, simmer your oil
till it will scorch feather, when it is
fit for use.
TO GRIND PAINT.
Put yourAint ona large lat stone,
with a smpoth face; wet your paint
with oil, and grind until fine. Be
careful TO grind fine. or there will be
waste of the paint, and your work
will not look well.
MIXTURE FOR DRYING PAINT.
Take eight ounces of sugar of lead,
eight ounces Of red lead, eight ounces
of litharge, four ounces of lumber;
make fine. put them into a gallon of
oil; simmer together one hour, then
strain, and pour in one pint OF spirits
Of turpentine. Add one gill to one
quart of paint to make it dry fast.
PAINTING ON WOOD.
In any kind of painting your
paint must be of the proper consist
ency. your wood clean and smooth.
and you must have proper brush, or
you cannot do good work. 1t is as
necessary that a painter have good
tools as any other mechanic, to enable
him to make good job | have
seen houses aud other things spoiled
with poor brushes.
TO PAINT A HOUSE WHITE.
Mix four quarts Of linseed-oil with
one keg of white lead thoroughly.
Commence at the top and paint six
or eight boards, using great care to
lay the paint on even and smooth.
In putting on three coats, make the
second the thickest, adding little
Prussian blue to the last coat to
make the white more clear Be
careful not TO use too much blue;
and YOU must pptty all the holes
and cracks before the last coat is APP.
piled.
CREAM COLOR.
Add finely ground chrome-yellow
to white paint. las above, little at a
time till the shade pleases you
You must add yellow every coat to
have a good finish.
LEAD COLOR.
Add finely ground lampblack to
white paint, till the color suits you.
BLUE.
Prepare sufficient quantity of
white paint, then add finely ground
Prussian blue in oil. Add a little
at a time, until the color is light or
dark, as you want the shade.
BLACK.
In preparing black paint, grind
lampblack in oil; and as buck dries
slowly, you should add two ounces
Of litharge to every pint of paint
Always use boiled oil for black, to
give it a body.
yERDTGRIs GREEN.
Wrap verdigris in cabbage or
other large leaves, and place it on
the hearth, over which scatter cold
ashes, then cover with Goals. let it
roast one hour, remove. and when
cold grind in oil. This is not SO apt
to.fde as other green, and is used
for outside work.
colrToN GREEN,
Inis Is composed OF nearly equa!
quantities of Prussian blue and
chrome-yellow. 1t must be ground
very fine in oil. The shade may be
varied with white lead.
ANOTHER GREEN.
You may purchase patent green
ready for grinding, which is beau
tiful If genuine; 70 be groundas 9th.
er paint.
STONE COLOR.
Burn lumber on an iron plate un-
til is of a reddish cast. No color {
looks better for a room if we'll put {
Cd.
TO give it green shade, add to
white paint sufficient to make a light
drab, then green enough to make a
green shade. q
For dark stone color, add lumber