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JAP 5
fFanu&ed twelve times, ftanding twelve hours between the firft
fix and the laft fix wafhin^s.
Then let it ftand to dry for fix or feven days; after which,
polilh it with tripoli, and a rag as directed.
5. But in polifhing you muft work at it till it is aimoft
fmooth, and then let it ftand by for two days; then polifh it
again aimoft enough, and again let it be fix days, and then finifh.
the polifhing of it; and then clear it up with oil and lamp-black,
and fo will you have a good black Japan, fcarce at all inferior
to the true Japan.
It is to be noted, that, in this and all other Japan works, you
muft never ftrike your pencil twice over the fame place, becaufe
it will make your colours or varnifh lie rough and ugly ; but
every ftroke wafh a new place, carrying a fteady, quick, and
even hand, beginning at the middle of the table, and fo draw-
ing your brufh to either end, till the whole piece has been paffed
over.
White Japan, i. In doing this, great care muft be taken
that nothing may come near that will foul or foil it.
In the firft place, lay the ground with ifing-glafs fize, mixed
with as much whiting fcraped into it as will make it of a reafon-
able thicknefs, or fo long, till that by a ftroke, your pencil, be-
ing dipped into it, will whiten the plait of your work ; but let it
be neither too thick nor too thin ; let the whiting be well mixed
with your fize, by means of your hogs hair brufh.
2. Whiten your work once over with it, and when it is tho-
roughly dry do it over again ; and when dry repeat it the third
time, after which let it ftand to dry for twelve or twenty-four
hours, covering it from duft.
3. Then, with fome Dutch rufhes, let it be rufhed as near the
grain of the wood as you fee fitting.
4. Take frefh ifing-glafs fize, what quantity you pleafe; and
flake-white, fo much as will make the fize be of a fair body ;
mix them well together, and with this go over your work three
feveral times, letting it be thoroughly dry between each time,
and afterwards rufh it very fmooth.
5. Then take white ftarch boiled in fair water till it is fome-
what thick, and with it, aimoft blood-warm, wafh over the
whole work twice, letting it dry between each time, and fo let it
ftand for a day or two.
6. It being firft wafhed with rectified fpirit of wine, to cleat
it from the duft, dip a pure clean pencil into the fineft white var-
nifh, and do over the work fix or feven times ; and two days
after varnifh it over a^ain the fame number of times; if this be
•well done, it will give a finer glofs than if it were polifliea ; but,
if.it be not cleanliiy and nicely done, poliihirg will then be nc-
B 3 ceffary,
fFanu&ed twelve times, ftanding twelve hours between the firft
fix and the laft fix wafhin^s.
Then let it ftand to dry for fix or feven days; after which,
polilh it with tripoli, and a rag as directed.
5. But in polifhing you muft work at it till it is aimoft
fmooth, and then let it ftand by for two days; then polifh it
again aimoft enough, and again let it be fix days, and then finifh.
the polifhing of it; and then clear it up with oil and lamp-black,
and fo will you have a good black Japan, fcarce at all inferior
to the true Japan.
It is to be noted, that, in this and all other Japan works, you
muft never ftrike your pencil twice over the fame place, becaufe
it will make your colours or varnifh lie rough and ugly ; but
every ftroke wafh a new place, carrying a fteady, quick, and
even hand, beginning at the middle of the table, and fo draw-
ing your brufh to either end, till the whole piece has been paffed
over.
White Japan, i. In doing this, great care muft be taken
that nothing may come near that will foul or foil it.
In the firft place, lay the ground with ifing-glafs fize, mixed
with as much whiting fcraped into it as will make it of a reafon-
able thicknefs, or fo long, till that by a ftroke, your pencil, be-
ing dipped into it, will whiten the plait of your work ; but let it
be neither too thick nor too thin ; let the whiting be well mixed
with your fize, by means of your hogs hair brufh.
2. Whiten your work once over with it, and when it is tho-
roughly dry do it over again ; and when dry repeat it the third
time, after which let it ftand to dry for twelve or twenty-four
hours, covering it from duft.
3. Then, with fome Dutch rufhes, let it be rufhed as near the
grain of the wood as you fee fitting.
4. Take frefh ifing-glafs fize, what quantity you pleafe; and
flake-white, fo much as will make the fize be of a fair body ;
mix them well together, and with this go over your work three
feveral times, letting it be thoroughly dry between each time,
and afterwards rufh it very fmooth.
5. Then take white ftarch boiled in fair water till it is fome-
what thick, and with it, aimoft blood-warm, wafh over the
whole work twice, letting it dry between each time, and fo let it
ftand for a day or two.
6. It being firft wafhed with rectified fpirit of wine, to cleat
it from the duft, dip a pure clean pencil into the fineft white var-
nifh, and do over the work fix or feven times ; and two days
after varnifh it over a^ain the fame number of times; if this be
•well done, it will give a finer glofs than if it were polifliea ; but,
if.it be not cleanliiy and nicely done, poliihirg will then be nc-
B 3 ceffary,