This section is from the book "Paint Making And Color Grinding", by Charles L. Uebele. Also available from Amazon: Paint Making And Color Grinding.
One of the largest concerns building locomotives use for priming the bodies of tenders a dull red in paste form, which they thin with substitute turps. Can be made by mixing and grinding 55 pounds native red oxide (of not less than 75% Fe3O3), 25 pounds ground slate (slate flour) in 10 pounds raw linseed oil and 10 pounds cheap brown japan.
 
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