The Expert House Painter

Author : AN ASHMUN. KELLY
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330710623
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book The Expert House Painter (Classic Reprint) written by AN ASHMUN. KELLY and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Expert House Painter The priming of interior wood-work is done according to the character of the wood. Treatment of the old white pine wood, scarce now, but dear to memory still, requires little description: well thinned white lead paint, little driers, is all that is required. But as much of the white pine of to-day contains much sap and hard spots, these require attention. The sap will require touching up with an extra coat; the hard parts will need to he well brushed out, with heavier or less oily paint. For a white job it may be necessary to coat the work with white shellac. Then sandpapering, for the smoother the work is made at the start the easier it will be to maintain smoothness to the finish. It is well when sandpapering to lay down stiff paper of cloth, to catch the lead dust, after which the cloth or paper may be shaken out of doors. Dust off woodwork after sandpapering. Putty all nail holes and other imperfections. A putty made of white lead and whiting, or adding some white lead to the usual putty, according to color of finish desired, will be better than ordinary putty, which is difficult to hide with several coats of white. White lead putty dries harder and does not shrink as whiting putty is apt to do. In sandpapering, if the paper is slightly dampened with benzine or turpentine, there will be no dust to fly. Shellac all knots and sappy places, using the white shellac and using it thin. Many prefer to shellac on the priming coat. There does not seem to be any particular advantage in this. Shellac in grain or denatured alcohol is better than that in wood alcohol. Never use wood alcohol at all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.