Roatl-dust, 56 lb?. 

 Lime-water, 5 palls. 

 Residue of the oil, 2 1-2 galls* 



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with a laborer's shovel, mix and work it about as they do mortar. 

 Now add the wet blue, which must be previously 'j;round in the in- 

 corporated oil, (as it will not grind or mix with any other oil,) 

 When this is added to the mass,\ou may begin to thin* it with the 

 incorporated oil, in the proportion of one quart to every ei'^ht 

 pounds; and then with the linseed-oil, in the same proportion; 

 and it is ready to be put into casks for use. 



Lead Color, 

 Whiting, 112 lbs. 

 Blue black, 5 lbs. 

 Lead, ground in oi', 28 lbs. 

 Weight 25G lbs. 



To the above add two gallons of the incorporated oil, and two 

 gallons of hnseed-oil to thin it for use, and it will not exceed the 

 price of 1 3-4r?. per pound. 



Note.— The lime-water, whiting, road-dust, and blue-black, 

 must be first mixed together ; then add the jjround lead, first blend- 

 ing It with two gallons and a half of the prepared fish-oi! : after 

 which thin the whole, with the two sjaljons of linseed-oil, and two 

 gallons of incorporated oil, and it will be fit for use. For garden- 

 doors, and other work liable to be in constant use, a little spirit of 

 turpentine may be added to the paint whilst laying on, which will 

 have the desired effect. 



Bright Green. 

 112 lbs. yellow-ochre, in powder, I G sallons lime-water, 

 1(18 do. road-dust, | 4 do. fish-oil. prepared, 



112 do. wet blue 712 do. incorporated oil, 



10 do. bine-black, j 7 1-2 do. linseed-oil. 



Weight 592 ll)s. 



This excellent bright-green paint does not exceed three-pence 

 farthing per pound, ready to lay on ; and the inventor challen-^es 

 any color-man or painter to produce a green, equal to it, for 

 Cighteen-pence per pound. 



After painting, the color left in the pot may be covered with 

 water, to prevent it from skinning; and th- brushes, as usual 

 should be cleaned with a painter's knife, and be kept underwater.' 



A brighter green may be formed by omittin^j the blue-black ; and 



A lighter green may be made by the addition of ten pounds of 

 ground white-lead. 



A variety of greens may be obtained by varying the proportions 

 ®f the blue and yellow. 



Observe, that the wet blue must be ground with the incorpo- 

 rated oil, preparatory to its being mixed with the mass. 



Stone Color. 



Lime-water, 4 galls. 

 Whiting, 112 lbs. 

 White-lead, sronnd, 28 lbs. 

 Road-dust, 56 lbs. 

 Weight 293 lbs. 



Prepared fish-oil, 2 gallons. 

 Incorporated oil, 31-2 do. 

 Linseed-oil, 3 1-2 do. 



The above stone color, fit for use, is not two-pence per pound. 



