The Painters' & grainers' handbook : a complete illustrated guide to painting, graining, distempering, sign-writing, gilding, and glass embossing ... (1873)
Callingham, James · London : Brodie & Middleton : Simpkin, Marshall · leaf 97
lack,mixed in raw oil and turps (very thin) is brushed.Roll the work and soften with a badger. A fevv^vvhite veins may be added as in jasper. Vein—For black vein and Italian pink.—This isexecuted in oil-colour, and the work produced is of avery superior class. The roller is most simple… … Light Oak.—Thin in beerand add a little flour paste ;about a quarter of a pound ofcolour is sufficient for one quart In order to facilitate the use ofthe rollers, the following grain-ing colours, ground in water, pre-pared thick ready for use, andonly requiring thinning, havebeen prepared, and are…
