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 67
ed hydrogen, and it is not injuriousto the men who make it, or to the painters who use it; buton the other hand, it does not combine with oil well, andis wanting in body and covering power, and is difficult towork. It is easily acted upon by the carbonic acid in rainwater, which dissolves the… … Fig. 18. Camels-Hair Lacquering Brushes. for many years without losing any of its freshness. Whendry it becomes very hard, and will take a fine polish. Thispaint is suitable for any place that is subjected to vaporscontaining sulphur, or in places where foul air is emanatedfrom decaying animal…
