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From The helping hand (1872).
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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
- 8 ounces fresh slacked lime
- 6 ounces linseed oil
- 2 ounces white Burgundy pitch
- 3 pounds Spanish white
Method
- Take skim-milk, 2 quarts;
- 8 ounces fresh slacked lime ;
- 6 ounces linseed oil ;
- 2 ounces white Burgundy pitch ;
- 3 pounds Spanish white.
- Slack the lime in water, expose it to the air, and mix in ahout one-fourth of the milk ;
- the oil in which the pitch is previously dissolved, to he added a little at a time ;
- then the rest of the milk, and afterwards the Spanish white.
- This quantity is sufficient for thirty square yards, two coats.
- If other colors are wanted, use instead of Spanish white other coloring matter.