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 . agauge or guide. During the striping, the wheel is keptrevolving by the left hand, while the pencil is held sta-tionary in the right hand. The pencil will require refillingfrequently, and care should be taken that this is done uni-formly. ZINC PALETTES. A zinc palette is said to be the best for working or
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 . agauge or guide. During the striping, the wheel is keptrevolving by the left hand, while the pencil is held sta-tionary in the right hand. The pencil will require refillingfrequently, and care should be taken that this is done uni-formly. ZINC PALETTES. A zinc palette is said to be the best for working or thin-ning the paint upon, as it is so easily cleaned after its a piece of smooth zinc say three inches wide andnine inches long, cut the ends round, and make a hole inone end by which to hang it up when not in use. The 54 THE COMPLETE CARRIAGE AND WaGON PAINTER. pencil is first dipped into the paint and then worked outto make it uniform upon the zinc palette. To extend astripe where the paint has been insufficient in the firstmovement, the line should be retraced for several inches,or the connecting stripe will be smaller or not so well cov-ered as other parts. Small tin cups are best for holding the striping paint-blacking boxes or lids to tin boxes may be used to advan-. Fig. 11.—Showing the Position of the Hand in Stripingthe Rim of a Wheel. tage—many use large clam-shells, and we believe it a goodplan, as when they are gummed up with old paint they canbe thrown awav with no loss. CARE OF PENCILS. Pencils should be well cared for after use. It is a goodplan to keep them in a small wooden box with a lid to ex-clude dust, and supplied with a piece of glass upon thebottom on which to spread the pencils. They should b«well rinsed in turpentine after use, then greased with a THE COMPLETE CARRIAGE AND WAGON PAINTER. 55 mixture of tallow and sweet oil—which does not hardenin cold weather—and nicely straightened out and stuckfast to the glass, the broad ones on
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