Grand-Grandfather's
Useful Antique Recipes
- artists' oil colors - 7
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recipes from the 'Household
Cylopedia', 1881
- PAINTS AND COLORS -
12. ARTISTS' OIL COLORS. (continued)
• A White for painters, which may be preserved forever.
Put into a pan 3 qts. of linseed oil, with an equal quantity of brandy and 4 qts. of the best double-distilled vinegar, 3 doz. of whole new-laid eggs, 4 lbs. of mutton suet, chopped small; cover all with a lead plate and lute it well, lay this pan in the cellar for 3 weeks, then take skilfully the white off, and dry it. The dose of this composition is 6 oz. of white to 1 of bismuth.
• Tunic White.
Largely used as a substitute for white lead, may be made by burning zinc, or by precipitating from a solution by caustic alkali. It is the oxide of the metal, and is not blackened by sulphuretted hydrogen.
• To make a Pearl White.
Pour some distilled water into a solution of nitrate of bismuth as long as precipitation takes place, filter the solution, and wash the precipitate with distilled water as it lies on the filter. When properly dried, by a gentle heat, this powder is what is generally termed pearl white.
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• To imitate Flesh-Color.
Mix a little white and yellow together, then add a little more red than yellow. These form an excellent imitation of the complexion.
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