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i76 THE ARTIST'S ASSISTANT.
alone, to clean it from the powder, and give it a ffill
brighter luftre.
In the cafe of white grounds, inftead of the tripoli,
fine putty or whiting muft be ufed ; both which
fhould be wafhed over, to prevent the danger of
damaging the work from any fand or other gritty
matter, that may happen to be commixt with them.
It is a great improvement of all kinds of japan
work, to harden the varnifli by means of heat; which,
in every degree that can be applied fhort of what
would burn or calcine the matter, tends to give it a
more firm and ftron? texture. Where metals form
the body, therefore, a very hot flove may be ufed,
and the pieces of work mav be continued in it a con-
fiderable time ; efpecially if the heat be gradually
increafed. But where wood is in queftion, heat muft
be fparingly ufed, as it would otherwife warp or
fhrink the bodv, fo as to injure the general figure.
Of gilding japan work.—The various methods of
gilding, which are applicable to the ornamenting
japan work, being exceedingly prolix and uninterelt-
ing, it is needlefs to repeat them here. I fhall, there-
fore, only obferve, that in gilding with gold fize
(which is almoft the only method now pra&iied in
japan work) where it is defired to have the gold not
ihine, or approach in the leatt towards the burnifh-
iag ftate, the fize fhould be ufed either with oil of
turpentine only, or with a very little fat oil. But
where a greater luftre, and appearance of polifh,
are wanting, without the trouble of burnifhing, and
the preparation neceffary for it, fat oil alone, or
mixed with a little gold iize, fhould be ufed ; and
the fame proportionable effect will be produced
ho;n a mean proportion of them*
Of
alone, to clean it from the powder, and give it a ffill
brighter luftre.
In the cafe of white grounds, inftead of the tripoli,
fine putty or whiting muft be ufed ; both which
fhould be wafhed over, to prevent the danger of
damaging the work from any fand or other gritty
matter, that may happen to be commixt with them.
It is a great improvement of all kinds of japan
work, to harden the varnifli by means of heat; which,
in every degree that can be applied fhort of what
would burn or calcine the matter, tends to give it a
more firm and ftron? texture. Where metals form
the body, therefore, a very hot flove may be ufed,
and the pieces of work mav be continued in it a con-
fiderable time ; efpecially if the heat be gradually
increafed. But where wood is in queftion, heat muft
be fparingly ufed, as it would otherwife warp or
fhrink the bodv, fo as to injure the general figure.
Of gilding japan work.—The various methods of
gilding, which are applicable to the ornamenting
japan work, being exceedingly prolix and uninterelt-
ing, it is needlefs to repeat them here. I fhall, there-
fore, only obferve, that in gilding with gold fize
(which is almoft the only method now pra&iied in
japan work) where it is defired to have the gold not
ihine, or approach in the leatt towards the burnifh-
iag ftate, the fize fhould be ufed either with oil of
turpentine only, or with a very little fat oil. But
where a greater luftre, and appearance of polifh,
are wanting, without the trouble of burnifhing, and
the preparation neceffary for it, fat oil alone, or
mixed with a little gold iize, fhould be ufed ; and
the fame proportionable effect will be produced
ho;n a mean proportion of them*
Of