Oak

Make a solution of annatto, picric acid or quercitron and wash the wood with the solution.

Antique Oak

Dissolve 1 part of permanganate of potash in 30 parts of water, wash the wood successively, after each coat is dry, until the desired shade is obtained, then wash with clean water.

Walnut

Use the same solution as for antique oak, and when the required shade is produced after washing with water, go over the surface with a solution of acetate of iron.

Dark Mahogany

Digest in 4 ozs. of pure grain or wood alcohol, 1 drachm of powdered alkanet root, 2 drachms of aloes and 2 drachms of dragon's blood. Shake occasionally. After standing 2 or 3 days, filter or pour off the clear liquid free from sediment. First treat the wood to be stained with a thin coat of dilute nitric acid, and when dry, apply the stain until the desired color is produced.

Light Mahogany

Use the same stain as for dark mahogany, but apply less stain or dilute it with alcohol.

Mahogany

After rubbing the wood with dilute nitric acid, and allowing it to dry, apply with a soft brush, a stain composed of 1 oz. of dragon's blood, 1 pint of alcohol and 1 oz. carbonate of soda dissolved in 4 ozs. of water. Stain until the shade is as desired. Be sure to have no sediment in the stain.

Cherrv Stain

Boil 2 ozs. of annatto in one quart of soft water. When dissolved, add 1-4 oz. of caustic potash; allow this to dissolve, after which, it is ready for use. Coat the wood in the usual way.

Grey Stain

Apply a wash made of 1 part of nitrate of silver in 50 parts of water. Next, wash with dilute hydrochloric acid, and finally, with ammonia water. Allow to dry and finish as desired.

Maple Stain

Dissolve 2 ozs. of orange shellac, 1-2 oz. of pearl ash and 1-4 oz. dragon's blood in 1 pint of grain or wood alcohol.

Ebony Stain

Wash the wood repeatedly with a concentrated solution of actate of iron.

No. 2

Wash with a solution made by dissolving 2 ozs. of sulphate of iron in one pint of hot water, after several applications, when dry, apply a wash made by dissolving 1 oz. extract of logwood in 1 pint of hot water to which a little alum is added.

No. 3

Into 1 quart of boiling water put 1 1-2 ozs. of copperas and 1-2 oz. extract of logwood. Apply hot. When dry, coat the surface with a solution made of 2 ozs. of steel filings in 1-2 pint of strong vinegar.