56 Manufacture of Paints with Fish Oil. * 



This oil, before it is bleached, and without the turpen- 

 tine, is far superior to the best boiled oil, there being no 

 waste or offensive smell*. 



P. S. I beg leave here to subjoin a receipt for a constant 

 white for the inside painting of houses, which paint, though 

 not divested of smell in the operation, will become dry ia 

 four hours, and all smell gone in that time. 



White Paint. 

 To one gallon of spirits of turpentine add two pounds of 

 frankincense; let it simmer over a clear fire until dissolved; 

 strain it, and bottle it for use. To one gallon of my bleached 

 linseed oil, add one quart of the above ; shake them well to- 

 gether, and bottle it also. Let any quantity of white lead 

 be ground with spirits of turpentine verv fine, then add a 

 sufficient portion of the last mixture to it, until you find it 

 fit for laying on. If in working it grows thick, it must be. 

 thinned with spirits of turpentine. It is a flat or dead white. 



No. 21, Mary-le-bor.e-street; Golden- square, 

 April 9th, 1805. 



The above communication was accompanied with the fol- 

 lowing certificate : 



Letter to Mr. Vanhermax from Mr. W. Hill, Builder 

 and Surveyor to his Grace the Duke of Richmond. 



SIR, 



I have just received your letter dated the 5th instant, and 

 am happy to find that your oil and colour business so well 

 stands the test of others as well as that of myself. The 

 fish oil composition you made use of in all the painting you 

 have done at Earl's Court, Kensington, for his grace the 

 duke of Richmond, under my superintendance, in 1S02-3, 

 was fully equal if not superior to any painting done in the 

 usual way with iinseed oil, white lead, &c, I have also the 



* From experiments made, it appears that fin? sand will not answer the 

 purposes of road dirt in painting, and that this dry dirt or dust collected in 

 highways much travelled by horses and carriages, and afterwards finely sifted, 

 •s the article recommended as possessing the properties required. 



highest 



