The Hand-Book of Practical Receipts of Every-Day Use (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...becomes smutty, mix equal parts of water, olive oil, and oil of turpentine, shake till they froth, wet the stone, throw this froth on it, and rub it with a soft sponge. The printing ink will be dissolved, and the drawing will almost disappear, but, on rolling it, it reappears as clear as at first. When the stone is laid by for future use, a preserving ink is applied, to prevent the surface printing ink becoming too hard. Thick varnish of linseed oil, 2 parts, tallow, 4 parts, wax and Venice turpentine, of each 1 part; melt; add, by degrees, lamp-black, 4 parts, mix thoroughly, and preserve in a tin case. This must be rolled on the stone each time before laying it aside for future use. When the whole of the impressions are completed, and the stones required for other drawings, two of the stones are laid face to face and ground with sand and water until the surfaces are clear. They are finally, more or less, polished with pumice stone, according to the required fineness, and are then prepared to receive other drawings.--Fielding. The ink used to write on the transfer-paper is called autographic ink, and from another source the following recipe is given: White wax, 8 parts, white soap, 2 to 3 parts; melt gradually; add lamp-black, 1 part, mix, add shellac, 2 parts, and, when well combined, mould to the crayon form. Transfer-paper is also made by coating paper with 3 coats of thin size, 1 of starch, and 1 of gamboge, letting it dry between each, but the form above is preferable, and far less troublesome. Another recipe for preparing transfer-paper orders alum, whereas Fielding remarks, on the quality of the printing papers, " Chinese papers have sometimes a strong taste of alum, this is so fatal as sometimes to spoil the drawing after the first impression, ...