Varnishing, Polishing, or Painting the same.
Year: 1884

page_text: Varnishing, Polishing, or Painting the same.
I, ROBERT WILLIS of 48 Lime Street in the City of London, Commission Agent
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO
THE PREPARATION OF WOOD BEFORE VARNISHING POLISHING OR PAINTING THE
SAME" to be as follows:-
For the purpose of filling the pores of wood before varnishing, polishing or
painting I use finely powdered glass.
I mix the powdered glass with a sufficient quantity of varnish or other suitable
liquid to make a soft paste. This paste I thin as required, with spirits of turpentine
or other suitable liquid, to such a condition so as to be easily applied to wood by
a brush, cloth or leather.
After it has been well rubbed into the pores of the wood the surplus material
must be removed from the surface of the wood, preferably by a steel scraper or
the back of a graining comb; or it can be rubbed off with a cloth or handful of
shavings.
After the material has become dry, the wood may be rubbed with fine sand paper
when a hard smooth glassy surface will be obtained, ready to receive polish, varnish
or paint.
The best way of obtaining powdered glass sufficiently fine to permit of its being
used for the above described purpose is to cause powdered glass to float or be held
in suspension for some time in water and afterwards to allow the glass so held in
suspension to settle.
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page_text: Varnishing, Polishing, or Painting the same.
I ROBERT WILLIS of 48 Lime Street in the City of London Commission Agent
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO
THE PREPARATION OF WOOD BEFORE VARNISHING POLISHING OR PAINTING THE
SAME" and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
For the purpose of filling the pores of wood before varnishing, polishing or
painting I use finely powdered glass. I mix the powdered glass with a sufficient
quantity of varnish to make a soft paste. This paste I thin, as required, with
spirits of turpentine or other suitable liquid, to such a condition as to be easily
applied to wood by a brush cloth or leather.
After it has been well rubbed into the pores of the wood the surplus material
must be removed from the surface of the wood, preferably by a steel scraper, or
the back of a graining comb, or it can be rubbed off with a cloth or handful of
shavings.
After the material has become dry the wood may be rubbed with fine sand paper,
when a hard smooth glassy surface will be obtained ready to receive polish varnish
or paint.
The best way of obtaining powdered glass sufficiently fine to permit of its being
used for the above described purpose is to cause powdered glass to float or be held
in suspension for some time in water and afterwards when the larger particles have
subsided to draw off the water with the finer particles held in suspension in it
and then allow these finer particles so held in suspension to settle. Afterwards the
sediment obtained is dried and admixed with sufficient varnish to bring it to a
consistency of thick paste-and is kept in this condition until required for use. It
may then be thinned as above stated with spirits of turpentine or such like
solvents to bring it to a fluid condition suitable for being applied with a brush or
otherwise.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The preparation of wood before varnishing polishing or painting with a
mixture of varnish and finely powdered glass.
2. The preparation of a mixture of varnish and finely powdered glass sub-
stantially as and for the purpose described.