Fairchild's rapid letterer and show-card maker, commercial alphabet construction with brush or pen (1910)
Hackes, Sidney, [from old catalog] comp · New York, Chicago, Fairchild company · leaf 24
It takes a lot of good mixingto make a good water-gold. The stick grinds it against theBide of the cup, and when it is about like a thick syrup youcan put some in a saucer and thin it with water, taking care not to make it too thin. Any kind of bronze can be mixedthis way. The most satisfactory… … beauty of your gold, its brilliancy and its durability. In ad-dition to this you will be able to make gold signs on woodthat will be fast color and remain untarnished for a year.Your brushes must invariably be thoroughly washed in tur-pentine or gasoline, a small quantity of which can always bekept…
Lettering · Advertising cards
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