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Sometimes a good washing with weak tea water, made by pouring 

 boiling water on tea leaves that have been already used for making 

 tea, will prove effectual. Whenever pieces of paint have come 

 away through sun blisters, or other causes, the patches must be 

 painted over with a coat of priming. All the effects must be 

 stopped and made good with putty, when the new coat may be 

 applied. Table of compound colors produced by mixing simple 

 colors. Straw color : Chrome yellow and white lead. Lemon 

 color : Chrome yellow and white lead ; more of the first than in 

 straw color. Orange : Chrome yellow and vermilion (bright), 

 yellow ochre and red lead (duller). Buff: White lead and yellow 

 ochre. Cream color : Same as for buff, but with more white. Gold 

 color : Chrome yellow, with a little vermilion and white lead ; or 

 Naples yellow and realgar. Stone color : White lead and yellow 

 ochre, with a little burnt or raw umber. Stone color (grey) : White 

 lead and a small quantity of black. Drab : White lead, burnt 

 umber, and a little yellow ochje (warm) ; white lead, raw umber, 

 and a little black " (cool). Flesh color: Lake, white lead, 

 and a little vermilion. Fawn color : Same as for flesh color, 

 with stone ochre instead of lake. Peach color : White 

 lead, with vermilion, Indian red, or purple brown. White 

 lead : Prussian blue, and a little lake. Olive : Black, yellow, 

 and a little blue ; or yellow, pink, lamp black, and a 

 little verdigris. Chestnut : Light red, and black. Salmon color : 

 Venetian red, and white lead. Chocolate : Black, with Spanish 

 brown, or Venetian red. Sage green : Prussian blue, raw umber, 

 and a little ochre, with a little white. Olive green : Raw umber, 

 and Prussian blue. Pea green : White lead, and Brunswick green ; 

 or white lead, Prussian blue, and some chrome yellow. Pearl grey : 

 White lead, with a little black, and a little Prussian blue, or 

 indigo. Silver grey : Same as for pearl grey. Grey (common) : White 

 lead, and a little black. Lead color : White lead, with black or indigo, 

 Violet : Vermilion, white lead, and indigo, or black. Purple : Violet, 

 as above, with the addition of a rich, dark red, or colors for French 

 LJICV. French grey : White lead, with Prussian blue and a little 

 lake. Lilac : Same as for French grey, but with less white. Oak 

 color : White lead, with yellow ochre and burnt umber. Mahogany 

 color : A little black, with purple brown or Venetian red. 



OPKRATIONS i\ PKOCKSS OF STAIMNV, WOOD. r-The process con- 

 sists of three distinct operations : first, staining ; second, sizing ; 

 third, varnishing. The wood should be rendered as smooth and 

 even as possible with the plane, and all knots covered, and nail 

 hole^ filled, by mixing a little of the stain with plaster of Paris till it 

 assumes the consistency of paste ; sappy portions of the wood 

 should be damped with water. The stain may then be laid on 

 plentifully with a brush along the grain of the wood. When the 

 wood is thoroughly dry, it must be twice sized, using each 

 time a very strong solution of size. The size must be dissolved 



