The complete carriage and wagon painter . evaporation ofmoisture from the floor is very apt to cause pitting,enameling, and other difficulties. The nibbing coatsof varnish, that is the color-and-vamish, and the clearrubbing varnish, over the lettering, and striping,—having 42 THE COMPLETE CARRIAGE AND WAGON PAINTER. been applied with as much care as if a finishing coat, thefinal rubbing is now in order. The rubbing or leveling ofvarnish with pulverized pumice stone and water bears animportant part in the work of making a fine finish. Finish each part as you proceed, leaving a nice cleansurface
The complete carriage and wagon painter . evaporation ofmoisture from the floor is very apt to cause pitting,enameling, and other difficulties. The nibbing coatsof varnish, that is the color-and-vamish, and the clearrubbing varnish, over the lettering, and striping,—having 42 THE COMPLETE CARRIAGE AND WAGON PAINTER. been applied with as much care as if a finishing coat, thefinal rubbing is now in order. The rubbing or leveling ofvarnish with pulverized pumice stone and water bears animportant part in the work of making a fine finish. Finish each part as you proceed, leaving a nice cleansurface, well washed and shammied. The work of rubbingdone, carry the body to the varnish room and set it uponbarrels or boxes as before ; then with a large round duster—one kept for the varnish room—give the body a thoroughdusting. It is a good plan to moisten the palm of thehand with finishing varnish, and then to pass the end ofthe duster over it to slightly moisten the bristles, whichenables it to pick up any lint left by the Fig. 8.—Standard Varnish Brushes. For most jobs the flat bristle brush is considered are furnished in sets, and the bristles should beset in glue. The varnisher, now having everything ready, the workof laying on the varnish is begun. The pumice stoneshould be well examined to discover if any grains of gritor sand are in it, for sometimes one scratch across a panelwill disfigure the whole job. The rub-rag, sponge,shammy, water, etc., should all be as clean as possible— THE COMPLETE CARRIAGE AND WAGON PAINTER. 43 and by all means see to it that neither the pail, sponge norshammy have been used for washing the hands. In rub-bing, the pumice powder must not be allowed to dry onthe work, but must be kept wet, or washed off beginning a panel, first pass the wet sponge over it totake off any dust there may be upon it, then seek theroughest portions and give particular attention to them :the smoother parts will be passed ove
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