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Furniture Finishing
JAPAN COLOR AND CLEAR LACQUER
11.—For a very speedy finish apply one coat japan color, decorate and finish with one coat lacquer sealer and gloss lacquer, rubbed dull, or one coat gloss lacquer and flat lacquer. The wood must be extremely smooth for a job of this nature.
LACQUER ENAMEL, BASSWOOD. BIRCH, GUM AND POPLAR
12.—One coat pigment lacquer undercoater, tinted one quart of colored lacquer enamel to the gallon, sanded and followed in four hours by lacquer enamel of desired shade. An extra coat of lacquer enamel may be applied for greater body, but in either case the top coat may be rubbed dull, polished or given a clear coat of flat lacquer over decorations to save rubbing or a clear coat of pale gloss lacquer, rubbed dull or polished, for extra durability and resistance to wear.
TRANSPARENT LACQUER ENAMEL FINISH
13.—One coat lacquer enamel of desired shade, mixed one part to twelve or fifteen of clear gloss lacquer. Sand smooth in five hours, decorate and apply a second coat of clear lacquer, flat or gloss, to be rubbed dull. Walnut and mahogany stain effects may be procured by selecting nut brown and reddish brown shades, novelty color effects with bright greens and reds, the wood grain showing through in all cases. By regulating the spray mixture, antique and color shading may be introduced into the first coat or antique lacquer shading stain may be used over the reduced lacquer enamel as a separate operation.
DECORATING PAIXTED OR LACQUERED WORK
Colored finishes on breakfast room furniture may be enriched by antique or color glazing, stipple glazing, two-toning, banding, striping, crackling, spattering, stencils, transfers, free-hand painting, bronzing or oriental lacquering.
Grained metal furniture
OWING to the necessity for furniture of extra durability, particularly in hotels, offices and clubs, the art of imitating a wood grain finish on metal has advanced considerably in late years and now offers a choice between the old brush-and-rag method and the new block method. The former requires the services of a skilled hand grainer, the latter can be accomplished by anyone capable of operating a machine or handling a simple tool. The difference lies chiefly in the graining—the primer, ground color and finishing operations are the same.
CLEANING AND SURFACING
The first step is to clean the metal for which there are a number of excellent patent compounds on the market, most of them intended to be mixed and applied hot. The simplest method is to wash with benzine or naphtha, sand the metal while wet in order to remove any roughness or incipient rust, using 2/0 flint or 5 0 garnet finishing, then wipe dry with clean rag. If, and only if still too rough, fill with paste iron filler of gray or neutral color.
