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twenty pounds of putty, to stop up after the first coat in 

 every part of the house ; a sufficiency of fine slaked lime, 

 and a proper number of large and small vessels, to mix the 

 colors in and use it from ; a few pounds of soaked glue, &c. 



If the wood- work be new, and no wall work required, you 

 will go over it carefully with a small brush, and some of the 

 glue size, colored with red lead, covering what knots and 

 stains may appear in the wood, after which the priming 

 coat of almost all oil, and good white lead, tinted with 

 Indian red, should be evenly brushed over the work ; and, 

 as soon as dry, the putty knife and putty should follow, to 

 stop all the cracks and nail holes. Then should follow the 

 second coat, with a little spirits of turpentine in the oil, and 

 the color slightly tinged with blue black. This is generally 

 thought sufficient for the attic and third stories. But the 

 rest of the house is usually finished with old ground white 

 lead, thinned with spirits of turpentine. The roof, if cov- 

 ered with tin, should be painted once in three years. There 

 are many different methods in use. Some paint with raw 

 oil, dry Spanish brown and a little red lead, to dry it, 

 for fear of a rain ; others, with Spanish brown, more 

 red lead, and half whale oil with the linseed oil ; others 

 use yellow ochre and black, mixed in the same oils ; 

 others use a roof paint, made by boiling paint skins in whale 

 oil, and carefully straining them while warm, reserving the 

 remaining skins, to stop the leaks around chimneys and 

 dormer windows. This last mentioned paint is probably 



