Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-08-11

IN on. 10 which dryers are added. -
that when properly applied 1t fills and
becomes very hard In the open grain Of
the wood.
Filler is in the form Of paste, and can
be bought in small can 1t must b\
thinned with %turpentine to the consist
ency Of paint, when It Is easily applied
with q brush. 1t should be brushed OF
SO as to cover the surface well, and al
lowed to dry only until It begins to turp
gray in color, usually in about ten min.
utes, when 1t must be rubbed on imme
diately, rubbing first with a very coarse
cloth across the grain. thus rubbing the
filler into the open pores. When we'll
rubbed in, finish with q Glen cloth, rub.
bling hard and polishing %lengthwise OF
the grain. The filler must be carefully
removed from all angles and corners
with the sharpened end Of q piece OF
soft pine, over which the cloth is held.
After being rubbed off and polished the
filler must dry from twenty-four to
thirty-six hours, and II wax is to be used
in place of varnish, even longer, forty.
eight to sixty hours being necessary to
prepare for a wax finish.
Good filler is expensive, costing from
sixteen to twenty cents q pound in small
quantities, and can be bought colored
to suit the wood on which 1t is to be
used. a light reddish brown for mahog.
any, light and dark antique for antique
oak. and a dark brown for flemish or
maple, pine and lighter colOred woods.
Note.-The cloths used for rubbing in
and polishing the filler should be burned
Immediately, owing to the danger from
spontaneous combustion If allowed to
lie, because of the large amount Of oil
with which they are saturated.
Stains.
The staining of woods before filing
and vanishing Is very common, some.
times properly. to darken and improve
the natural color, but more often to i'm
itate the finer and more costly woods by
the use of that which is comparatively
inexpensive and common. Such imita
tions always look cheap" while there
is nothing SO beautiful as the naturally
fine grain of many of our best woods.
Both water and oil stains of all de.
sired %colors. and for all kinds of wood
are manufactured by the company men.
toned above. and sold by their agents
in all the large cities of the country.
The water stains are the most common.
ly used, not only because of their cheap.
ness, but because of their penetrating
and rapidly drying qualities. The OBJ.
lection to their use Is that they roughen
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1t necessary to s%andpaper 1t smooth be.
fore the filler or varnish can be applied,
and this sandpapering. unless done by an
expert, will cause the cOloring to be I'M.
even and often expose the bare wood on
corners and projections. For this rea-
son the oil stains are more and more
coming into use, as they neither raise
the grain o rOughen the surface.
Stains for Oak.
Oak is usually colored by mixing ths
colorlng material with the filler. Its
grain Is SO open that it can be easjtJ col.
ored in this way. and filters Of any color
may be bought for this purpose already
mixed. II an especially Are bright color
Is desired, as In some u the shades OF
golden oak" u !s necessary to first
stain the oak vita an oil stain "a golden
oak oil stain rs used for this purpose).
which aftsr drying for six to eight min.
utes or!y', is rubbed off with q soft cloth.
This RIBS the stain into the open grain
cs .ne wood and cleans 1t or from all the
hard CLASSY glints, making a beautiful
contrast which can be produced in nc
other way. When rubbed off clean and
smooth the oil stain must be allowed tC
dry for twenty-four, or, better, for forty.
eight hours, before the filler is applied
All stains are put on with a brush. and
must be used before filling and varnisE
ing.