416.  Cloth, rain proof, &c.

To render cloth wind and rain proof.  Boil together 2 lbs. of turpentine, 1 lb. of litharge in powder, and 2 or 3 pints of linseed oil.  The article is then to be brushed over with this varnish, and dried in the sun.

417.  Choice cement

A choice cement for china, crockery, and glass.  Take of white glue 1/2 lb., dry white lead 1/2 lb., alcohol 1/4 pint, and rain water 1 quart; put the glue, alcohol, and water into a tin pan together; let stand until the glue is soft; then set the pan into a kettle of hot water, occasionally stirring it until the glue is about dissolved; then add the lead, being previously powdered, and stir until it is about dissolved.  Bottle while warm, and it is ready for use.  If cold when about to be used, set the bottle in warm water until soft; then apply while soft to both edges, set together and let then dry.

418.  Mahogany stain

Take of chip logwood 1 lb., sal-soda two pence worth, water 1 gallon, boil all together, apply it while hot, to every kind of white wood, using a brush or sponge, and it will produce a most beautiful mahogany colour.

419.  Mahogany colour

Method of darkening every sort of wood.  Take soap suds, wash your wood with it; every coat you put on will make it a shade darker.

420.  Satin wood stain

Take of water 1 quart, fustic 2 oz., and the size of a small nut of alum; boil all together, apply it while hot, and it will produce a most beautiful yellow.  When the article to which this has been applied has got perfectly dry, rub it over with lime water, and it will make a beautiful red.

421.  Red stain

Take of water 1 quart, brazil dust 2 oz., and the size of a nut of alum; boil together, apply while hot and the stain is red; when dry, wash it over with lime water, and it will be a beautiful purple.

422.  Brown stain

Take of water 1 quart, logwood 2 oz., and one penny worth of soft soap, (such as is kept in bladders, by druggists), boil them together, apply while hot, and it will be brown; let it dry, and apply lime water, and you will have a beautiful black.

423.  Scarlet stain

Take a solution of aqua-fortis in water, apply it to the black, and it will produce a beautiful scarlet.

424.  Brush varnish

Take of spirits of wine 1 pint, gum benzion half a pound; dissolve the gum in the spirits.  It may be laid on with a camel hair brush, or a small piece of wool rolled in old cotton.

425.  To bore glass

Fill a vial with turpentine spirits, dissolve in it as much camphor as it will take, insert then into this liquid the point of a common diamond pointed drill, and with it you can bore glass as fast as you please.