The Artist's Companion, and Manufacturer's Guide: Consisting of the Most Valuable Secrets in Arts and Trade ... With about Five Hundred Valuable Modern Receipts ... Collected from the Latest European PublicationsJ. Norman, chart-seller, no. 1, North-row., 1814 - 179 pages |
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ARTISTS COMPANION & MANUFACTUR John Ca 1748-1817 Norman,Friend to American Manufactures No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 153 - ... already observed, should be made of the picked seed-lac. The common seed-lac varnish, which is the most useful preparation of the kind hitherto invented, may be thus made : Take of seed-lac three ounces, and put it into water, to free it from the sticks and filth that are frequently intermixed with it ; and which must be done by stirring it about, and then pouring off the water, and adding fresh quantities, in order to repeat the operation, till it be freed from all impurities, as is very effectually...
Page 172 - Adrianople, or Turkey-red. The cloth is first impregnated with oil, then with galls, and lastly with alum. It is then boiled for an hour in a decoction of madder, which is commonly mixed with a quantity of blood. After the cloth is dyed, it is * plunged into a soda lye, in order to brighten the colour. The red given by this process is very permanent, and when properly Conducted, it is exceedingly beautiful. The whole difficulty consists in the' application of the mordant, which is by far the most...
Page 39 - When any thing is to be gilded, it must be previously well burnished ; a piece of cork is then to be dipped, first into a solution of salt in water, and afterwards into the black powder ; and the piece, after being rubbed with it, must be burnished. This powder is frequently used for gilding delicate articles of silver. Gilding of Brass or Copper. — Fine instruments of brass, in order that their surface may be kept longer clean, may be...
Page 4 - ... pencil. The thickening should never be greater than is sufficient to prevent the spreading of the mordants ; when carried too far, the cotton is apt not to be sufficiently saturated with the mordants ; of course the dye takes but imperfectly. In order that the parts of the cloth impregnated with mordants may be distinguished by their colour, it is usual to tinge the mordants with some colouring matter or other. The printers commonly use the decoction of Brazil-wood for this purpose ; but Dr....
Page 40 - ... after which, pour it into another clean vessel, to free it from grit or sediment ; then add a spoonful of common salt, and the acid, which has now a green tinge, will immediately let go the silver particles, which form themselves into a white curd; pour off the acid, and mix the curd with two ounces of salt of tartar, half an ounce of whiting, and a large spoonful of salt, more or less, according as you find it for strength. Mix it well up together, and it is ready for use. Having well cleared...
Page 63 - Dissolve five or six bits of mastich, as large as peas, in as much spirit of wine as will suffice to render it liquid ; in another vessel dissolve as much isinglass (which has been previously soaked in water till it is swollen and soft,) in...
Page 129 - It is, therefore, not to be put in competition with other modes of engraving. If confined to those subjects for which it is calculated, it must be allowed to be extremely useful, as it is expeditious, and may be attained with much less trouble than any other mode of engraving. But even this circumstance is a source of mischief, as it occasions the production of a multitude of prints that have no other effect than that of vitiating the public taste.
Page 6 - The fine light blues which appear so often on printed cottons, are produced by applying to the cloth a block besmeared with a composition, consisting partly of wax, which covers all those parts of the cloth which are to remain white. The cloth is then dyed in a cold indigo vat,- and after it is dry, the wax composition is removed by hot water.
Page 148 - ... common strength. The priming should then be laid on as even as possible, and should be formed of a size, of a consistency between the common kind and glue, mixed with as much whiting as will give it a sufficient body of colour to hide the surface of whatever it is laid upon, but not more.
Page 58 - ... downward in the middle of the plate, and press it until it lies quite close to the plaster ; in which situation let it remain until the plaster becomes quite dry ; after which, work a groove with your finger round the outside of the meniscus, in order to let the superfluous mercury rest upon it ; then cut the tinfoil to a proper size, and press it with the meniscus into the plaster mould, in order to make it lie close ; after which cover it with the mercury, and, without a paper (as directed...