HOUSE PAINTING.
New Work. Do not use cheap ground ochres or Venetian red to produce tints or ground work. They will cause paint applied over them to blister and varnish to curl and flake.
For work that is to be varnished, do not use colors ground in oil for the solid ground color; even though reduced with turpentine and dry apparently flat, they still contain too much oil for a satisfactory ground for japan color or to allow of varnishing over them with safety.
For application over the lead coats, use colors ground in japan for deep ground colors or tints which require a large percentage of coloring matter.
New store fronts, vestibules, etc., which are built of soft wood and are to be painted in oil, should receive a priming or first coat mixed with 2-3 oil and 1-3 turpentine. Allow ample time for thorough drying. Putty and sandpaper. The second coat should be mixed with half turpentine and half oil to a good consistency. When hard dry, sandpaper lightly and apply a coat of oil paint. This will not blister, provided the wood does not get wet from the sweating of glass or like causes.
If the fronts are to be painted and varnished, they should receive a priming coat mixed with half turpentine and half oil. When hard dry, putty and sandpaper and apply a coat mixed with 2-3 turpentine and 1-3 oil. The paint should be tinted to approach the shade of the ground work. When hard, sandpaper lightly and apply a flat coat of ground color. Rub this coat smooth with fine steel wool and apply one or two coats of color ground in japan, according to the strength of the color. All that is necessary is sufficient japan color to make a solid coat. Stripe and ornament according to specifications, then finish with a coat of exterior
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