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polish it. When the articles are too lani^e to dip into the ley, the 

 lacker may be washed off. hy means of a rag i>i:-if< cu on a slick. 

 The strength of the ley will be greatly increased by putting some 

 quick-lime into it. 



Alter the removal of the lacker, the operations to be performed, 

 will depend upon the nature of the work, and the degree in which 

 the surface has been scratcbed, or corroded. The directions to 

 be given for new work, will apply equally well to old. Wrought 

 work, that is, such as is not tinished with the file, or turned, but 

 consists of foliage and other ornaments, will, if much soiled, re- 

 quire to be annealed, that is. heated to redness in the fire, and 

 otherwise managed as new work. 



On Finishing, Burnishing, or Polishing, Brass Tcork. 



Articles which are filed up, or turned, are in general either 

 polished, or burnished, preparatory to their being lackered. Work 

 which is well turned, requires but little polishing. For preparing 

 and polishing brass, dilferent articles are recommended and em- 

 ployed by dilTerent workmen ; we have found that fine glass-paper 

 covered with sweet oil, will give a perfectly smooth surface ; which 

 may then be polished with oil and rotten-stone, upon a woollen 

 rag, and cleaned off with fine dry whiting, upon a piece of cotton 

 or linen. The use of glass-paper and oil, was adopted. by us many 

 years since, and we believe was then new ; it is adapted both to 

 coarse and fine work, and has the advantage of producing the de- 

 sired effect, with greater rapidity than any other method, with 

 which we are acquainted. Glass-paper is fi'equently called sand- 

 paper, and is often sold under that name ; sand-paper was former- 

 ly much used, but is now almost unknown, the glass-paper being 

 much superior to it, for all purposes. Emery-paper is sometimes 

 used ; for iron it is a very good article, but for brass, is not better 

 than glass-paper, which is much cheajier ; if not sufficiently fine, 

 the glass-paper may be made so, by rubbing it with the pane of a 

 hammer. 



Work which is filed, may also be finished in the way above de- 

 scribed. For flat w^ork, the glass-paper is wrapped round a suiia- 

 We piece of wood, and after being oiled, is used in tbe manner of 

 a file. It may then be polished with oil and rotten-stone, upon a 

 •woollen or leather bulf. The finest kind of work, after being 

 gmooth-filed, is rubbed with a piece of pumice-stone, afterwards 

 with blue-stone, and then with charcoal ; this leaves it with a per- 

 fectly fine surface, well prepared to receive a polish from oil and 

 rotten-stone, with but little labor. There are several species of 

 stone, in difierent parts of the Union, which may be substituted, 

 both for the pumice-stone and the blue-stone. Instead of the lat- 

 ter, the Scotch stone, called roater of .^■Jyr. is often used : this exists 

 in abundance, in the State of North Carolina. The best charcoal 

 is that made fiom willow, but good j)ieces may generally be picked 

 out from a heap ; they, however, can be judged of, by trial oiily. 

 The rubbing wiih charcoal is a slow business, and may, in general, 

 bo dispensed with. 



