Cheap Paint for a Barn
From The helping hand (1872).
Source and licence
From The helping hand (1872), printed page 62, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/32531850R.nlm.nih.gov
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Ingredients
- 6 pounds of melted pitch
- 1 pint of linseed oil
- 1 pound of brick dust
Method
- An excellent and cheap paint for rough woodwork is made of 6 pounds of melted pitch, 1 pint of linseed oil, and 1 pound of brick dust, or yellow ochre.