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with water a tub of six or eight gallons, and add to it as 

 much of clean, sharp, and rather coarse sand, and of lime 

 fresh burnt, in about equal quantities, as much as will 

 make, when it is well stirred up and mixed, a wash of 

 about the thickness of cream. Lay this on the walls with 

 a large brush, taking care to stir up the mixture every 

 time the brush is dipt into it, so as to take up as much 

 sand as possible. The more fresh the lime the better, 

 which, if good and proper for the purpose, will make the 

 water hot. 



PAINTING IN DISTEMPER, 



Is mixing the colors up with size instead of oils, as a 

 vehicle. Some balls of fine whiting are laid to soak in 

 water over night ; and the size, rendered liquid by warm- 

 ing in a pipkin, is poured in, and well stirred up with the 

 whiting. Some colors, finely ground, are added, accord- 

 ing to the tints required. This kind of painting is much 

 cheaper than oil color, and has no gloss whatever ; but, 

 though it looks extremely well if kept clean, it has the in- 

 convenience of being easily stained ; and, as it does not 

 bear washing, any foul marks cannot be removed, neither 

 can they be painted over, as the color cannot be exactly 

 matched again, and any attempt to touch them with paint 

 would only increase the evil. It must be done upon very 

 smooth and dry plastered walls, or upon papered walls. 

 Woodwork is never painted in distemper, as it would not 

 form a good preservative ; nor can it be employed in out- 

 side work. It demands, like flatting, to be laid on with 

 dispatch and dexterity not to be streaky and uneven. 

 If possible, the whole side of a room should be covered, 

 before any one part has quite time to be dry ; for this, 

 sufficient color should be mixed up, arid a sufficient num- 

 ber of hands employed. 



Various tints in distemper may be made as follows : 



