112. TURPENTINE VARNISH

Take 5 lbs. of clear good resin, pound it well, and put it into 1
gallon of oil of turpentine; boil the mixture over a stove till the
resin is perfectly dissolved, and when cool, it will be fit for use.


113. IRON WORK BLACK OR BLACK VARNISH FOR IRON

Put 48 lbs. asphaltum into an iron pot, and boil for four hours;
during the first two hours, introduce 7 lbs. litharge, 3 lbs. dried
copperas, and 10 gallons boiled oil; add 1/8 lb. run of dark gum,
with 2 gallons hot oil; after pouring the oil and gum, continue the
boiling two hours, or until it will roll into hard pills like Japan;
when cool, thin it off with three gallons of turpentine, or until it
is of proper consistence. This varnish is intended principally for
the iron work of coaches and other carriages.

114. VARNISH FOR HARNESS

Take 1/2 lb. of india rubber, 1 gallon of spirits of turpentine;
dissolve enough to make it into a jelly by keeping it almost new
milk warm; then take equal quantities of good linseed oil, (in a hot
state,) and the above mixture, incorporate them well on a slow fire,
and it is fit for use.


115. QUICK DRYING HARNESS BLACKING VARNISH