ear. These practices are to be strongly condemned as they 206 PAINTING AND DECORATING. destroy the hardness and durability of the work and affect thevarnish prejudicially. A little slow-drying varnish will havethe same effect on the colour, but unfortunately also makes itsticky in working. Megilp… … Fig. 64.—Oak combing roller. There are a number of more or less mechanical appliances usedfor the purpose of imitating the grain of oak. The effect ofcombing is very well obtained by the use of the patent combingrollers (Fig. 64). These rollers contain a number of notchedzinc discs which revolve…
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