Foster, Edwin W. [from old catalog] · Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 516
s the grain with a handfulof excelsior, waste, burlap, or rags and allow it tostand over night to dry. When the wood is to be stained the colour is fre-quently mixed with the filier. The object of all this is to fill up the pores of thewood to give a flat, solid surface for the polishing.Sometimes… … Photograph by Helen W. Cooke Staining and Polishing STAINING, POLISHING, AND FINISHING 485 Prepare the stain by mixing a small quantityof chrome yellow and Prussian blue on a piece ofwood. Mix thoroughly with a putty knife or oldchisel and thin with boiled linseed oil and turpentine;add blue or…
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