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 . Fig. 6.—Oval Varnish Brush, Chiseled. CLEANING-UP BRUSH. A flattened round tool, Fig. 7, is used to clean up*around moldings, between the spokes, etc. Care should. Fig. 7.— Flattened Round Tool, Chiseled. he taken to select brushes having the bristles or hair setin glue, which is insoluble in varnish. Such
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 . Fig. 6.—Oval Varnish Brush, Chiseled. CLEANING-UP BRUSH. A flattened round tool, Fig. 7, is used to clean up*around moldings, between the spokes, etc. Care should. Fig. 7.— Flattened Round Tool, Chiseled. he taken to select brushes having the bristles or hair setin glue, which is insoluble in varnish. Such brushesan- far superior to those having the bristles fastenedwith cement. With those mentioned and a reasonable supply of flatbristle brushes the shop will be well stocked in the brushline, ami we will next look to the pigments or colors to be THE COMPLETE CARRIAGE AND WAGON PAINTER. 17 employed, leaving striping and ornamental pencils for ourchapter on such work. BENCH AND BOXES FOR COLORS. Having a substantial paint-bench on which to place thestone or flag and muller, and upon the end ofwhich a paint mill is secured, we place above it—to behandy—a few shelves, and on these are boxes—cigar boxeswill answer—with covers to exclude dust, in which the drypigments are kept. Upon the front of each box the nameof the color contained therein is painted, and the follow-ing list comprises all that is required in a wagon paintshop: LIST OP COL
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