The complete carriage and wagon painter : a concise compendium of the art of painting carriages, wagons and sleighs, embracing full directions in all the various branches, including lettering, scrolling, ornamenting, striping, varnishing and coloring with numerous recipes for mixing colors . alone guiding the hand, and it is surprising,sometimes, to see the uniformity given to wagon stripes,when it is remembered that not even a mark wasmade to insure it. There is as much necessity for prac-tice in laying out the striping as there is in making thesinpe, and we frequently see apprentice boys dev
The complete carriage and wagon painter : a concise compendium of the art of painting carriages, wagons and sleighs, embracing full directions in all the various branches, including lettering, scrolling, ornamenting, striping, varnishing and coloring with numerous recipes for mixing colors . alone guiding the hand, and it is surprising,sometimes, to see the uniformity given to wagon stripes,when it is remembered that not even a mark wasmade to insure it. There is as much necessity for prac-tice in laying out the striping as there is in making thesinpe, and we frequently see apprentice boys devotingall their spare time in practice at such work. In Fig. 1) is shown a panel stripe for spring bar andlike pieces, the fine line being generally put in in twccolors, as for example, if the fine line be white on a darkground, the feathering and dots may be put in withlight blue or red. A few light touches with the stripingpencil will often add to the appearance of a job, and theseshould never be begrudged. Fig. 16 shows the manner of striping the top of a spring,the broad stripe being run on the edge of the leaves, and Till iOMPLETE CAKKLMih AJMB WAGOH PAINTER. 59 a simple straight fine line finishing it. This part of theprear is not so easily seen as the other parts, and it won! 1. Fig. 13.
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