How to paint : a complete compendium of the art designed for the use of the tradesman, mechanic, merchant, and farmer, and to guide the professional painter ... (1874)
Gardner, F. B. (Franklin B.) · New York : S.R. Wells · leaf 27
His Own Painter. 21 brush generally costs one dollar per inch, width measure. Varnish brushes should be kept suspended in varnish, when not in use, not in oil or tur¬ pentine, for the latter destroys the elasticity of the hair or bristles and eventually ruins the brush. A tin box, as shown in the… … CAN FOE VAENISH TOOLS. is used in well-regulated paint-shops to keep the varnish tools in. But a simple substitute may be made, as follows : Take a tin can and pierce two small holes in opposite sides, near the top, then make similar holes in the
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