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stove till they be dry ; where the edges look rough, when it is dry, they must be cut with a pair of scissars,
How to make yellow Varnish.
TAKE a quart of spirit of wine, and put to it eight ounces of feed-cake, shake it half an hour ; next day it will be fit for use, but strain it first ; take lamp-black, and put in your varnish about the thickness of a pancake ; mix it well, but stir it not too fast; then do it eight times over, and let it stand still the next day ; then take some burnt ivory, and oil of turpentine as fine as butter; then mix it with some of your varnish, till you have varnished it fit for polishing ; then polish it with tripola in fine flour ; then lay it on the wood smooth, with one of the brushes ; then let it dry, and do it so eight times at the least : when it is very dry lay on your varnish that is mixed, and when it is dry, polish it with a wet cloth dipped in tripola, and rub it as hard as you would do platters.
How to make a pretty varnish to colour little baskets, bowls, or any board where nothing hot is set on.
TAKE either red, black or white wax, which colour you want to make: to every two ounces of sealing- wax one ounce of spirit of wine, pound the wax fine, then sift it through a fine lawn sieve, till you have made it extremely fine : put it into a large phial with the spirits of wine, shake it, let it stand within the air of the fire forty-eight hours, shaking it often ; then with a little brush rub your baskets all over with it : let it dry, and do it over a second time, and it makes them look very pretty.
How to clean gold or silver lace.
TAKE alabaster finely beaten and sierced, and put it into an earthen pipkin, and set it upon a chaffing-dish of coals, and let it boil for some time, stirring it often with a stick first; when it begins to boil, it will be very heavy ; when it is enough, you will find it in the stirring very light; then take it off the tire, lay your lace upon a piece of flannel, and strew your powder upon it; knock it well in with a hard cloth brush : when you think it is enough, brush the powder out with a clean brush.
