ose substances.

_Lacquer for small arms, or for water-proof paper._

Beeswax 13 lbs.
Spirits turpentine 13 galls.
Boiled linseed oil 1 gall.

All the ingredients should be pure, and of the best quality. Heat them
together in a copper or earthen vessel, over a gentle fire, in a
water-bath, until they are well mixed.

_Lacquer for bright iron-work._

Linseed oil, boiled 80.5 lbs.
Litharge 5.5 lbs.
White-lead, ground in oil 11.25 lbs.
Rosin, pulverized 2.75 lbs.

Add the litharge to the oil, let it simmer over a slow fire for three
hours; strain it, and add the rosin and white-lead; keep it gently
warmed, and stir it until the rosin is dissolved. Apply it with a
paint-brush.

_Varnish for scabbards, or patent leather._

For 1st and 2d coats.--
Prussian blue, in lumps 4. lbs.
Sugar-of-lead 0.7 lb.
Aquafortis 0.7 lb.
Linseed oil, boiled 70. lbs.
Spirits turpentine 24.6 lb.

The ingredients, except the turpentine, are boiled together, in an
iron kettle, eight hours, when the mixture will assume a brilliant
black color. When the varnish is nearly cool, stir in the turpentine.
The kettle in which the varnish is made should be of a capacity to
hold double the quantity of varnish to be boiled. It cannot be safely
made on board ship.

_For the third or finishing coat._--COPAL VARNISH.

Gum-copal, in clear lumps 26.5 lbs.
Boiled linseed oil 42.5 lbs.
Spirits turpentine 31. lbs.

This varnish is made in a copper vessel, smallest at the top, in the
form of a still.

Put the copal in the vessel, set it on a charcoal fire for one hour,
in which time it will melt, and all the watery particles will
evaporate. Add the oil whilst the copal is warm, but not boiling hot.
When nearly cool add the turpentine, which will give it a proper
consistency for use.

For 5 lbs. copal, and the proper proportions of oil and turpentine,
the vessel should hold six gallons. Not safely made on board ship.

_Japan varnish._

Litharge 4 lbs.
Boiled oil 87 lbs.
Spirits turpentine 2 lbs.
Red-lead