The Scientific American cyclopedia of formulas; partly based upon the 28th ed. of Scientific American cyclopedia of receipts, notes and queries - Softcover
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...and old polish come together, disappear; wipe with a slightly greased but otherwise clean rag and finish with putz-pomade. In the case above spoken of (a beautifully polished writing desk) the polish was restored in this manner, and it will now require very close scrutiny to detect the injured spot Furniture Cream.--1.--Yellow wax. 4 oz.; yellow soap, 2 oz.: water, 50 oz.; (Wood) boil, with constant stirring, and add boiled oil and oil of turpentine, each 5 oz. 2.--Soft water, 1 gal.; soap, 4 oz.; white wax, in shavings, 1 lb. Boil together, and add 2 oz. of pearlash. To be diluted with water, laid on with a paint brush, and polished off with a hard brush or cloth. 3.--Wax. 3 oz.: pearlash, 2 oz.; water, C oz. Heat together, and add 4 oz. of boiled oil and 5 oz. of spirits of turpentine, y 4.--Beeswax, 2,500 parts; potassium carbonate, 25 parts; oil of turpentine, 4,000 parts; water, rain or distilled, 4,500 parts. Dissolve the potassium salt in 1,500 parts of the water, add the wax, rasped or cut up, and boil together until the wax is partially saponified. Add sufficient water to replace that lost by evaporation, remove from the fire and stir until cold. Now add. little by little, and under constant stirring, the oil of turpentine, and continue to stir until a smooth homogeneous emulsion is obtained. When this occurs, add the remainder of the water at once and stir in. If desirable, a little oil of lavender or other essential oil may be used as a perfume. It should be added with or immediately after the oil of turpentine. If a color is desired, soak alkanet root in the oil of turpentine (about an ounce to the quart) before addition. This paste is said by the Journal of the Austrian Pharmaceutical Association to be one of the best furniture polishes known. ...
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