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and to put more color or more lime and sand till the tint 

 be adjusted. Either a sufficient quantity should be made 

 for the whole building, or very great care must be taken, 

 to get the same tint in every quantity that is used, or the 

 coloring will look patchy ; and it is to be observed, that 

 the tint given must be very light, otherwise it may be 

 worse than pure white. 



ANOTHER METHOD OF ROUGH CASTING. 



Upon the first coat of lime and hair there is thrown, 

 while it is yet in a soft state, a quantity of very small an- 

 gular fragments of stone, as limestone, granite, etc. These 

 fragments being pressed stick in the mortar, and are firmly 

 fixed there when the latter is dry and hard. This mode 

 is much practiced in Bristol, where broken spar from the 

 quarries gives a rich glittering appearance to the houses 

 done with it. 



COLORING FOR WALLS. 



A coloring for outside walls may be made of fresh- 

 slaked lime, to which a little sulphate of iron added will 

 give a warm tint. This coloring is useful for a brick 

 house that has become black and dirty : it should be done 

 before the wall is fresh pointed, and if the tint be well 

 chosen, the house will look nearly as if just built. 



Painting stone or stuccoed walls with oil colors has been 

 found sometimes a good practice, and preserves them very 

 much. 



Lime-whiting is a wash, made by mixing quick-lime 

 with water alone, and laying it on with a large flat brush ; 

 it is used for areas and similar places. If required not to 

 be capable of being rubbed off, some coarse size may be 

 added. 



An excellent lime-wash for walls, or boarding of out- 

 houses or cottages, may be made as follows : Half fill 



