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 49
n two shades, one a rich amber,the other a dark brown, but both are alike in nature. Theoil of tar corresponds to it in the same way as the oil ofturpentine does to the spirit of turpentine. The spirits ofoil of tar are of similar use to the other spirit and oil, andare employed principally by… … Fig. 12. Painters Flat Duster. during the working, sufficient may pass off to render thepaint somewhat troublesome to deal with. This difficulty is,however, only a slight one, and is easily overcome by theuse of a little Oil of Lavender. Oil of spike, as it is sometimes called,is a perfectly…
