Excerpt from Manufacturers' Practical Recipes, Vol. 1: Comprising Pigments and Dry Colours, Paste and Mixed Paints, Paint Oils, Vehicles, and Mediums, Distempers, and Sundry Paint Materials Many of the most valuable recipes detailed in the following pages can be worked on the manufacturing scale with the simplest plant, a fact which in itself frequently involves an immense saving. Some products, however, can be prepared only by the agency of specially adapted machinery, and in such cases the constru'ction of the latter is indicated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.