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Suitable Spirit for Varnish-Making
When making spirit varnishes for polishing furniture etc., the gums and resins (colophony, sandarac and shellac etc.) are dissolved in ethyl alcohol (ethanol) – or more acceptably, for safety reasons these days – Industrial Methylated Spirit (IMS) or simply, ‘meths’. … Continue reading
Posted in Staining, colouring and polishing
Tagged colophony, denatured alcohol, ethanol, ethyl alcohol, gum, gunpowder, meths, methylated spirit, mineral turpentine, polishing, proof, resin, sandarac, shellac, spirit, varnish
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Ives, Diall’s & Co. Oil and Spirit Varnish Manufactory
Before the process of ‘French polishing’ was broadly adopted for finishing woodwork, a great deal of eighteenth-century furniture was simply, but skilfully polished with spirit varnish, laid on with a brush and then flattened. Colophony, copal, mastic, sandarac and shellac … Continue reading
Posted in Staining, colouring and polishing
Tagged colophony, copal, copal varnish, gold lacquer, mastic, sandarac, shellac, spirit varnish
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