Cheap Paint for a Barn
From A new and valuable book, entitled the Family companion (1846).
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From A new and valuable book, entitled the Family companion (1846), printed page 58, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/63620730R.nlm.nih.gov
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Ingredients
- six pounds of melted pitch
- one pint of linseed oil
- one pound of brick dust
- An ounce of oil
- one pint of alcohol
Method
- An excellent and cheap paint for rough wood-work is made of six pounds of melted pitch, one pint of linseed oil, and one pound of brick dust, or yellow ochre.
- Essences.
- — An ounce of oil to one pint of alcohol, is about a fair proportion.
- Let them be well shaken together.