warm. Then with a hair brush lay it on new boots
or shoes; but it is better still to lay it on the leather before the
articles are made. The shoes or boots should also be brushed over with
it, after they come from the maker. If old boots or shoes are to be
varnished, the mixture is to be laid on when the leather is perfectly
dry.

VARNISH FOR BRASS. Put into a pint of alcohol, an ounce of turmeric
powder, two drams of arnatto, and two drams of saffron. Agitate the
mixture during seven days, and filter it into a clean bottle. Now add
three ounces of clean seed-lac, and agitate the bottle every day for
fourteen days. When the lacquer is used, the pieces of brass if large
are to be first warmed, so as to heat the hand, and the varnish is to be
applied with a brush. Smaller pieces may be dipped in the varnish, and
then drained by holding them for a minute over the bottle. This varnish,
when applied to rails for desks, has a most beautiful appearance, like
that of burnished gold.

VARNISH FOR DRAWINGS. Mix together two ounces of spirits of turpentine,
and one ounce of Canada balsam. The print is first to be sized with a
solution of isinglass water, and dried; the varnish is then to be
applied with a camel-hair brush. But for oil paintings, a different
composition is prepared. A small piece of white sugar candy is dissolved
and mixed with a spoonful of brandy; the whites of eggs are then beaten
to a froth, and the clear part is poured off and incorporated with the
mixture. The paintings are then brushed over with the varnish, which is
easily washed off when they are required to be cleaned again, and on
this account it will be far superior to any other kind of varnish for
this purpose.

VARNISH FOR FANS. To make a varnish for fans and cases, dissolve two
ounces of gum-mastic, eight ounces of gum-sandaric, in a quart of
alcohol, and then add four ounces of Venice turpentine.

VARNISH FOR FIGURES. Fuse in a crucible half an ounce of tin, with the
same quantity of bismuth. When melted, add half an ounce of mercury; and
when perfectly combined, take the mixture from the fire and cool it.
This substance, mixed with the white of an egg, forms a very beautiful
varnish for plaster figures.

VARNISH FOR FURNITURE. This is made of white wax melted in the oil of
petrolium. A light coat of this mixture is laid on the wood with a
badger's brush, while a little warm, and the oil will speedily
evaporate. A coat of wax will be