Sunset . hich when dry is followed bya coat of white lacquer. To Refinish Walnut or GumwoodFurniture White: This, of course, ap-plies to any type of furniture. First, besure that you are well armed with nec-essary tools before attempting to doover a lot of furniture, such as a bed-room set. It will pay you to buy a goodthree-inch brush, also a smaller one forgetting into small surfaces. Painters uselarge brushes, bufa small one is betterfor an amateur. It is essentia! that aftereach using, brushes be thoroughly cleaned in turpentine or gasoline. Haveplenty of fine and coarse sandpaper,clean ra
Sunset . hich when dry is followed bya coat of white lacquer. To Refinish Walnut or GumwoodFurniture White: This, of course, ap-plies to any type of furniture. First, besure that you are well armed with nec-essary tools before attempting to doover a lot of furniture, such as a bed-room set. It will pay you to buy a goodthree-inch brush, also a smaller one forgetting into small surfaces. Painters uselarge brushes, bufa small one is betterfor an amateur. It is essentia! that aftereach using, brushes be thoroughly cleaned in turpentine or gasoline. Haveplenty of fine and coarse sandpaper,clean rags, and newspapers to catchdripping paint. It is well to buy a quartof turpentine to have on hand as athinner, and for cleaning brushes. Thereis another thinning medium which isoften used instead of turpentine, but Iuse the pure turpentine. You must al-ways thin your paint, stirring at least 15minutes with a wooden paddle beforebeginning to paint with it. It requiresthat length of time to mix the ingredi-. ents thoroughly as should be your materials and equipmentassembled, you are now ready to lookover your furniture. Take off hardware,as drawer pulls, etc. If there are anymachine carvings on it, these are priedoff with a chisel, and the surface thor-oughly sandpapered first with coarse,then fine, sandpaper until perfectlysmooth and clean. Go over the wholepiece to smooth any scratches and scars,and you are ready to begin. Apply acoat of flat white and let dry 12 to 18hours before giving it the second takes time for paint to dry thoroughlyand the surface should be sandpaperedbetween coats. Then give it a secondcoat of flat and let dry. The third coatis of white lacquer, carefully applied. When this third coat is absolutelydry, and after the glazing coat, too, hasdried over night, then rub it down thor-oughly with fine steel wool and rotten-stone, used dry. For 20 cents a good-sized package of rottenstone may behad, which should be put into a tin can,labeled, a
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