[ How to Make Fat Drying Oyl ] William Trueman
Date: The manuscript is dated 1750, 1771-1772. | 1750/01/01 to 1772/12/31
Source:
John and William Trueman Notebook
Institution: Mount Allison University Archives
| Source Origin: Trueman Family Fonds, 1750-1931
| Sublocation: 1. Trueman family notebooks, account books, diaries, and artifacts. 1750, 1771-1883.
| Reference: Accession 0102
Instructions for making an oil used for drying paint on folio 10r. Image courtesy of Mount Allison University Archives.
How to make fat drying ^oyl
to a quart of Linseed oyl
add two ounces of the lithar ^ge
of lead which mya be had
at Every Drugsters shops
pouder it fine when you have
mixt it boil it in a Earth ^en
pot and let it boyl for an
hour till the oyl be thick
and fat allmost as thick as
treacle then set it on fire
stir it well then let stand
till clear and then let stand
till cowld then put two part ^s
of plane oyl and one of fat
for Drying paint
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