OAK GRAINING FOR WOOD. — Mix Vandyke brown and
chrome yellow with one part of boiled linseed oil and two parts of turpen-
tine. The addition of a small quantity of litharge may be added to cause
it to dry quickly. When quite dry glaze the work with a mixture of Vandyke
brown and burnt umber ; or lampblack may be substituted for the latter.
Draw the glaze lengthways along the wood with a small brush, wet with
sour beer. No oil is to be used in the glazing process. Ultimately give
a coating of oak varnish.
OAK VARNISH, Cheap. — Boil together sixty parts of linseed oil,
two parts of litharge, and one part of white vitriol, each finely powdered.
Or, dissolve three pounds and a half of clear pale rosin in one gallon of
oil of turpentine.
OAK WAINSCOTS, To Clean. — Boil together half a gallon of
beer, half an ounce of beeswax, and a tablespoonful of sugar. Apply with
a brush, and when dry polish with a cloth.
OATMEAL GRUEL — Mix to a fine paste a tablespoonful of
oatmeal and three or four times that quantity of water ; then add a pint
of boiling milk, or milk and water, with a pinch of salt✪ Oatmeal Gruel ; pour it into a
saucepan, and boil gently for ten or twrelve minutes.
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OCHRE (RED), To Produce. — Calcine yellow ochre till it be-
comes perfectly red, or nearly brown. It then becomes a good standing
colour, and is much esteemed by painters.
OIL (CAMPHORATED), To Make. — Pour into a mortar four
ounces of Florence oil and a quarter of a pound of camphor. Beat together
till the camphor is dissolved. Used as an outward application for sprains
and rheumatic pains.
OIL CLOTH, To Preserve. — Oil cloths may be kept like new for
years by washing them over once a month with equal parts of skim milk
and water ; rub them well once in three months with a small quantity of
linseed oil, and polish with an old silk cloth.
OIL PAINTINGS, To Clean. — To remove smoke or dirt from
oil paintings dissolve a small quantity of salt in stale urine, dip a woollen
cloth in the mixture, and rub the pictures with it till they are clean ; then
rinse them with a sponge and Clearwater ; dry them gradually and rub them
with a clean cloth. If the paintings are very dirty a little soft soap may be
added to the above preparation ; but in any case care must be taken not to
rub too hard.
OIL PAINTINGS, To Restore. — When the painting has been
varnished over with a view to its preservation, and the varnish has become
discoloured, it is necessary in the first place to dissolve the varnish in order
to remove it. This may be done by melting one ounce of soft soap in a
quarter of a pint of water, brushing it over the picture, and allowing it to
remain on for about half an hour. As soon as the varnish is dissolved
remove it with a sponge and warm water. Great care must, however, be
exercised in the manipulation, as the soap acts on the colours as well as on
the varnish. When the picture is free from its artificial covering the pristine
beauty of the colours may be restored by a coating of oxydised oil of tur-
pentine. This may be made by putting the turpentine in a shallow vessel
and exposing it to the full rays of the sun for two months, frequently
agitating it during that period.
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OAK GRAINING FOR WOOD. — Mix Vandyke brown and chrome yellow with one part of boiled linseed oil and two parts of turpentine. The addition of a small quantity of litharge may be added to cause it to dry quickly. When quite dry glaze the work with a mixture of Vandyke brown and burnt umber ; or lampblack may be substituted for the latter. Draw the glaze lengthways along the wood with a small brush, wet with sour beer. No oil is to be used in the glazing process. Ultimately give a coating of oak varnish.
OAK VARNISH, Cheap. — Boil together sixty parts of linseed oil, two parts of litharge, and one part of white vitriol, each finely powdered.
Or, dissolve three pounds and a half of clear pale rosin in one gallon of oil of turpentine.
OAK WAINSCOTS, To Clean. — Boil together half a gallon of beer, half an ounce of beeswax, and a tablespoonful of sugar. Apply with a brush, and when dry polish with a cloth.
OATMEAL GRUEL — Mix to a fine paste a tablespoonful of oatmeal and three or four times that quantity of water ; then add a pint of boiling milk, or milk and water, with a pinch of salt ; pour it into a saucepan, and boil gently for ten or twelve minutes.
OCHRE (RED), To Produce. — Calcine yellow ochre till it becomes perfectly red, or nearly brown. It then becomes a good standing colour, and is much esteemed by painters.
OIL (CAMPHORATED), To Make. — Pour into a mortar four ounces of Florence oil and a quarter of a pound of camphor. Beat together till the camphor is dissolved. Used as an outward application for sprains and rheumatic pains.
OIL CLOTH, To Preserve. — Oil cloths may be kept like new for years by washing them over once a month with equal parts of skim milk and water ; rub them well once in three months with a small quantity of linseed oil, and polish with an old silk cloth.
OIL PAINTINGS, To Clean. — To remove smoke or dirt from oil paintings dissolve a small quantity of salt in stale urine, dip a woollen cloth in the mixture, and rub the pictures with it till they are clean ; then rinse them with a sponge and Clearwater ; dry them gradually and rub them with a clean cloth. If the paintings are very dirty a little soft soap may be added to the above preparation ; but in any case care must be taken not to rub too hard.
OIL PAINTINGS, To Restore. — When the painting has been varnished over with a view to its preservation, and the varnish has become discoloured, it is necessary in the first place to dissolve the varnish in order to remove it. This may be done by melting one ounce of soft soap in a quarter of a pint of water, brushing it over the picture, and allowing it to remain on for about half an hour. As soon as the varnish is dissolved remove it with a sponge and warm water. Great care must, however, be exercised in the manipulation, as the soap acts on the colours as well as on the varnish. When the picture is free from its artificial covering the pristine beauty of the colours may be restored by a coating of oxydised oil of turpentine. This may be made by putting the turpentine in a shallow vessel and exposing it to the full rays of the sun for two months, frequently agitating it during that period.
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