How To Make Carriage Varnish And Golden Varnish For Metal
Carriage Varnish.
The following is used for the wheels, springs, and carriage parts of coaches and other vehicles:
- Take of pale African copal 8 lb.;
- fuse, and add 21/2 gallons of clarified linseed oil;
- boil until very stringy, then add 1/4 lb. each of dry copperas and litharge;
- boil, and thin with 51/2 gallons of turpentine;
- then mix while hot with the following varnish, and immediately strain the mixture into a covered vessel.
- Gum anime, 8 lb.;
- clarified linseed oil, 21/2 gallons;
- 1/4 lb. each of dried sugar of lead and litharge;
- boil, and thin with 51/2 gallons of turpentine;
- and mix it while hot as above directed.
Of course these quantities will only do for big jobs, and as it has to do with metal, it has been thought advisable to include the formula in this handbook.
A Golden Varnish for Metal.
- Take 2 oz. of gum sandarach,
- 1 oz. of litharge of gold,
- and 4 oz. of clarified linseed oil, which boil in a glazed earthenware vessel till the contents appear of a transparent yellow colour.
This will make a good varnish for the final coating for enamelled and japanned goods.
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