1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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No. 245. Another Water- Proof for Leather.

Take linseed-oil 1 quart, yellow wax and white turpentine each \ pound, Burgundy pitch 2 ounces melt, and colour with lampblack.

No. 246. A Water-Proof and Leather-Preservative,

Take J pound fine lampblack, (Eddies' ]N"ew York best,) 2 pounds rosin, 3 quarts linseed-oil, 2J ounces oil of lavender, 6 pounds sheep's tallow, (suet :) melt and mix over a gentle fire, when it will be ready for use, and be put up in tin boxes. Directions. — Let your leather be clean and damp when the blacking is applied, and allow time to dry moderately before wearing. Apply it plentifully at first, with a brush or otherwise, until the leather is filled with it: after that, a little occasionally will answer. One box, used with economy, will be suffi- cient to last one person a year. Directions. — For carriage-tops and harness. Mix about a pint of oil (fish or tanners') to a box, by warming it well. Have your leather clean and damp before you apply it. — Leather that this is applied to will not — which, every one knows, is very injurious to leather. This blacking will not produce a polish, but will make the leather soft, water-proof, and much more durable Polish-blacking can be used immediately and produce a fine polish. ]N'.B. mould,