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... smooth all over . This sandpaper is also known as wet - or - dry . Number 200 is fast , but use carefully and add just enough water to keep surface wet . This prevents the paint dust from clogging the surface of the sand- paper ...
... smooth all over . This sandpaper is also known as wet - or - dry . Number 200 is fast , but use carefully and add just enough water to keep surface wet . This prevents the paint dust from clogging the surface of the sand- paper ...
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... smooth as glass . We assume that you have already used the metal primer and two coats of black paint , and a coat of varnish . To make the tray smooth , use black waterproof sandpaper No. 600 with water to rub the tray thoroughly until ...
... smooth as glass . We assume that you have already used the metal primer and two coats of black paint , and a coat of varnish . To make the tray smooth , use black waterproof sandpaper No. 600 with water to rub the tray thoroughly until ...
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... smooth . Wash off and dry thoroughly . Buff the entire tray lightly with 4,0 steel wool . Sprinkle with talcum powder and wipe off with a dry cloth . Make sure that all steel wool particles are removed . Gold leaf must be laid on a very ...
... smooth . Wash off and dry thoroughly . Buff the entire tray lightly with 4,0 steel wool . Sprinkle with talcum powder and wipe off with a dry cloth . Make sure that all steel wool particles are removed . Gold leaf must be laid on a very ...
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Painting in Color | 15 |
Rectangular Tray with Rounded Corners | 29 |
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accent alizarin crimson antique apply areas band black background black paint black varnish medium blend boxes bronze powder brush strokes burnt umber chest Chippendale Tray chrome yellow medium clean coat of paint coat of varnish cover dark decorated deep gold dry brush dust edges excess gold finger finished floor flowers fruit furniture glaze gold leaf gold powder gold-bronze powder green Hitchcock Chair inches India ink japan paint Lace-Edge Tray light lines lithopone mineral spirits mixed mother-of-pearl palladium leaf panel pattern pencil petals Photograph piece Place Pontypool Prussian blue pumice quill brush raw umber reaches the tacky Rectangular Tray rose sable brush sanding primer shade shadow sides shellac silver powder smooth smudge soft stamens steel wool stencil surface tack cloth tacky stage thin turpentine Twenty-four hours later umber and varnish underpainting veins velvet Venetian red wad of cotton waterproof sandpaper wipe yellow dots yellow ochre