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quor ancl gums gently, beginning with the gums, through a lin-
en cloth.
Then put it into a bottle, and let it ftsnd a week before you
life it, and oour off as much of the clear only, as you think fuf-
ficient for prefent ufe.
To pa/fe prints upon cloth for Varnishing. If the print be
put upon a fhock cloth, well ftrained in a frame, brufh the cloth
over with ftrong pafte, made with flour and water; and im-
mediately brufh over the back of the print with well prepared
{larch, and then brufh the cloth over with the fame ftarch, and
lay on the print as fmooth as poffible, without leaving any
wrinkles or bubbles in the paper. This you mould take notice
of, that, when you have laid your paper upon the cloth, they
will both together appear flagging and unftrained ; but, as foon
as they are dry, all will be fmooth, as either of them was atfirft.
Let them ftand fo in a dry warm place for a day or two, and
then you may Varnifh your print as before directed, with glue
made of ichthyocolla, and then with white Varnifh.
With this Varnifh you may mix up any colour, that has been
round dry, with a marble, and paint it upon any figure you
ave drawn, or upon any print you have pafted upon your work }
but the varnifhed colours fhould be chiefly put upon the fhady.
Varnish made with feed lacca. Take a quart of ftrong fpirit
of wine, put into a glafs veffel ; and put to it fix ounces of feed
lacca, and let them ftand together for two days, making them
often; then pafs it through a jelly-bag, or a flannel-bag, made
like what is called Hippocrates's fleeve, letting the liquor drop
into a well-glazed veffel, and giving the gums a fqueefe every
now and then. When the Varnifh is almoftout of the bag, add
more, and prefs it gently till all is ffrained, and the dregs remain
dry.
Be fure you do not throw the dregs into the fire, for they will
endanger fetting the houfe on fire.
Put the Varnifh up in a bottle, and keep it clofe flopped, fet-
ting it by, till all the thick parts are fettled to the bottom, which
they will do in three or four days ; then pour off the clear into a
frefh bottle, and it will be fit for ufe.
As for Varnifh made of fhell lacca, it is not of any great
jervicc, though fo often recommended, for it will not bear the
polifh.
When you lay on your Varnifhes, take the following method:
i. If you Varnifh wood, let your wood be very fmooth, clofe -
grained, free from greafe, and rubbed with rufhes.
•;. Lay on vour colours as fmooth as poffible, and, if the Var-
;r,'.h has any Winers in it, take them eft by a polifh with rufhes.
2" While
quor ancl gums gently, beginning with the gums, through a lin-
en cloth.
Then put it into a bottle, and let it ftsnd a week before you
life it, and oour off as much of the clear only, as you think fuf-
ficient for prefent ufe.
To pa/fe prints upon cloth for Varnishing. If the print be
put upon a fhock cloth, well ftrained in a frame, brufh the cloth
over with ftrong pafte, made with flour and water; and im-
mediately brufh over the back of the print with well prepared
{larch, and then brufh the cloth over with the fame ftarch, and
lay on the print as fmooth as poffible, without leaving any
wrinkles or bubbles in the paper. This you mould take notice
of, that, when you have laid your paper upon the cloth, they
will both together appear flagging and unftrained ; but, as foon
as they are dry, all will be fmooth, as either of them was atfirft.
Let them ftand fo in a dry warm place for a day or two, and
then you may Varnifh your print as before directed, with glue
made of ichthyocolla, and then with white Varnifh.
With this Varnifh you may mix up any colour, that has been
round dry, with a marble, and paint it upon any figure you
ave drawn, or upon any print you have pafted upon your work }
but the varnifhed colours fhould be chiefly put upon the fhady.
Varnish made with feed lacca. Take a quart of ftrong fpirit
of wine, put into a glafs veffel ; and put to it fix ounces of feed
lacca, and let them ftand together for two days, making them
often; then pafs it through a jelly-bag, or a flannel-bag, made
like what is called Hippocrates's fleeve, letting the liquor drop
into a well-glazed veffel, and giving the gums a fqueefe every
now and then. When the Varnifh is almoftout of the bag, add
more, and prefs it gently till all is ffrained, and the dregs remain
dry.
Be fure you do not throw the dregs into the fire, for they will
endanger fetting the houfe on fire.
Put the Varnifh up in a bottle, and keep it clofe flopped, fet-
ting it by, till all the thick parts are fettled to the bottom, which
they will do in three or four days ; then pour off the clear into a
frefh bottle, and it will be fit for ufe.
As for Varnifh made of fhell lacca, it is not of any great
jervicc, though fo often recommended, for it will not bear the
polifh.
When you lay on your Varnifhes, take the following method:
i. If you Varnifh wood, let your wood be very fmooth, clofe -
grained, free from greafe, and rubbed with rufhes.
•;. Lay on vour colours as fmooth as poffible, and, if the Var-
;r,'.h has any Winers in it, take them eft by a polifh with rufhes.
2" While