IMPROVEMENTS IN POLISHING AND TREATING WOODEN ARTICLES SO AS TO GIVE THEM THE APPEARANCE OF METAL
Year: 1884

page_text: I CHARLES WILLIAM REES of 203 Saint John Street Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Cornice Pole Maker do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN POLISHING AND TREATING WOODEN ARTICLES SO AS TO
GIVE THEM THE APPEARANCE OF METAL" to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to treating various articles made of wood such as cornice
poles and rings, brackets and other articles of furniture, so as to give them the
appearance of being made from metal or of a metalized surface.
In carrying out my Invention the wood is prepared in a similar manner as for
French polishing, it is then rubbed in with size mixed with about equal quantities
of white lead and plaster of Paris. When dry I proceed in the ordinary way to
French polish it, using coloured powders with the polish, the powder employed
depending on the metal it is intended to imitate, for example, for imitating brass,
ground turmeric root is very suitable, when the wood is well bodied up I use any
known glaze such as that consisting of about an ounce of gum benzoin dissolved in
one gill of methylated spirits, I apply this preparation or glaze with a rubber and
allow it to stand until hard, I then with a rubber use the ordinary transparent
polish dabbing the rubber on the required bronzed powder such as copper, steel,
white or silver as the case may be, and rub the surface of the article until the
whole is covered with a metallic veneer, the metallic veneer is then given a slight
coat of transparent polish and spirited up in the usual way which latter process
binds the powder firmly and evenly to. the wood, the article thus treated will then
have all the appearance of the metal it is intended to imitate. Should it be found
that the colour is not dark enough, this can easily be remedied by applying a
further coating of the coloured polish.

page_text: I CHARLES. WILLIAM. REES. of. 203. Saint John Street Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Cornice Pole Maker do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN POLISHING, AND TREATING WOODEN ARTICLES SO AS TO
GIVE THEM THE APPEARANCE OF METAL" and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This Invention relates to polishing and treating various articles made of wood
such as cornice poles and rings, brackets and other articles of furniture, so as to
give them the appearance of being made from metal or of a metalized surface.
In carrying out my Invention the wood is, prepared in a similar manner as for
French polishing, it is then rubbed in with size mixed with about equal quantities
of white lead and plaster of Paris. When dry I proceed in the ordinary way to
French polish it using coloured powders with the polish, the powder employed
depending on the metal it is intended-to imitate for example for imitating brass,
ground turmeric.root is very suitable, when the wood is well bodied up I use any
known glaze such as that consisting of about an ounce of gum benzoin dissolved in
one gill of methylated spirits, I apply this preparation or glaze with a rubber and
allow it to stand until hard. I then with a rubber use the ordinary transparent
polish dabbing the rubber on the required bronze powder such as copper, steel,
white or silver as the case may be and rub the surface of the article until the whole
is covered with a metallic veneer, the metallic veneer is then given a slight coat of
transparent polish and spirited up in the usual way, which latter process binds the
powder firmly and evenly to the wood, the article thus treated will then have all
the appearance of the metal it is intended to imitate. Should it be found that the
colour is not dark enough, this can easily be remedied by applying a further coating
of the coloured polish.
In the case of plain surfaces I have found that I can dispense with the use of
the glaze as above named the polish being sufficient.
Having now particularly described and ascertained, the, nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what
I claim is
The improvements in polishing and treating wooden articles so as to give them
the appearance of metal as herein before described.