Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-12-23

sponge or rag, and let dry Then an
other coat of paint is applied, and
again another, If necessary, until the
color becomes as dark as is desired.
When dry it is washed with water, al
| lowed to dry again, and the surface
polished with boiled linseed oil. The
anthony chloride must be as nearly
neutral as possible.
5. To keep tools from rusting, take
one-half ounce camphor, dissolve in
one pound melted lard; take off the
lead (graphite) as will give it an iron
color. Clean the tools and smear with
this mixture. After twenty-four hours
rub clean with a soft linen cloth. The
tools will keep clean for months under
ordinary circumstances.
| 6. Put one quart fresh-slaked lime:
one-half pound washing soda, one
half pound soft soap in bucket, and
sufficient water to cover the articles;
put in the tools as soon as possible
after use, and wipe them up next
morning, Or let them remain until
wanted.
Z. Soft-soap, with half it's weight OF
pearlash, one ounce of mixture in
about one gallon boiling water, IS In
everyday use in most engineers shops
in the drip-cans used for turning long
articles bright in wrought-iron and
steel. The work, though constantly
| moist, does not rust, and bright nuts
are immersed in it for days till want
ed, and retain their polish
Malt SLOWLY tOcat hor civ n11noaG
or eight ounces of lard to one ounce
resin, stirring till cool; when it is semi
| fluid it is ready for use. II too thick,
it may be further let down by coal oil
or benzine. Rubbed on bright sur
faces ever so thinly it preserves the
polish effectually, and may be readily
rubbed off.
9. To protect metals from oxida-
tion-polished iron or STEEL for in
stance the requisite is to exclude
air and moisture from the actual
metallic surface; therefore, polished
tools are usually kept in wrappings OF
oil cloth and brown paper, and thus
protected, they will preserve a spotless
| face for an unlimited time. When
these metals come to be of necessity
exposed, in being converted to use, it
is necessary to protect them by means
of some permanent dressing; and
boiled linseed oil. which forms a last
ing film or covering as it dries on, is
one of the best preservatives, if not
the best. But in order to give it body,
it should be thickened by the addition
of some pigment, and the very best
because the most congenial-of pig
ments is the ground oxide of the same
metal, or, in plain words, rusted
iron reduced to an impalpablepowder,
for the dressing of iron or steel, which
thus forms the pigment or red oxide
paint.
10. Stake a. piece of quick lime with
just water enough to cause it to crum-
BILE, in a covered pot, and while hot
add tallow to it and work into a
paste and use this to cover over bright
work; it can be easily wiped off.
IL Olmstead's varnish is made by
melting two ounces resin In one pound
fresh sweet lard, melting the resin first
and then adding the lard and mixing
thoroughly. This is applied to the
metal, which should be warm if posi-
BILE, and perfectly cleaned; it is after
ward rubbed off. This has been we'll
proved and tested for many years,
and is particularly we'll suited for
planished and Russia iron surfaces,
which a slight rust is apt to injure
very seriously.
Rust Removers-1. Cover the metal
with sweet oil we'll rubbed in, and al
low to stand for forty-eight hours,
smear with oil applied freely with a
feather or piece of cotton wool, after
rubbing the steel. Then rub with un-
slaked lime reduced to as fine a pow
der as possible.
e immense the article to be cleaned
for few minutes, until al the dirt
and rust is taken off, in a strong solu-
ton of potassium cyanide, say about
one-half ounce in a wine-glassful of
water; take it out and clean it with a.
toothbrush with some paste composed
of potassium cyanide, CASTLE soap,
whiting and water mixed into a paste
of about a consistency of thick cream.
Curing Hams.
The following is the famous receipt
used by Mrs. Henry Clay for curing
hams, several hogsheads of which
were annually sent to Boston, where.
under the name of ashland hams, )"