French Polish Reviver

Half pint linseed oil, 1 oz. spirits of camphor, 2 ozs. vinegar, ½ oz. of butter of antimony, ¼ oz. of spirts of hartshorn.

Another. - One lb. of naptha, 4 oz. of shellac, ¼ oz. oxalic acid. Let it stand till dissolved, and add 3 oz. linseed oil.

Furniture Reviver

Pale linseed oil, raw, 10 oz.; lac varnish and wood spirits, of each 5 oz. Mix well before using.

Furniture Cream

1. Cut in small pieces a quarter of a pound of yellow wax, and, after melting it, add an ounce of well powdered colophony, which is a black resin or turpentine boiled in water, and afterwards dried. The wax and colophony being both melted, pour in, by degrees, quite warm, two ounces of oil of spirit of turpentine. When the whole is thoroughly mixed, pom-it into a tin or earthen pot, and keep it covered for use. The method of applying it to the furniture, which must be first well dusted and cleaned, is by spreading a little of this composition on a piece of woolen cloth, and well rubbing the wood with it, and in a few days the gloss will be as firm and fast as varnish.

2. One quarter lb. of beeswax melted in an earthenware pot; add gradually ½ pint turpentine, colored with ½ oz. alkanet root; add ½ pt. linseed oil; mix well. Should be kept in wide-mouthed bottles for use. Note. - This cream should not be used on newly polished furniture.

Furniture Paste

If it is required to keep the wood its natural color, scrape a quarter of a pound of beeswax into half a pint of turpentine. Linseed oil will darken the wood.

Six ounces of pearlash in a quarter of a pound of white wax and simmer for half an hour in a pipkin. When cool the wax will float on the top, which must be taken off, and with hot water worked into a paste.

Equal parts of beeswax, spirits of turpentine, and linseed oil. Melt well together.

Four ounces of beeswax, ten ounces of turpentine, alkanet root to color. Melt together and strain.

How To Make Furniture Paste

Scrape two ounces of beeswax into a pot or basin; then add as much spirits of turpentine as will moisten it through. At the same time, powder an eight part of an ounce of resin, and add it, when dissolved to the consistence of paste, as much Indian red as will bring it to a deep mahogany color. Stir it up, and it will be fit for use.

Several Receipts For Furniture Cream

Yellow wax, 4 oz.; yellow soap, 2 oz.; water 50 oz.; boil, with constant stirring, and add boiled oil and oil of turpentine, each 5 oz.

Soft water, 1 gallon; soap, 4 oz.; white wax, in shavings, l lb. Boil together, and add 2 oz. pearlash. To be diluted with water, laid on with a paint brush, and polished oft" with a hard brush or cloth.

Wax, 3 oz.; pearlash, 2 oz.; water, 6 oz. Heat together, and add 4 oz. boiled oil and 5 oz. of spirits of turpentine.

Pearlash, 1 oz.; water, 8 oz.; beeswax (genuine) 6 oz., mix with heat, and add sufficient water to reduce it to the consistency of cream; for use add more water, and spread it on the wood with a painter's brush, let it dry, and polish with a hard brush or cloth.

Beeswax, 3 oz.; pearlash, 2 oz.; water,6 oz.; mix with heat, and add boiled oil, 4 oz.; turpentine (oil) 5 oz.; mix.

White Furniture Cream

With the following receipt the vinegar must be mixed with the linseed oil by degrees, and the bottle well shaken up. The spirit of antimony must afterwards be added, and well mixed. Six ounces of raw linseed oil, three ozs. methylated spirit, three ozs. white wine vinegar, half an ounce of butter of antimony.