Tobacco Brown Finish

Tobacco Brown Water Stain

¶ Used on On Oak, Chestnut and Other Woods.

¶ Formula:

:8 drams naphthol yellow, aniline, dry, water soluble,
1 dram bichromate of potash,
1 gallon of hot water.
Brush on the above as a first coat. Let dry, sandpaper and clean up.
28 drams walnut aniline crystals, dry, water soluble,
3½ drams mahogany brown aniline, dry, water soluble,
1 quart and 10 ounces of hot water.
Brush on for a second coat, let dry. Apply one thin coat of shellac, ½ orange and ½ white. Sandpaper lightly if the grain has been raised again. Clean up.

¶ Filler:

Silex (silica) colored dark brown with Vandyke brown ground in oil.

¶ Finish:

Shellac, ½ white and ½ orange. Varnish and rub dull, or flat varnish. When this finish is not to be filled finish with shellac and wax.

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