In the [Annales] des [Cortes] J. is the following receipt for making a milk white paint
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Title
In the [Annales] des [Cortes] J. is the following receipt for making a milk white paint
Transcript
In the Annales des [Cortes] J. is the following receipt for making a milk white paint
Skim milk two quarts fresh slaked lime eight ounces, linseed oil six ounces white Burgundy pitch two ounces Spanish White three pounds. The lime is to be slaked in water exposed to the air, mixed in about one fourth of the milk. the oil in which the pitch is previously dissolved, to be added a little at a time, then the not of the milk and, afterwards the spanish white. This quantity is sufficient for 27 square has two coats and the expence [strikeout] not more than ten-pence.
Skim milk two quarts fresh slaked lime eight ounces, linseed oil six ounces white Burgundy pitch two ounces Spanish White three pounds. The lime is to be slaked in water exposed to the air, mixed in about one fourth of the milk. the oil in which the pitch is previously dissolved, to be added a little at a time, then the not of the milk and, afterwards the spanish white. This quantity is sufficient for 27 square has two coats and the expence [strikeout] not more than ten-pence.
Subject
linseed oil See all items with this value
white burgundy pitch See all items with this value
spanish white See all items with this value
Contributor
Caylor, Karmen
Le, Vincent
Source
Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher
George Mason University Libraries
Rights
Public domain. There are no known restrictions.