A Complete Guide to the Ornamental Leather Work Part 5

Use finely powdered colours, and mix them to the consistence of cream, with the following medium:--Mix the white of an egg with 2 oz. of pure distilled vinegar; put them into a bottle and shake them well together whenever you are about to mix any colours with it: or mix the colours with parchment size warmed; use while warm: or mix them with a weak solution of gum arabic; and, in either case, varnish them with a quick drying pale varnish. Oil colours will not do for painting this kind of materials: any of the above mediums, properly prepared, will answer well. Gilding may be interspersed with brilliant effect.

A QUICK MODE OF STAINING.

The quickest mode of staining the Ornamental Leather Work is as follows:--Procure a bottle of REVELL'S CHYMICAL OAK COLOUR STAIN. This preparation will not soil the hands, or the finest linen or woollen fabrics; will not stain wood or any other substance than the leather to which it is applied, to which it imparts the perfect appearance of old oak without any gloss, at the same time hardening the leather without injuring it.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE.

Having your leaves, &c., cut out and dried, pour some of the contents of this bottle into a saucer, and apply it copiously with a camel's hair brush, all over the leaves, back and front, particularly the edges; bend them while damp as you wish them to appear upon the finished work, then dry them rather quickly at a moderate distance from the fire, or in a current of air; when dry they are ready for use.

The leaves, &c., can be attached to any form of work, and it is completed. When the entire work is complete, it can be varnished at pleasure, as follows:--Procure a bottle of REVELL'S OAK SPIRIT STAIN, and give the entire work an even coat of it; it dries in a few minutes, and has the appearance of polished oak.

TO STAIN WOODEN ARTICLES.

If all the work is to be left dull, give the frame or bracket, &c., a coat of OAK SPIRIT STAIN, which dries in dull if put upon new wood, not prepared in any manner. To prepare wooden frames, &c., so that the OAK SPIRIT STAIN shall a.s.sume a polished surface, it is necessary to size the frame well and leave it to dry; when dry, give it one or more coats of OAK SPIRIT STAIN.

Those who prefer making the OAK SPIRIT STAIN, can do so by referring to the receipt in this book; it is made with little trouble, and is composed princ.i.p.ally of Australian Red Gum; a new article to most of our readers; and, although many druggists, &c., have procured it when they have received orders for it, we are sorry to say, in several instances, they have said there was no article of that description; or else have subst.i.tuted a different kind of gum, perfectly _worthless for this purpose_; consequently, disappointment has ensued; and in order to protect the public from being imposed upon, and ourselves the disgrace of publishing anything not practicable, we are obliged, in self-defence, to state how we came to use it.

In the month of January, 1852, the publisher was applied to for a varnish stain that would dry quickly, and at the same time be the colour required: he was making experiments for this purpose, when, taking up the TIMES newspaper of Friday, January 23rd, he found, under the heading of SOCIETY OF ARTS, an epitome of Professor EDWARD SOLLY's lecture, at the above Society on the previous Wednesday, on vegetable substances used in the Arts, &c. Allusions were made to a fine red gum from New South Wales: he procured the lecture, and then, after a little trouble, obtained samples; they were tested, and one was found to answer, and he has now in stock several tons of the proper kind for making the stain, and can supply it in any quant.i.ty.

We will now conclude by directing the student to an attentive observance of nature: we have avoided, as far as possible, technical terms; where they are used the ill.u.s.trations will, in most cases, explain them. The study of this mode of decoration has often led those who had not before observed the varied beauties of the floral world to do so with the greatest pleasure and the happiest results.

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SHAW'S LIQUID GLUE

Requires no preparation, sets almost immediately, will resist wet, violence, time, and climate; adheres to any surface or material; cements china, marble, wood, paper, leather, &c.; is useful to shipbuilders, carpenters, bookbinders, pianoforte, brush, and toy makers; and is so easy of application, that ladies and gentlemen may mend their own china, ornaments, toys, veneers, mouldings, parasols, book-covers, and a hundred other little articles, with the greatest ease and certainty.

=Price 6d. and 1s. per Bottle.=

SOLD WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BY

J. REVELL, 272, OXFORD STREET; MESSRS. BARCLAY & CO., FARRINGDON STREET; MESSRS. SUTTON & CO., BOW CHURCHYARD;

AND TO BE HAD OF ALL OILMEN, CHEMISTS, FANCY STATIONERS, &c., &c.

LIST OF MATERIALS, &c.,

FOR THE

ORNAMENTAL

LEATHER WORK.

SOLD BY

J. REVELL, 272, OXFORD STREET.

Basil Leather, of the first quality, at 1s. 6d. and 2s. per skin.

Skiver ditto, ditto, at ditto.

Leather Leaves, 6d. per dozen, or 4s. per gross, a.s.sorted.

Leather Stems and Tendrils, 2d. each.

Pa.s.sion Flowers, Roses, &c., from 6d. to 2s. 6d. each.

Convolvulus and other less elaborate Flowers, from 2d. each.

Holly and Ivy Berries, 6d. per bundle.

Acorns, 1s. per dozen.

Oak Varnish Stain, 1s. per bottle.

Spirit Oak ditto, 1s.

Spirit Mahogany ditto, 1s.

Revell's Chymical ditto, which possesses the property of staining the leather used for this work, and will not soil the finest linen, neither will it stain wood, or any other material than leather. It can be applied either cold or warm. Sold, with full directions for use accompanying each bottle, price 1s. This being the invention of the publisher, purchasers are requested to observe his name and address on each seal.

Stephens' Wood Stains.

Stains and Varnishes of every description.

Saucers for the Oak Stain, &c., 1s. per doz.

Shaw's Liquid Glue, without smell, 1s. per bottle.

Ditto, Old kind, 6d.

Prepared Stiffening, 1s.

Veining Tools, 1s. 6d. each.

Cutting ditto, 1s.

Grape Moulds, 2s. 6d. per set.

Bradawls, 6d. each.

Hammers, 1s. 3d.

Wire of different sizes.

Hog's Hair Brushes, 3d. to 6d. each.

Camel's Hair Pencils, from 1d.

And a variety of Brackets, Frames, &c., for Ornamenting.