A Manual of Mending and Repairing; With Diagrams

Take paper from the mill, not as yet sized, and mix with it to six parts of turpentine two of mastic. This really makes a very clear, or at least diaphanous, medium, which may b...

The most perfect form of this curious art is an improvement which, I believe, is my own invention. This consists of introducing leaves of painted _mica_ between the two glasses....

The varnish, while _hot_, is mixed with the boiling glue, and it is to be used at once. This is (LEHNER) useful to coat and caulk casks, especially those in which such fluids as...

To completely transfer the painting, gum over its surface two coats of soft paper. Lay it on the face, and carefully remove the old canvas ground. This is effected by wetting ev...

“The next process was to remove the _glaze_ from the saffron robe, composed of yellow lake and burnt sienna. This brought them to a flame colour, in which the _modelling_ had be...

It would be perfectly possible to construct an entire house of such wood-cement, and one which would be perfectly durable, or even more so than wood, since beams and planks thus...

All of these devices are of use to the restorer. As regards restoration of terra-cotta, the field is wide and profitable. Not only in Italy, but even in London, we may find for...

By combining glue (and many other adhesives) directly with the tannin or gall nut astringent we obtain _a waterproof cement_ of great strength, which is very useful for shoes. I...

Caoutchouc is partially soluble in carburetted sulphur, ether, pure petroleum, or benzole, but gutta-percha is perfectly so. In this state it may be applied as a varnish or coat...

When plaster of Paris is simply combined with burnt alum in water, the objects mended with it require several weeks to set or adhere. Gypsum combined with gum alone holds firmly...

The borax and salt are melted in water and then quickly mixed with the remaining ingredients, which are in a combined powder. At a white-heat this becomes a glassy substance, wh...

Where the leader may have a great number of books to bind, he will find it an economy or a means to secure good work to hire a girl who is an experienced book-stitcher to come a...

It is easy to make any article of _papier-mâché_ if the mere beginning of a form has once been shaped; because, after that is set, all that we have to do is to gradually paste o...

Ivory is often bleached by the simple process of damping, or wiping it with water and then exposing it to the rays of the sun; which must, however, be frequently repeated. Accor...

A cement which will resist the action of spirits of wine will often be very valuable, as when large lids are to be fastened to jars containing anatomical preparations. One is ma...

The author of this work modestly trusts that all who read it with care will admit that in it he has distinctly shown that mending or repairing, which has hitherto been regarded...

I have truly said that, while breaking and decay are universal, there are literally nowhere any generally accomplished repairers--that is to say, experts who know and can practi...

[3] For fullest details as to the treatment of horn, the reader may consult _Die Verarbeitung des Hornes_, &c., by LOUIS E. ANDÉS, in which he will also find full details as to...