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'Yes, sir, said Newman, who came into the room just then to get the turps. 'The old piece was all to bits with dry-rot.
When taken out of the stove, the articles must be allowed to get cold, after which they must be given a coat of super black japan, which, if necessary, must be thinned with turps, a stiff, short bristle brush being employed, and the varnish put on sparingly, so that it will not "run" when it gets warm.
They soon make themselves visible, as the body swells up with the blood they suck until they resemble small soft warts about as big as a pea. They belong to the natural family, Ixodiadae. Treatment If not very numerous they should be cut off, and the part touched with a little turps.
It was afterwards made with flake white or dry white lead ground in turps only and mixed with the polishing copal varnish with the addition of tints as required, by which means a white of any required character could be produced." Authorities state that these may be formed from bright Prussian blue or verditer glazed over with Prussian blue or of smalt.
The painter-and-glazier, without, painted and glazed; maintaining a morose silence except when he imposed its observance also on a boy who was learning the trade from him very gradually, and suffering from ennui very acutely. He said to this boy at intervals: "You stow that drumming, young Ebenezer, and 'and me up the turps" or some other desideratum.
'It's all orf not, sir, he remarked, as he rubbed the place with a dry part of the rag. 'The smell of the turps will go away in about a hour's time. 'Thanks, said Sweater. Philpot looked at him wistfully, but Sweater evidently did not understand, and began looking about the room. 'I see they've put a new piece of skirting here, he observed.
I don't want you to make no mistakes. Bert took the paper and with some difficulty read as follows: I pare steppes 8 foot 1/2 gallon Plastor off perish 1 pale off witewosh 12 lbs wite led 1/2 gallon Linsede Hoil Do. Do. turps 'I can make it out all right. 'You'd better bring the big truck, said Crass, 'because I want you to take the venetian blinds with you on it when you take it back tonight.
'I've got some of the beastly stuff on my coat sleeve. 'Oh, that's nothing, sir, cried Philpot, secretly delighted. 'I'll get that orf for yer in no time. You wait just 'arf a mo! He had a piece of clean rag in his tool bag, and there was a can of turps in the room. Moistening the rag slightly with turps he carefully removed the paint from Sweater's sleeve.
Scattered about the stone floor were a number of dirty pails, either empty or containing stale whitewash; and standing on a sort of low platform or shelf at one end of the shop were four large round tanks fitted with taps and labelled 'Boiled Oil', 'Turps', 'Linseed Oil', 'Turps Substitute'. The lower parts of the walls were discoloured with moisture.
For japanning sheet-iron articles, which are really tin goods, such as tea-trays and similar things, first scour them well with a piece of sandstone, which will effectually remove all the scales and make the surface quite smooth. Then give the metal a coating of vegetable black, which must be mixed with super black japan varnish, thinned with turps, and well strained.
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