Cyclopedia of painting : containing useful and valuable information on the following subjects : adulteration of paint, blistering of paint, brushes, calcimining, carriage painting, china painting, colors, color harmony, color mixing, color testing, exterior painting, gilding, graining, house painting, marbling, mildew, oils and driers, oil painting on glass, painting a bath tub, painting in distemper, paperhanger's tools, paperhanging, pigments, plain oil painting, primary colors, priming, scenic painting, sign painting, stains, staining, stencilling, turpentine, varnishes, varnishing, water color painting, when not to paint, practical points on painting, useful information (1908)
Armstrong, George D · Chicago : F.J. Drake · leaf 192
A special comb is made, much like a hairdresserscomb, in which the teeth are cut in such a manner as tocause the hair to divide with a sharp edge at the point.This pressed on an overgraining brush will divide the hairs,and form up the streaks of color into thin lines. Another method of producing… … Fig. 29. Graining Comb. the natural grain. The roller has to be fed with a brushcontaining the color while rolling the work. The color usedis a little blue-black and Vandyke mixed with stale beer. After the combing is done and the paint dry, but beforevarnishing, a little black jjaint i.s mixed on…
