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Stain′ing wood.

Ebonized black, for moldings, frames, etc.; Strong vinegar, 1 gallon; extract of logwood, 2 pounds; green copperas, 1/2 pound; China blue, 1/4 pound; nut-galls, 2 ounces. Boil in an iron pot over a slow fire; when cool, the mixture is ready for use. Add to the above 1/2 pint iron-rust, prepared by steeping iron filings in strong vinegar.

Stain for the sap part of black-walnut: Strong vinegar, 1 gallon; burnt umber, dry, 1 pound; rose-pink, 1/2 pound; Vandyke brown, burnt, 1/2 pound. Mix, let them stand one day, and apply with a sponge.

Walnut stain for pine and white woods: Very thin sized shellac, 1 gallon; dry burnt umber, 1 pound; dry burnt sienna, 1 pound: lamp-black, 1/4 pound. Shake until well mixed. Apply one coat with a brush, sand-paper, and apply a coat of shellac varnish.

Bright rosewood stain: Alcohol, 1 gallon; cam-wood, 1 1/2 pounds; red-saunders, 1/2 pound; extract of logwood, 1 pound; aquafortis, 2 ounces. When dissolved it is ready for use. Apply in three coats, sand-paper, grain with iron rust, shade with asphaltum, thinned with spirits of turpentine; when dry apply a thin coat of shellac, sand-paper when dry, and varnish.

Satin-wood stain: Alcohol, 1 quart; ground turmeric, 3 ounces; powdered gamboge, 1 1/2 ounces Strain through fine muslin, and apply two coats with sponge; sand-paper and varnish.

Black stain for pine or white wood: Water, 1 gallon; logwood chips, 1 pound; black copperas, 1/2 pound; extract of logwood, 1/2 pound: indigo blue, 1/2 pound: lamp-black, 2 ounces. Boil over a slow fire; when cool, strain and add 1/4 ounce nutgalls.

Crimson stain: Alcohol, 1 quart; Brazil wood, 3 ounces; cochineal, 1/2 ounce; saffron, 1 ounce. Steep and strain.

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