OF FORES T-T R E E S.

Great, with Vcrdigriese ground, with Linseed-oil , pretty thick,C hap.IVand then tempered with Joyner’s Vernijhin a glazed Tot ot Earth (thebeft to preserve your Colours in) till it run somewhat thin • and jufttouch it with your Brnjh , when you lay it on, having primed it thesecond Time with White.

There is also a fair Grass-green for Traillage, priming first withTellow, then with Vert de Montague, or Lapis Artneniacus.

Note, That every ¥ rimer must be dry, before you go it over again.

If you will Re-vaile, as they term it, and shadow, or vein yourStone-colour, there is a Colour called Shadowing-black j or you maynow and then lightly touch it with a little Red-lead ; or work withTimber.

It will also behove you to have a good smooth Slat , and a TebblcMullar well polished, which may be bought at London ; as likewise aDozen of large and lesser Brujhes, and glazed Tots ; and to grind theColours perfectly well. The Spanijh-white requires little Labour;the Shadowing-black , none at all.

When you have finished, walh your Brujhes with warm Water anda little Soap : Preserve your Oil in Bladders ; and what Coloijr youleave, plunge the Tots into fair Water, so as they may stand a littlecovered in it, which will keep them from growing dry, till you haveoccasion for them. That you may not be altogether ignorant of theCharge and Trice of the Ingredients , which seldom varies:

Clear and sweet Linseed-oil is usually had for 4 s. per Gallon.

Spruce-oaker , of all Sorts, to prime with, 3 s. per Tound .

Spanijh-white, for half a Tenny : White-lead 3 d. per Tound.

Vcrdigriese, clean and bright, 3 s. per Tound.

Black to Jhadow with, exceeding cheap.

Joiners Vernijh, 6 d. per Tound.

So as for farther Direction j of White-lead six Pounds, Spanijh-whitesounds, Spruce-oaker three Pounds, Verdigriefe half a Pound, Ver-mjh one Pound, Shadowing-black half a Pound, Ec. will serve onefor a pretty deal of Work, and easily inform what Quantities you shouldprovide for a greater or lesser Occasion.

' We will next impart a Receipt for a cheap Black-dye, such yet as noWeather will fetch out, and that may be of use both within and with-out Doors, upon Wainscot , or any fine Timber , as I once applied it toa Coach with perfect Success.

Take of Galls , grofly contused in a Stone-mortar, one Pbund, boilthem in three Quarts of White-wine Vinegar to the Diminution of onePart, two remaining: With this rub the Wood twice over ; then takeof the Silk-dyers Black , liquid (cheap and easie to be had) a convenientQuantity, mix it at Discretion with Lamp-black and Aqua-vitse , suf-ficient to make it thin enough to pass a Strainer: With this dye overyour Work again, and if ac any Time it be stained or spotted withDirt, Gc. rubbing it only with a Woollen-cloth dipped in Oil, it willnot only recover, but present you with a very fair and noble Tolijh.

There is a Black which Joy tiers use to tinge their Tear-tree with andmake it resemble Ebony, and likewise Fir, and other Woods for Cabi-nets, Tifture-frames, Vc. which is this:

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