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 46
However, in the work in hand it is desired toproduce a rich or deep shade of green, and to carry outthe plan, the color is glazed, instead of putting on color-and-varnish, in its ordinary mixture. Yellow lake possessesthe power, when used for a glazing over green, to increasethe intensity or depth… … Fig. 11. Painters Duster. color. Stir well and apply with badger-hair varnishbrushes. The black parts are now ready for color-and-varnish andas in the case of the panels, a first-class black is desired,so, instead of using ordinary color-and-varnish, black japanis used. Three coats of this well…
