484 XIII. OILY COMPOUNDS.— 



add white resin 2 oz., keep it on the fire till it is as fluid as water, 

 then take it off, and add of either nut, poppy, or hnseed oil, hot, 

 24 oz., give it a boil up, add hot turpentine 21b., boil up and add 

 another lb. of hot turpentine, boil up, cool, and strain ; if too thick 

 set the pot in warm water, and thin with spirit of turpentine : it 

 grows better by age. 



Meggellup. Mastich varnish lib., pale drying oil 21b. : used 

 by painters to apply their glazings with. — 2. Turpentine, mastich 

 varnish, linseed oil mixed in various proportions. 



Amber varnish. Scio turpentine 8 oz., melt, add lib. of pow- 

 dered amber, keep on the fire half an hour, take it off, and add 

 2 oz. of white resin quite warm, add lib. of hot linseed or poppy 

 oil ; when cold, strain. 



Hard amber varnish. Melted amber 4 oz., ol. lini 2 pints; boil 

 until dissolved. — 2. Melted amber 4oz., ol. lini and ol. tereb. 

 of each 1 pint : the residuum left in distilling amber may be 

 used. 



Oil varnish for buildings. Wood tar 1 gall., tallow 1 oz., brown 

 rosin 2 oz. ; melt together. — 2. Wood tar 1 gall., copperas in 

 powder 2 oz. ; mix. 



Prepared asphaltum. Melt Scio turp. 2 oz., add bruised 

 asphaltum 1 oz., take it off the fire, thin with spir. turp. 



Wilsons prepared asphaltum. Bals. of Copaibae 2 oz., simmer, 

 add bruised asphaltum 1 oz., take it off the fire and thin with 

 spir. of turp. : an excellent glazing colour. 



Scouring drops^ Essence vestimentale. Spir. of turp. and essence 

 of lemons, of each 1 oz. by measure : the oil must be fresh and the 

 essence newly made, or the essence of lemons will leave a circle 

 round the spot. 



Oil of spike. 01. tereb. 3 pints, ol. lavand. 1 pint : used by 

 enameliers to mix their colours. 



Furniture oil, Oil stain, Mahogany stain. 01. lini 1 gall., 

 alkanet root 12 oz., rose pink 6 oz. — 2. Linseed oil Ib.jss, resin 

 4 oz. 



Water proof liquid. Indian rubber 5j, ol. tereb. 6 oz., and 

 add ol. lini 8 oz. 



SOAPS. 



FOR MEDIOAT. USE. 



Almond oil ^oav, Sapo amygdalinus. Oil of almonds q. v., 

 lixivii saponarii 3 times as much, simmer together for some hours, 

 until the oil forms a jelly; when cooled, add common salt q. s., and 



