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ftove till they be dry ; where |he edges look rough, when it is 
dry, they mull: be cut with a pair of fciflars. 
How to make yellow Varnijh. 
TAKE a quart of fpirit of wine, and put to it eight ounces 
of feed-cake, (hake it half an hour ; next day it will be,fit for 
life, but ftrain it firft ; take lamp-black, and put in your varnifh. 
about the thicknefs of a pancake ; mix it well, but ftir it not too 
faft; then do it eight times over, and let it ftand till the next 
day; then take fome burnt ivory, and oil of turpentine as fine 
as butter; then mix it with fome of your varnifh, til! you have 
varnifhed it fit for polifhing; then polifh it with tripola in fine 
flour; then lay it on the wood fmooth, with one of the brufhes ; 
then let it dry, and do it fo eight times at the leaft: when it is 
very dry lay on your varnifh that is mixed, and when it is dry* 
polifh it with a wet cloth dipped in tripola, and rub it as hard as 
you would do platters. 
How to make a pretty varnijh to colour little bqfkets , bowls * 
or any board where nothing hot is jet on. 
TAKE either red, black or white wax, which colour you 
want to make : to every two ounces of fealing-wax one ounce of 
fpirit of wine, pound the wax fine, then fift it through a fine 
lawn fieve, till you have made it extremely fine: put it into a 
large phial with the fpirits of wine, (hake it, let it ftand within 
the air of the fire forty-eight hours, fhaking it often ; then with 
a little brufh rub your bafkets all over with it: let it dry, and 
do it over a fecond time, and it makes them look very pretty. 
How to clean gold or Jilver lace. 
TAKE alabafter finely beaten and fierced, and put it into an 
earthen pipkin, and fet it upon a chaffing-difh of coals, and 
let it boil for fome time, ftirring it often with a flick firft; 
when it begins to boil, it will be very heavy ; when it is enough, 
you will find it in the ftirring very light; then take it off the 
fire, lay your lace upon a piece of flannel, and ftrew your 
powder upon it; knock it well in with a hard cloth brufh : 
when you think it is enough, brufh the powder out with a clean 
brufh. 
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