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desired.
Spanish brown stirred in will make a pink color, more or less deep according to
the quantity; a delicate tinge of this is very pretty for inside walls.
Indigo mixed with the Spanish brown makes a delicate purple,
or alone with the mixture, a pale blue.
Lamp-black, in moderate quantity, makes a slate color, suitable for the outside
of buildings.
Lamp-black and Spanish brown together, produce a reddish stone color;
yellow ochre, a yellow-wash, but chrome goes further and makes a brighter color.
It is well to try on a shingle, or piece of paper, or board, and let it dry to
ascertain the color. If you wash over old paper, make a sizing of wheat flour
like thin starch; put it on, and when dry, put on the coloring; for a
white-washed wall, make a sizing of whiting and glue water. This precaution
should always be taken before using chrome yellow or green, as the previous use
of lime injures the color of the chrome.
When walls have been badly smoked, add to your white-wash sufficient indigo to
make it a clear white.
To Mix White-wash.
Pour a kettle of boiling water on a peck of unslaked lime; put in two pounds of
whiting, and half a pint of salt; when all are mixed together, put in half an
ounce of Prussian blue, finely powdered; add water to make it a proper thickness
to put on a wall.
White-wash for Buildings or Fences.
Put in a barrel, one bushel of best unslaked lime; pour on it two buckets of
boiling water, and when it is mixed put in six pounds of fine whiting; fill up
the barrel with water; stir it well, and keep it covered from the rain; let it
stand several days before you use it,
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