Specification No. 25 - Stained And Varnished Finish For Floors Of Oak And Open-Grain Wood

All oak (or other open-grain wood) floors in the following rooms shall be finished as follows: First, a coat of Sherwin-Williams Handcraft Stain, in color and strength of tone selected by owner or architect, shall be applied, followed by one coat of Sherwin-Williams Paste Filler, color to be selected by owner or architect, and before it is set hard wiped off across the grain with burlap or excelsior. When dry, sandpaper lightly with 00 sandpaper and apply three coats of Sherwin-Williams Mar-not, the first coat of which shall be thinned with 10 per cent. and the second coat 5 per cent. pure spirits turpentine, and the third coat to be applied as it comes from the can, allowing sufficient time between coats for thorough drying. Each coat of Mar-not, except the last, shall be sanded with 00 sandpaper.

Specification No. 26 - Stained And Varnished Finish For Floors Of Hard Pine, Maple, And All Close-Grain Wood

All hard pine (or other close-grain wood) floors in the following rooms shall be finished as follows: First, a coat of Sherwin-Williams Handcraft Stain, in color selected by owner or architect, shall be applied, followed by three coats of Sherwin-Williams Mar-not, the fiist coat of which shall he thinned 10 per cent. and the second coat 5 per cent. with pure spirits turpentine, and the last coat applied as it comes from the can, allowing sufficient time between coats for thorough drying. Each coat of Mar-not, except the last, shall be sanded.

Specification No. 27 - Staining And Varnishing Floors At One Operation (New Floors) Of Oak And All Open-Grain Wood

A coat of Sherwin-Williams Paste Filler, in shade selected by owner or architect, shall be applied, and before it is set hard wiped oft across the grain with burlap or excelsior. A coat of Sherwin-Williams Floor-lac, in shade selected by owner or architect, shall then be applied as it comes from the can, followed after forty-eight hours, or when thoroughly dry, by one coat of Sherwin-Williams Floor-lac Clear in full body. Both coats of Floor-lac shall be brushed out well.

Specification No. 28 - Staining And Varnishing Floors At One Operation (New Floors) Of Hard Pine, Maple, And Other Close-Grain Wood

A coat of Sherwin-Williams Floor-lac, in shade selected by owner or architect, shall be applied as it comes from the can. This coat shall be brushed out well and after forty-eight hours, or when thoroughly dry, followed with a coat of Sherwin-Williams Floor-lac Clear, which shall be applied as it comes from the can.

Specification No. 20 - Staining And Varnishing Floors At One Operation (Old Floors Previously Finished)

First apply a coat of Sherwin-Williams Floor-lac Ground as it comes from the can. After forty-eight hours, or when thoroughly dry, a coat of Sherwin-Williams Floor-lac, in shade selected by owner or architect, shall be applied. Apply a coat of Sherwin-Williams Floor-lac Clear after forty-eight hours is allowed for thorough drying.