INDEX.
Reading edition
A.
Alcohol, use of, in distemper, 30.
Ammonia, spirits of, for removing old paint, 6.
Angular cutter, 50, 53.
Aniline colors used in graining, 54.
Ash, burl, 20.
burl, ground colors for, 8.
graining, 17.
ground colors for, 7.
Hungarian, 19.
Hungarian, ground colors for, 7.
Western, to match, 18.
Asphaltum for shading color of oak, 16.
B.
Badger blender, 49, 52.
Bamboo brush, use of, in graining rosewood, 37.
Best colors should be used for graining, 7.
Bird's-eye maple, 22.
maple in water color, 22.
Black walnut, 31.
Blending groundwork, 12.
quartered oak, 13.
Blistered appearance of whitewood, 41.
Bristle graining brush, 51, 53.
liners, fresco, 52, 53.
mottlers or cutters, 50, 53.
stippler, 53.
Brush, bamboo, use of, in graining rosewood, 37.
should not be stubby, 11.
Burl ash, 20.
ash, ground colors for, 8.
ash in oil color, 20.
Burning off paint, 6.
C.
Camel's-hair mottler or cutter, 50, 53.
Castellated or knotted overgrainer, 49, 50, 52.
Champs, to put in, 12.
Champs, shading, 15.
Cheap jobs, 6.
Check roller, 15, 53.
Cherry, 28.
ground work for, 8.
in oil color, preference for, 28.
natural wood, to match, 8.
Chestnut, 21.
clean cut divisions in graining, 14.
clearly cut joints in graining, 14.
graining in water colors, 22.
ground colors for, 7.
resemblance to ash, 21.
Coats, which to be avoided, 8.
thin preferable, 8.
Color for graining, 9.
for graining burl ash, 20.
of wood, to imitate, 9.
preparation of in graining oak, 10.
straining before thinning, 7.
to mix, 11.
usually dark, 10.
Combs, leather, 48, 49.
rubber, 12.
steel, 48.
Composition roller, graining by, 56.
Copyists of copies, 13.
Covering teeth of graining combs, 12.
Cracking of varnish, 42.
Curly, or rock maple, 25.
Cutter, angular, 50, 53.
Cutters or mottlers 50, 53.
Cypress wood, 38.
D.
Dark oak, 7.
ground color for, 7.
veins in rosewood, 37.
veins in mahogany, 35.
veins in quartered oak, 12.
Degenerate copyists of copies, 13.
Distemper, graining ash in, 18.
graining oak in, 16.
Divisions should be clean cut in graining, 14.
"Docked" pencil in bird's eye maple, 23.
Driers in graining color, 11.
Dry colors should never be used for grounds, 7.
E.
Edges of panel, how finished, 14.
Experience in varnish cracking, 43.
Eyes and shadows in bird's eye maple, 23.
in bird's eye maple, how to accentuate, 24.
F.
Feathered mahogany, 36.
Fine art, graining considered as a, 46.
champs in pollard oak, to put in, 28.
Fitch hair overgrainer, 49, 51.
or piped overgrainer, 51, 53.
tool, use of in graining ash, 17.
tool, use of in graining cypress, 39.
Flat brush used in graining in preference to round, 11.
fresco bristle liners, 52, 53.
French walnut, burl, 32.
walnut burl, graining in distemper, 33, 34.
walnut burl, pieces should be small, 34.
French walnut, ground work for, 8.
Fresco bristle liners, 52, 53.
G.
Glue size for distemper binder, 30.
Graduated teeth in graining combs, 12.
Grainers' combs, 11.
tools, 48.
Graining ash, 17.
ash in distemper, 18.
by patent roller, 54.
by stencil plates, 55.
by transfer paper, 57.
can be scoured off, 5.
cannot be chipped, 5.
chestnut, 21.
color, 9.
color, to mix, 9.
considered as a fine art, 46.
cypress, 39.
for the trade, 46.
light oak in oil, 10.
oak, 7, 16.
over old paint, 5.
over old work, preparation for, 6.
will not fade, 5.
Gransorbian transfer graining process, 56.
Grained work, varnishing over, 42.
Ground color, 6.
color, Indian red should never be used, for 9.
for burl ash, 8.
for chestnut, 7.
for cypress graining, 39.
for satin wood, 8.
colors of ash, 7.
Growth of ash, heart, 17.
of cherry, 29.
Growth for white wood, 41.
Ground work for cherry, 8.
for French walnut, 8.
for graining, 5.
for mahogany, 8.
for oak, 7.
for rosewood, 9.
for satin wood, 26.
for walnut, 8.
when old paint is not removed, 9.
H.
Heart grains in bird's eye maple, 24.
growth of ash, 17.
of oak, 14.
work in quartered oak, 14.
Hearts, imitating in black walnut, 32.
Hard pine, 40.
Hard wood varnishes, 43.
High lights in whitewood, 41.
Honduras feathered mahogany, 35.
Hungarian ash, 19.
ground colors for, 7.
I.
Imitation of carved work, mouldings, etc., 58.
M.
Mahogany, 35.
ground work for, 8.
Maple bird's eye, 22.
ground colors for, 7.
Marbler or mottler, the serrated, 50, 53.
Mason pad, 55.
Matching stained oak, 18.
Mitres and joints in graining, 14.
Mixing color, 11.
graining color, 9.
ground colors, 7.
Modern panels and styles of doors, 58.
Mottler, the waved, 50, 53.
Mottlers or cutters, 50, 53.
camel's hair, 50, 53.
O.
Oak, dark, 7.
graining, 16.
graining, all colors for, 7.
graining in distemper, 16.
groundwork for, 7.
heart of, 14.
light, 7.
light in oil, to grain, 10.
pollard, 27.
quartered, 13.
slashed, 14.
to grain, 10.
Objection to roller process of graining, 55.
Old paint, graining over, 5.
Old varnish, to remove, 6.
Overgrainer, castellated or knotted, 49, 50, 52.
for satinwood, 26.
Overgraining oak, 15.
Overgrainer, plain, 51, 53.
plain bristle, 49, 50, 52.
piped bristle, 49, 51.
P.
Paint, to remove, 6.
Panel edges, how finished, 14.
Panels and styles of doors, 58.
Panels in satinwood, 26.
Plain bristle overgrainer, 49, 52.
overgrainer, 50, 53.
Patent roller process of graining, 54.
Preparing old work for graining, 6.
Piped bristle overgrainer, 49, 51.
bristle overgrainer, use of, in graining black walnut, 31.
Piped overgrainer, 53.
overgrainer, use of, 30.
Pollard oak, 27.
Priming coats, 8.
partly in distemper and oil, 27.
Proportions of colors in graining color, 10.
R.
Removing old paint, 6.
old varnish, 6.
Rock or curly maple, 25.
Roller, the check, 53.
Root of ash, 20.
Rosewood, 37.
groundwork for, 9.
in water color, 37.
Round brush not used in graining, 11.
Rubber combs, 12.
combs with graduated teeth, 12.
Rubbing in graining, 12.
varnish, experiments with, 45.
S.
Sable piped overgrainer, 53.
Sandpapering, 6.
Satin wood, 26.
Second coat work, 6.
Serrated mottler or marbler, 51, 53.
Shadows around knarled places, 15.
Shades in burl ash, 20.
Shading champs, 15.
color of oak, 16.
Silver maple, 25.
Slashed oak, 14.
Smooth surface for graining, 6.
Solution for touching quartered oak work, 13.
Solution to remove varnish or paint, 6.
Spar composition, etc., 43.
Spirits of ammonia for removing old paint, 6.
Stained cherry, to match, 8.
oak, to match, 10.
white oak in preference to graining, 5.
wood, ground colors for, 8.
Steel combs, 11.
combs, (Illustrated) 48.
comb, use of, in quartered oak, 14.
Stencil plates, graining by, 55.
Stippling for graining in mahogany, 36.
for Hungarian ash, 19.
in distemper for black walnut, 31.
Straining colors before thinning, 7.
Stubby brush should not be used, 11.
Substitutes for thumb nail in graining, 12.
T.
The angular cutter, 50, 53.
check roller, 53.
fitch or sable piped overgrainer, 51, 53.
graining color, 9.
mason pad, 55.
patent graining machines, 54.
serrated mottler or marbler, 51, 53.
stubborn bristle, 51, 53.
waved mottler, 50, 53.
Thick coats should be avoided, 8.
Thinning graining color, 11.
Tools for putting bird's eyes in maple, 24.
for use in graining cherry, 29.
used by grainers, 48.
Tools, use in graining mahogany, 36.
use in graining rosewood, 38.
Touching quartered oak with solution, 13.
Transfer graining, 56.
paper, graining by, 57.
Thumb nail, substitutes for, in graining, 12.
V.
Varnish for exposed work, 42.
in graining, 5.
Varnishing over grained work, 42.
Veins, dark, in quartered oak, 13.
in oak, 16.
Vinegar, use in removing old paint, 6.
W.
Walnut, black, 31.
French, burl, 32.
French, groundwork for, 8.
groundwork for, 8.
Water colors, use of, in graining black walnut, 31.
Waved mottler, the, 50, 53.
Western ash, matching, 18.
White wood, 40.
wood, blistered appearance, 41.
Woods, color of, to imitate, 9.