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V. Method of preparing a cheap Subflitute for Oil Taint., A 

 durable as that prepared, with Oil, arid free from any K 

 bad Smell. By M. LUDICKE. From the Bibliothcquc 

 Phyfico-economique, 1792. 



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T often happens that people do not choofe, or cannot; 

 employ oil-painting in the country, either becaufe it doea, 

 not dry foon enough and has an infupportable fmell, or be- 

 caufe it is too dear. M. Ludicke employed, with the gveateft 

 fuccefs, the following method for painting ceilings, gates, 

 doors, and even furniture. 



The Procefs, 

 Take frefh curds, and bruife the lumps on a grinding- 

 ftone or in an earthen pan or mortar with a fpatula. After 

 this operation, put them in a pot with an equal quantity of 

 lime well quenched and become thick enough to be kneaded; 

 ftir this mixture well, without adding water, and you will 

 foon obtain a white-coloured fluid, which may be applied 

 with as much facility as varnifh, and which dries very 

 fpeedily. But it muft be employed the fame day, as it will 

 become too thick the day following. 



Ochre, Armenian bole, and all colours which hold with 

 lime, may be mixed with it, according to the colour which 

 you wifh to give to the wood ; but care muft be taken tha* 

 the addition of colour made to the firft mixture of curds and 

 lime may contain very little water, elie the paining will be 

 lefs durable. 



When two coats of this paint have been laid on, it maybe 

 polifhed with a piece of woollen cloth or other proper fub- 

 ftance, and it will become as bright as varnifh. It is certain 

 that no kind" of painting can be fo cheap : but it pofTefTes, 

 befides, other advantages : in the fame clay two coats may 

 be laid on and polifhed, as it dries fpeedily and has no fmell. 

 If it be required to give it more durability, in places expofed 



