A treatise on architecture and building construction (1899)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton, The Colliery engineer co. · leaf 502
Fig. 60. Fig. 61. walls a coat of a very weak solution of the same, with a broad,flat brush, such as shown in Fig. 03. To make a paste, take2 pounds of fine flour, put in a pail, add cold water, andmix it together in a thin dough. Take a piece of alum aboutthe size of a smallchestnut, pound itfine… … Fig. 62. 110 PAINTING AND DECORATING. 18 The walls should be thoroughly dry before the paper ishung. The surface of walls, prepared for the first time,should be stopped, rubbed smooth with a piece of pumicestone, and then treated with a coat of size as before men-
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