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HOW TO PAINT.

_"EVERY MAN HIS OWN PAINTER."_

How to Paint.--A complete Compendium of the Art. Designed for the use
of Tradesmen, Mechanics, Merchants, Farmers, and a Guide to the
Professional Painter. Containing a plain Common-sense statement of the
Methods employed by Painters to produce satisfactory results in Plain
and Fancy Painting of every Description, including Gilding, Bronzing,
Staining, Graining, Marbling, Varnishing, Polishing, Kalsomining,
Paper Hanging, Striping, Lettering, Copying and Ornamenting, with
Formulas for Mixing Paint in Oil or Water. Description of Pigments
used; their Average Cost, Tools required, etc. By F. B. GARDNER,
author of the _Carriage Painter's Manual_. 127 pp. Cloth, $1.00.

This is just the work needed by every person who has anything to
paint, as will be seen from the following from the Table of Contents.
It is very complete, and will make "Every Man his Own Painter."

CHAPTER I.--PAINTING--Tools used.

CHAPTER II.--BRUSHES.

CHAPTER III.--DRY COLORS--White Lead; Fine White; Lamp Black;
Drop Black; Ivory Black; Prussian Blue; Ultramarine Green;
Yellow; Vermilion; Brown; Lake; Carmine; Rose Pink; Whiting;
Glue; Pumice Stone; Asphaltum.

CHAPTER IV.--LIQUIDS--Spirits of Turpentine; Oils; Varnishes;
Furniture Varnish; Average Prices of Varnish; Shellac Varnish;
Japan Gold Size; Brown Japan Size; Fat Oil Size; Quick Size;
Asphaltum Size; Honey Size; Size for Glass.

CHAPTER V.--COLORS IN OIL--Tube Colors; Compound Colors.

CHAPTER VI.--Mixing Paint; White Paint; White for Inside Work;
China Glass; Oil Color for Outside Work; Dead, or Flat Color;
Colors Ground in Oil. PUTTY--Common Window Putty; Carriage
Painters' Putty; Cementing Putty; Furniture Putty; Hardwood
Putty; Putty for Plaster Work.

CHAPTER VII.--MILK PAINT--Distemper Painting; Kalsomine;
Preparing Kalsomine; Paint for Out-Buildings; Paint for Iron
Railing; White wash; Size for Walls; Paste for Paper hanging;
Hanging Paper.

CHAPTER VIII.--Graining; Oak in Distemper; Oak in Oil; Maple;
Mahogany; Rosewood; Black Walnut; Staining; Granite; Brown
Stone; Portland Stone; Smalting; Flockings; Marbling.

CHAPTER IX.--GILDING--Gold Leaf; Silver Le