This section is from the book "The Tinman's Manual And Builder's And Mechanic's Handbook", by Isaac Ridler Butt. Also available from Amazon: The Tinman's Manual And Builder's And Mechanic's Handbook.
Shellac eight parts, gum benzoin three parts, gum mastic two parts, bruise, and digest in alcohol forty-eight parts, oil of lavender one-half part. Or, digest shellac four parts, gum mastic two parts, gum dammar and white turpentine of each one part, with alcohol (95 per cent) twenty-eight parts.
 
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