This section is from the "Handicraft For Boys" book, by A. Frederick Collins. Amazon: Handicraft for boys.
Get 25 cents' worth of japan gold size and 10 cents' worth of pure drop black ground in turpentine and mix them together.
27 Mural means anything that is supported by or has to do with a wall.
If it is too thick thin it with turpentine and put it on with a soft brush. When dry it will be dead black and neither air nor moisture will spoil it.
Doing Repousse Work
Repousse (pronounced re-poo'-say) is a French word and means to form in relief, and repousage (pronounced re-poo'-sazh) is the word you want to use when you mean the process of producing designs in relief on sheet metal by hammering it on the back.
 
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