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Foreword THE charm of modern architecture is in the use of natural woods. Nature has woven into their solid fiber a richness and variety of coloring ever pleasing to the cultivated eye, and in its exquisite grainings she has traced patterns far beyond the dreams of the artist. It is our duty to develop these natural beauties and to preserve them from decay. It is absolutely essential, in order to make a good job, to have the finished woodwork done in a first-class manner, and it is the mission of this book to show the worker how this is to be done. TABLE of CONTENTS Description of Woods Used in Wood Finishing Mahogany; Circassian Mahogany; Baywood; Maple; Oregon Maple; Red Gum; American Walnut; Birch; Beech; Redwood; Cypress; Hard and Yellow Pine; Sycamore; Ash; Oak; Varieties of Oak; Live Oak; Quartered Oak. Fillers For Filling Woods Substances Used; Liquid Filler; Formulas; Imitation Shellac; Oil Thinned Filler; Kaolin Filler; Silica Liquid Filler; Time Required for Drying of Filler; Silver White Filler; White Liquid Filler; Transparent Liquid Filler. FILLING OPEN-GRAINED WOODS. Cornstarch Filler; Cornstarch Paste Filler; Cooked Starch Filler; Silica, Silver White and China Clay Fillers. SOME UNUSUAL FILLERS. Marble Dust or Plaster Fillers; Wax Hard Wood Fillers; Paste Filler for Porous Wood; Glue Paste Filler; Non-Shrinkable Paste Filler; Lime and Flour Filler; Silica Filler; Making Small Amount of Filler; A Compound Filler. SOME COMMERCIAL WOOD FILLERS. Barytes Filler; Light Paste Filler; Best Hard Wood Filler; Car Painter's Wood Filler. A FEW COMMERCIAL LIQUID FILLERS. High-Grade Filler; Furniture Fillers; Various Formulas. FILLERS FOR VARIOUS WOODS. For Mahogany, Walnut, Ebony, Golden Oak, Dark Oak, Redwood, Oak, Cherry, Light Woods, Walnut, Ash, Georgia Pine, White Pine, Birch, Red Gum, Beech, Chestnut, Cherry, liquid, Cypress, Elm, Maple, Rosewood, Sycamore. COLORING FOR FILLERS. For Light Oak, Dark Oak, Golden Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, Redwood, Cherry, Ash, Rosewood, and Brazil Wood. Mixing the Filler, Scraping and Treating Filler Coats, Liquid Fillers for Close-Grained Woods, Making Golden Oak, Coloring Matter in Fillers, What Asphaltum Gum Is, Filling the Wood, Pointers on Rubbing, Filling Corners and Carvings. THE SURFACER OR PRIMER. Shellac Varnish, Description of Surfacer or Primer, How to Mix Silica Liquid Surfacer, Cheap Surfacer of Damar Varnish, Ordinary Varnish Surfacer. Finishing the Woods Full Directions for Finishing Georgia Pine, Elm, Birch, Cherry, White Pine, Whitewood, Maple, Cypress, Imitation Oak on Cypress, Sycamore, Beech, Rosewood, Walnut, Redwood, Mahogany, Fire Proofed Wood. Sandpapering and Sandpaper, several useful hints and facts. Filling and Fuming Oak Liquid Filler, Paste Filler, What to Rub Off Filler With, Guess-Work, When to Begin Wiping Off Filler, Filling and Finishing Oak, Fuming Oak or Other Wood Containing Tannin, Notes on Fillers and Filling. Piano Finishing Description of Making the Case, Time Required for Finishing and Varnishing, Rubbing and Polishing, Finishing Antique Oak Case, Another Way to Finish a Piano Case, Finishing a Rosewood Case, Varnish Cracking, Can It Be Avoided? Piano Varnishing Machine. Finishing Veneer Work Description of Processes, Protecting Marquetry Work While Finishing, Polishing Veneers, The Imitation of Hard Woods. French Polishing Origin of Method, Various Formulas Used, Description of Operation, Spiriting Off, General Remarks, Special Directions, Etc. POINTERS ON FRENCH POLISHING VARIOUS POLISHES. On Turners' Work, That Will Stand Water, French Polishing Ebony, Polish for Fine Cabinet Work, Waterproof Polish On Veneering, Dark Woodwork, Carved Work, Polishing Walnut, Varnish Polish, Polish for Hard Wood, For Papier Mache Articles, White Polish for Light Colored Woods, Polish for Darkening Woodwork, Piano Polish, Three Formulas. OIL FINISHING. Full Directions for Doing. RUBBING DOWN WITH WATER AND OIL TO A POLISH. VARNISH POLISHING. ORDINARY VARNISH POLISHING. Stains and Staining The Different Kinds of Stains, How Made and How to Be Used, Stain Penetrating the Varnish, Aniline Stains, Standard Solution Stain, Bronzing of Stains, System in Staining Wood, Water Stains, Spirit Stain, Oil Stain, Preparing Oil Stain, Notes on Staining. Various Stains For Various Woods Oil Stains, Water Stains, Aniline Stains, Aniline in Alcohol, Aniline in Oil, Using Aniline Stain. ANILINEWOOD STAIN FORMULAS. Golden Oak, Flemish Oak, Flemish Black Oak, Cherry, Rosewood, Black, Mahogany, Green, Fancy, Ox Blood, Etc. Preventing the Raising of the Grain, Methods For. THE VEGETABLE STAINS, FORMULAE. Cherry, Mahogany, Dark Mahogany, Mahogany Stain for Birch, Rosewood, Rich Brown, Dark Mahogany, No. 2 DYEING WOOD WITH CHEMICALS. Alkalies Used, Acids Used, Imitation Fumed Oak, Walnut on White Pine, Black, Yellow, Olive Green, Satinwood, Drab, Cheap Red, Imitation Honduras Mahogany, Imitation Spanish Mahogany, Mahogany Stain on Beech. Action of Picric Acid, Oxalic Acid, and Lime. USING CHEMICAL STAINS AND CHEMICALS. STAINING WOOD THAT IS IN BAD CONDITION ACTION OF CERTAIN CHEMICALS ON CERTAIN VEGETABLE DYES. Formulas For Staining Woods Staining Plain Oak to Match Brown Oak, Weathered Oak Effects, Bog Oak Stain, Mission Stain, Simple Mission Stain, Flemish Stain, Antwerp Oak, Dark Golden Oak, Dark Oak Stains, Ordinary Oak Stains, Ordinary Golden Oak Stain, Golden Oak Spirit Stain, Gray Oak Stains, Brown Stains, Black Stains, Black Stain on New Furniture, Wood Desirable for Ebonizing, Red Ebony, Lignum Vitse, Common Black Staining, Polish for Ebonized Wood, Walnut Stains, Cheap Walnut Stains, Walnut on White Pine, Cherry Stain, Red Stains, Blue Stains, Staining Wood With Aniline Blue, Green Stains, Green Stain on Oak, Yellow Stains, Gray Stain, Rosewood Stain, White Walnut Stain, Coubaril Wood Stain, Satin-Wood Satin, Lemon Wood Stain, Jacaranda or Violet Wood Stain, New Wood Stains, Mahogany Stains, Staining Birch Mahogany, Staining Black Walnut Mahogany Color. VARNISH STAINS. Satinwood Varnish Stain, Walnut Varnish Stain, Oak Varnish Stain, Cherry Varnish Stain, Ebony Varnish Stain, Liquid Filler Stain. STAINING WICKERWARE OR WILLOW FURNITURE. Mordanting the Wood, Brown, Blue, Green, Yellow and Gray Stains. ANILINE COLORS. Descriptive Information, Formulas for Blue Dark, Light, Sky, and Greenish Blue. Green Dark and Light. Red Dark and Rose-Red. Violet, Reddish Violet, Golden Yellow, Brown, Chestnut Brown. STAINING WILLOWWARE FURNITURE. Directions and Suggestions. STAINING VENEERS. STAINING FOR INLAY WORK. Reds, Yellows, Browns, Greens, Blues. THE EQUIVALENTS OF WATER COLORS IN ANILINES. DEFINITIONS OF STAINING AND DYEING. SOME USEFUL NOTES Shellac Varnish Origin of Shell Lac, Stick Lac, and Other Varieties, Adulteration of Shellac, Drying of Shellac Varnish, Affinity of Alcohol for Water, Difference in Behavior of Wood and Grain Alcohol, Tough Shellac and Venice Turpentine, Doing the Work in a Hurry, Ratio of Alcohol and Shellac, Filtering and Storing Shellac Varnish, Bleaching the Shellac, Restoring Color of Whitened Surface, Bleached Shellac, Artificial Shellac Varnish, Trouble With Shellac Finish, A Clear Alcoholic Solution, Water Shellac, Refining Shellac, Notes on Shellac, Imitation Shellac Varnish. Flatting Varnish How Made, Flattine, Dulleine, Wax in Varnish, Factory Formula, How to Apply Flatting, Etc. WAX POLISHING. How to Prepare, How to Apply and Rub, Formula for Making, A Cheap Wax Polish, Two Formulas, Restoring Piano Polish. Examination and Testing of Varnishes Varnish Specifications, Tests for Varnish, General Rules, Special Tests for Best Floor Varnishes, Testing Exterior Varnish, How to Tell a Good Architectural Varnish, An Ingenious Device for Testing Brittleness, Testing Turpentine. Varnish Troubles Explained Hurried Work, Cracking, Thinning Up, Varnish Faults and Cause, Blistering, Blooming, Blotching, Bubbling, Brush Marks, Brittleness, Chilling, Crimping, Creeping or Crawling, Chipping, Checking, Crumbling, Sinking, Sweating, Turning White, Sagging, Deadening, Skinning Over, Tacky Varnish, Doctoring the Varnish, General Information. Varnish and Varnishing Varnishing Exterior Work, Applying the Rubbing Varnish, The Finishing Coat, Applying Varnish, Rubbing Varnish, Polishing Varnish, Practical Points on Varnishing, Some Practical Varnish Notes, Good Varnishes, Varnish Resisting Heat, How Many Coats of Varnish? Varnish in Cold Weather, Temperature and Varnish, Effect of Cold on Canned Varnish, Effect of Heat on Varnished Surface, Uncorking Varnish Before Using, Varnish Drying from Top or Bottom, Temperature of Work and Stock Room. Finishing Hard Wood Floors Filling for Different Woods, Dull Finish, Waxed Finish, Oil Finish, Shellac Finish, Quick Finish with Shellac, Varnish and Stain, Parquetry Floors, Varnished Floors, Floors of Offices, Stores, Etc., Waxing New Floor, Maple Porch Floor Finish. FINISHING A PINE FLOOR. Staining, Varnishing, Shellacing, Oiling, Waxing, Various Methods for Finishing Floors, Care of Floors, Etc. FORMULAS FOR FLOOR WAXES Ten selected formulas. POINTERS ON FLOOR WAXING. PROTECTING WAX FINISH. Crack Fillers and Floor Putties. Crack in New Floor, Large Cracks in Floors, Doing Large Dormitory Floor. Georgia Pine Floor, Shellaced Floors, Dancing Floors, Bath Room Floor, Formula for Making Floor Oil. PUTTIES AND CEMENTS FOR HARD WOODS. Various Formulas and Methods for Making Putties for Floors, Etc. China Wood Oil, Varnish for Floors, Formula for Floor Varnish, Treating Old or Soiled Floors, Cleaning Natural Wood Floor, Coal Oil Stains on Floor, Worn Maple Floor, Soiled Wax Floor, Keeping Waxed Floor in Good Condition, Renovating an Old Floor, Discolorations from Soap, Alkali, Etc. Bleaching Old Oiled Floor, Re-Varnishing a Floor, Renovated Floors, Need Cleaning Off, Cleaned Off Floor Has Less Durability, Touching Up Old Varnished Floor, Caring For the Floor, Some Floor Notes. Furniture Finishing Three Forms of Finish, The Flowed Finish, The Rubbed Finish, and The Polished Finish. Finishing Described, Rubbing, Etc. FINISHING EXPENSIVE FURNITURE. Described, Applying the Filler, First-Coating, How to Finish Elm Furniture. FURNITURE FINISHES. HIGH-GRADE FINISH ON SHERATON FURNITURE. TREATMENT OF LABORATORY TABLE TOPS. MAKING ANTIQUE FURNITURE. Doing Up Old Furniture Removing Old Stuff, How to Do Up, Enameled Furniture, Re-Polishing, Coloring Up, Furniture Polishes, Furniture Cream or French Re-Polisher, Furniture Revivers, French Polish Reviver, Derby Cream, Furniture Renovating Polish. REMOVAL OF VARNISH FROM OLD WORK. With Alcohol, With Benzine and Ammonia, The Commercial Removers, Removers in Common Use, How Made, Methods of Approved Worth, Avoid Injury to Filler, A Carbolic Acid Remover, Banana Liquid, Amyl Acetate, Caution in Using, Sandpaper, Hot Glue Remover, Etc. FURNITURE POLISHES AND REVIVERS. Full Directions for making 23 Polishes and Revivers. How to Treat Stains, White Spots, Etc., On Furniture White Spots, To Remove, Alcohol Marks, Water Spots, Streaked Wainscoting, Varnish Bloom, Dull Appearance of Varnished Work, Stains on Furniture, Finger Marks on Piano, Greasy Look After Polishing, To Remove Same, Bruises on Furniture, Fine Cracks in Mahogany, Restoring Color to Old Mahogany, Specks on Rosewood Piano, Pitting of Varnish on Piano, Discolored Woods, Aniline Stains on Hands, Cleaning Begrimmed Varnish Work, Bleaches, Sticky Pews, Care in Rubbing with Chamois, Ink Spots, Rust Stain, Dirty Hardwood Finish, Bleaching Stains, White Marks on Wax Finish, Protecting Wax Finish. General Information The Brush Keeping Cabinet,, Value of System in The Paint Shop, Care of Stock, The Sponge, The Chamois Skin, Glue Liquid Filler, Water Glass Filler, Rosewood Stain, Finish for Table Top to Stand Heat, Prevention of Grain Rising on Wood, Why Butter of Antimony is Used in Furniture Polishes, Why Sometimes Polish is Perfumed, What Brunolein Is, What Gum Is. What is Lacquer, What Beaumantique Is, Varnishing Table Top, Solubility of Varnish Gums, China Wood Oil and Formulas, Imitation of Hard Woods, Brush Preservation, Wood Finishes in Favor, Natural Finish for Oak, Finishing for Outside Hardwood Doors, Matching Parts of Old Work, Matching a Dark Oak, Bleaching Wood, Wax for Colored Woods, Artificial Wax, Wax Staining and Finishing, Sap and Seasoning, Finishing Georgia Pine, Georgia Pine, Natural Finish, Alcohol-Proof Finish, Doing a Bowling Alley Floor, Staining Ends of Boards, Descriptive List of Finishing Supplies, Sizes, Prices, Etc. A Glossary End of Preview.
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