The Golden State: Where & How to Live, Secure, Visit, Enjoy and Thrive in California
Furniture Finishing
FLAT VARNISH
System 4-—The same as any of the foregoing, except that flat varnish of desired sheen is employed for the final coat in order to save the expense of the lacquer. This system is slower and not so clear toned or tough.
ALL GUM
System 5.—Spray or dip on stain of desired shade; follow with three coats of good grade waterproof shellac substitute, giving the final one a light rub. This system is for an all gum or poplar cabinet.
SHADING AND DECORATING
In all of the above the shading, two-toning and other simpler forms of decorating may be included, as described in Book III. Where the upper part of the cabinet is composition carving, only the final lacquer coat need be applied.
Breakfast room furniture
THE increasing trend toward narrower dimensions in Ameri- can homos, alike in city and suburbs, combined with the realization that economy in space is most readily effected in the dining room, has established a new type of furniture—the breakfast room or dinette style. Miniatured in proportions, the best examples express in design and finish daintiness, dignity and durability.
The brighter stained and painted styles are most popular for the country home—in the city the more subdued paint shades or the more sombre tones of stain are preferred. The variety of treatment in point of finish is so great that it will be best to cite the most common methods, the wood as always, playing an important part.
STAIN—WALNUT AND MAHOGANY
1.—A coat of water stain, high-lighted and shaded if desired, a wash coat of shellac, paste wood filler, shellac and two coats of rubbing varnish or clear body lacquer, rubbed dull. This system is preferred for mahogany; the wash coat and filler may be omitted if an antique open-pored walnut effect is preferred.
2.—A coat of non-grain-raising stain, wood filler, shading stain, lacquer sealer, a coat of flat lacquer.
3.—A coat of oil stain, shellac wash coat, wood filler, one coat varnish pigment coater or shellac substitute or 2 lb.-cut shellac, shading stain for high-lighted effect, one coat flat varnish. Gloss lacquer rubbed is preferable on table tops, but should not be applied over shellac substitute nor should lacquer sealer and flat lacquer be used for a clear toned mahogany finish.
STAIN—BIRCH, GUM AND POPLAR
4.—Same as 1, 2 or 3, omitting shellac wash coat and wood filler.
STAIN OAK
5.—Water stain, any shade of gray, brown, yellow, red, green or orchid, wash coat white shellac, white pigment wood filler, white shellac and wax or flat lacquer. It is impracticable to use varnish over gray stain as it may turn the color in the lighter
