1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

126 600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

bath, or near a moderate fire, till the wax is dis- solved ; then lay it on warm, with a fine soft hair- brush, before a fire, or in the sun. It gives a good stifi'iiess to old straw hats, and a beautiful gloss equal to new. It likewise resists wet.

No. 250. Coating Sheet-Iron with Varnish to protect it

from the

action of the atmosphere. First take clean sheet-iron plates, and dip them in a solution of the chloride of iron, by which they become covered with a thin tin scale ; they are then washed well with warm water, and dipped into a melted composition of rosin and tallow ; after this they are allowed to dry, and then dipped into a hot solution composed of | pound shellac and \ pound rosin dissolved in 2 gallons alcohol. Finally, they are taken out and dried in an oven. Common tin plates for roofing, exposed to sea-winds, where tin is liable to rust, will, if coated in this manner, stand exposure to the weather well.

No. 251. Another Oil-Paste Blacking.

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No. 2.

Take

\ pound oil of ^dtriol, 10 ounces tanners'

oil, 4 pounds molasses mix the oil of vitriol and the tanners' oil together, and let it stand one day, then add the ivory-black and molasses, and the white of 2 eggs, and stir it well together to a thick paste. This is an excellent blacking, and will not injure the leather. ivory-black, 10 ounces