INTRODUCTION

TO FIRST EDITION

About thirty years ago practice in the making of linseed oil, varnishes, japans, and colors first brought the writer into daily contact with questions regarding the manipulation of paint, its properties, and the results of the various operations to which it was subjected. Painters, engineers, architects, builders, and constructors have since been continuously asking questions whose answers involved thought and experiment.

At one time paint-making was an art, then it became a trick, now it is a science. This  little  handbook is written by a paint-

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