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Show A Difcourfe of Fore(t-Trees. Chap. XXXI. i sand other fine wood,is compos'd of a part of the pur~ of orn and Lamp- black : This they heat and drop into ose Crannies 3 then with an hot- Irom, glaze it over, and being cold, fcrape it even with a fharp Chifel, and after all , polifh it with a Brufh of bentsa wollen-cloth, Felt,and an Hogs-bair Rubber = Alfo Maftic alone, mingled with a proper Colour is of no leffe aer Weconcludeall,with that incomparable Secret ofthe Fapox or China -Vernifoes , which has hitherto been referv’d fo choicely among the Virtuofi, with which I fhall fuppofe to have abundantly gratified the moft curious employers of the finer moods, Take a Pint of Spirit of Wine exquifitely dephlegm'd,four Ounces of Gum-Lacq, which thus clenfe : break it firft from the fticks and rubbifh , and roughly contufing it‘in a Mortar, put it to feeepin Fountain water, ti?d up ina bag of courfe Linmen, together with a very fmall morfel of the beft Caffle-Sope, for 12 hours; then rub out all the sindure from it 5 to which adda little Alwm , and referve it apart : The Guas-lacq remainingin the bag , with one Ounce of Sandrac (fome add as much Adaftic and White:Amber) diflolvein a large Adatras ( well ftopp'd ) with the fpirit_of Wine by atwo dayes digeftion, frequently agitating it, that it adhere not tothe Glafie: Then férain, and preffe it forthintoa leffer Veféls; Some,after the firlt Infufion upon the Afhes, after twenty four hours, augmentthe deat, and transfer the Azatras tothe Sandbach, till the Liquor begins to fimper 5 and when the upper part of the Matras grows a little hot,and that the Gum-lacq is melted, which by thattime (if the Operation be heeded) commonlyit is, {train it through a Linnen-cloth,and prefe it ‘twixt two flicks into theglaf, tobe kept for #/é, which it will eternally be , if well ftopp’d. The pplication. The Wood which you would Vernifh, fhould be very clean, fmooth, and without the leaft freckle orflaw 3 and in cafe there be any, {top them with a paft made of Gum Tragacanth , incorporated with what Colour you defign : Then cover it with 2 layer of Vernifh purely, till it be fufficiently drench’d with it Then take /evex times the quantity ofthe Vernifh, _as you do of Colour , andbruife it in a {mall earthen difh glaz'd, with a piece of fome hard wood,till they are well mingled : Apply this with a very fine andfull Pewcil;a quarter ofan hour after,do it over again,even to three times fucceflively;and if everytime it be permitted to dry, before youput on the next, ‘twill prove the better : W ithin two hours after thefe four /ayers ( or fooner if youpleafe) Polifh it with Prefle (which our Cabinet-makers call as I think, Dutch-Reeds) wet,or dry5 nor much imports it, though in doing this, you fhould chance toaifcover any of the weed; fince you are to pafle ir over fouror five times as above; andif it be not yet {mooth enough, Prefic itagain with the Reeds; but now very tenderly ; Then i Chap. XXXI. A Difcourfe of Forett=Trees, it fufficiently with Zripoly, and.a little oyl-Olive, or Water.: Laftly, coverit once or twice again with your Vernifh , and two days after , polifh it as before with Tripoly and a piece of Hitters Felt, The Colours. To makeit of afair Red, Take spanifh Vermilion, with a quarter part of Venice-Lacke. _ For Black, Ivory calcin'd (as Chymifts {peak ).twixt two well luted Crucibles, which being grown’d in water, with the beft and greeneft Coppros, and fo let dry, treferve, For Blew, take Uitra-Marin, and onely twice asof Colour, The reft, are to be applid like as much Vernifh 5 the Red, except it be the Green, whichis hard to makefair and vivid, and therefore feldome ufed, Note, The right Japon, is done with three or four Layer s of Vernifh with the Colours ; then two of pure Verxif h unecolour'd (which is made by the former Procefe 5 without the Sendr ac whichis only mingled and ufed for Keds ) which mutt be done with a {vvift ; and even ftroke , that it may not dry befor e the Avent edon it ; and then you areto coverit with fo many urin be feiftLayers ofpure Vernifh y as will render it like polifh’d Glafé, it with Tripoly , Oyl, and the Felt, as before direcLaft of all fourbith ted. Note, By Venturine is meant the moft delicate and flender Golden-myre fuch as Evsbroiderers ule, reduc’d toa kind of powde you can clipp it: this {trew'd uponthefirft Layer r , as {mall as of pure Fernifh , when dry, fuperinduce what Colour youpleafe 5 and thisis pretily imitated with feveral Tales. This being the if? time that fo rare a Secret has been imparted , the Reader will believe that I envy him nothing vwvhic h may be of wfé to the Publique: And though many years fess vve vvere Mas Ster of this Curtofity , Athanafive Kerchér has fet dovvn a Proceffe in his late China Wnuftrata pretty faithfully 5 yet, befide {peaks L ative ( fuch as'tis ) it is nothing foperfe# as s that it onely ours, Hovvs beit , there vve learn, that the moft Opulent Province of Chekiang is for nothing more celebrated, than the excellent Paper vvhichit produces, and the Gummte call’d Cié ( extilling from certain Trees ) vvith vvhich they compofe their famous Vernifh , fo univerfally valu’d over the World; becau fe it is other Inventions of that nature, to preferve, and found aboveall beautifie wood y above anything vvhich has hitherto been deteGed : And it has accordingly fo genetally obtained vvith them » that they have vvhole Rooms and ample Chambers, Wain( cotted therevvith, and divers of their moft precious Furnituré; as Cabinets, Tables, Stools, Beds, Difhes, Skreens, Staves; Frames, Pots, and othet Vtenfils + But /omg it vvas ere vve could for all this,appro any purpofe,till F. Exffachins Inarf an Aunguf achit in Europe to tine- Monk, obtain’d the Secret , and oblig'd us vvith it. Dd z t |