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Oxide and 4 pounds Titanox. Amounts can be varied according to density and covering capacity of enamel desired. For undercoats increase the amount of pigment to 10 pounds consisting of the following, 2 pounds Calcium Carbonate, 8 pounds Lithophone. All products must be bleached with Blue Pigment, by tinting. Some slower drying, easier flowing architectural enamels are made simply by grinding. Red Liquid Asbestos Coating.— This makes a batch of 52 gallons. Melt pitch in iron varnish pot until it is fluid. Remove from the fire and stir in one ingredient at a time in the order given in formula, very slowly. Black Liquid Asbestos Coating.— This makes a batch amounting to 53 gallons. Liquid coal tar should be free from ammonia and water. If not put it in pot and slowly raise temperature to 250° F. and hold there until fumes are gone. Mix in the asbestos. CAUTION. Take away from the fire when mixing or adding Naptha or Gasoline. DUST COLOR PAINT FOR FLOORS, ETC..— Formula for Colors.— Black Color No. 1: 25 gallons Lamp Black in Oil 2½ gallons Linseed Oil ¼ gallon V. M. & P. Naptha 1 pint Liquid Paint Drier Red Color No. 1: 25 pounds Red Oxide in Oil (light) 3 gallons Linseed Oil ¼ gallon V. M. & P. Naptha 1 pint Liquid Drier Ochre Color No. 1: 25 pounds Ochre in Oil (French) 4 gallons Linseed Oil ¼ gallon V. M. & P. Naptha 1 pint Liquid Drier Green Color No. 1: 25 pounds Medium Chrome Green in Oil 5 gallons raw Linseed Oil ¼ gallon V. M. & P. Naptha 1 pint Liquid Drier You can take a mixture of White Lead or Zinc as a base and by intermixing these various colors can get a paint with any desired shade. To Get More Gloss and Body in Paints.— By passing air through linseed and other oils what is known as Blown Oil is obtained. It appears to have more body but in reality this is false for it does not have. It does produce a paint with more gloss and one which will dry more rapidly and is being used very extensively today by leading paint manufacturers. TOUCH UP BLACK.— The simplest way to make up a touch up Black is to purchase a high grade quality of clear outside coach varnish, one that will stand the weather fairly well. There are any number of varnish makers who will sell you very reasonably what you need. If you get it in five gallon cans you can get a real good FOUR HOUR Varnish (dries in four hours) for around $1.25 a gallon. To this you simply add from five to eight ounces of Carbon Black ground fine in Japan and stir it up and this will give you a touch up Black. This will dry quicker than four hours because the pigment causes the film to dry faster. It actually sets up in an hour so that in that amount of time it will be practically dust free. (We