Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-18
STAINED WORK

taken Dy the lew Only.
STAINED WORK
Is easier and more in demand at this time.
Put on the stain after filling the wood or
! getting it to a smooth surface. Some put
on one coat OF stain and then fill the wood
and polish. 1t insures depth to the stain.
Pumice smooth and finish with shave grass.
When the stain is all on you may finish
with colorless varnish, from one to FIVE
coats, polishing the last coat-or you may
polish only. The wood may be first coated
with glue sizs and then polished, but it Is
more difficult than to fill with ell color,
Your surface being made as smooth as is
possible, the stain is TO be applied, and
variety of these are here given, as also re-
ceipts for lacquer, but fuller instructions
will be given as to lacquer and glaze sur
faces hereafter. Concerning stains and
ebonized work there is no great difficulty.
l. is to be remembered that real ebony has
no glazing polish. 1t is of deep dark or
biuish-dark, deep-polished surface, and no
varnish finish Is ever seen on ebony.
Heuce, if varnsh is used, it must be
rubbed down to deprive it of gloss, but the
easier work is to polish the stain direct.
EBONY LACQUER FOR WOODWORK.
Aniline hydro-chloride. .35 o.; spirits of
wine, .35 OF. Apply after the wood has
been first soaked with solution of part
of blue vitriol and 100 parts of water
When this is perfectly dry apply the solu-
ton OF aniline salt. Use small soft
sponge, and in this, as in all cases, protect
the fingers from the stain, else you will
carry the sign of your work for some days
| abroad. Better let your druggist mix the
blue vitriol, and remember that it is a
poison. 4 short time after applying the
wood will assume deep black color You
can leave it without further coating; but
If you wish a luster, a coat of ordinary cab
inetmakers varnish will do. With an or
binary graVer, or sharp knife, you may,
before ebonizing, cut in the soft wood small
leaves aud vines to taste, and when the
stain is finished, gid these with ruby GID
ing put on with camels-hair pencil. This
is the least difficult of all the work. Or
you may do your lining and carving after
ebonizing, and color the design with other
colored stain as your taste dictates.
ANOTHER BLACK STAIN.
Another is of l75 ounces Brazil wood,
.525 of an ounce alum. Boil an hour with
- pounds of water. Filter from the
Brazil wood. Apply as hot as is possible.
A violet color results. Then apply So
luton of 81 ounces iron filings, LOS
ounces common salt, l7.5 ounces vinegar,
and a beautiful black will result.
ANOTHER
This is a good preparation S.75 ounces
gall nuts, % pounds log-wood (concentra-
ted extract is best). Boil in % pounds
rain-water for an hour Ia copper boiler is
bestl. Filter or strain through felt or
stout wooden. Apply warm. A beautiful
black results.
SIMPLER YET.
Runge's chrome ink produces a deep
chrome black. 1t is of .525 of an ounce of
| extract of logwood, % pounds of soft hot
water; add when lukewarm .035 of an
| ounce OF chromate of potash. Apply, and
dark brown results. When dry apply
the solution of iron filings, salt and vine
gar, and an ebony black follows.
BLUE STAIN.
For blue stain, Los ounces finest indigo
| carmine in 70 ounces of water; apply
several times. Or 35 ounces of French
verdigris in 3 5 ounces of urine and S IS
ounces of wine vinegar. Filter and apply.
Then apply solution of 2 | ounces car
Donate OF potassa in 70 ounces soft water
Brush over until the tint of blue required
appears.
A new and fine process for blue on wood
is to use bleu de Lyon reddish blue), bleu
de lumiere tpure blue, or light blue green
! ish blue) of aniline colors. Dissolve one
part of either in thirty parts of spirits of
wine.
YELLOW.
For yellow, 80 of an ounce nitric acid
| poison, and keep from the skim in l.57
ounces of soft water.
Or, 2. l ounces finely powdered tumeric
digested several days in l7.5 ounces alec.
bol, so per cent. strong. Strain through
cloth.
Or, .35 of an ounce aniliue yellow dis
solved in l05 ounces spirits of wine. II
some aniline red is added to this stain all
| shades of color from orange to bright red
dish-yellow may be obtained.
GREEN.
Use Al ounces of purified verdigris in
l1.5 ounces vinegar; apply hot to the
wood when warmed, and until the desired
| shade is reached. Or 50 of an
ounce of fine indigo carmine in 81 ounces
OF soft water /; then add .l75 of
an ounce of pure picric acid, dissolved in
2. ounces OF boiling soft water. Mix both
solutions. a very beautiful, durable green
can be thus obtained. Or .35 of
an ounce of aniline green in 4 2 ounces
OF spirits of wine. All the different shades
of green may be produced by adding blue
or yellow stain.
WALNUT STAIN.
This is for soft wood g. Is ounces man.
ganate of potsssa and 3 Is ounces sulphate
manganese III % quarts Of hot water
Apply hot and several times, according as
light or dark shades are desired.
| MAHOGANY.
Nader. rs ounces rasped yellow
wood, 10 ounces. Boil an hour in 5
| Il 5 ounces ground logwood, IS ounces.
| Bell an hour in pounds water. Filter,
when dry. If you wish a darker color
apply a solution Of 5 % ounces carbonate
OF potassa in pounds of water. Filter
through blot.ing paper. Put on cold.
RED STAIN.
For red % pounds finely powdered
Lima red dye-wood, and 81 ounces car
donate of potasss. Pat in a bottle with
s., pounds of water. Set in 4 warm place
eight days, frequently shaking it. Filter
through cloth. Heat and apply until
beautiful red appears. To brighten the
color, apply while wet solution of
ounces of alum free from iron), in %
pounds of water. Prepare this last by heat
and filter. When the stains are dry rub
with linseed oil, when varnish may be APP
! piled if desired.
As TO POLISHING
Reference is made TO what was said about
polishing lac vsrnishes. You may use
ordinary cabinet polish, ruby shellac, 10
parts /; spirits of wine, 40 parts or Vienna
polish 6 8 ounces finest shelIac in AZ
pounds SO per cent. alcohol; or dark
polish, l05 ounces ruby shellac, , l ounces
Venetian turpentine dissolved in "A
pounds sc per cent. alcohol. and filtered
through blotsing paper or French polish,
) ounces naphtha, | ounce finest sheliac. ]