varnishing

When the glue is sufficiently dry, the next thing is to make the veneer smooth and fit for varnishing.

Before varnishing, clean off all grease and oil with benzine and see that paint is bright.

In varnishing ebonized wood a little drop black must be added to the varnish or it will give a brown shade.

It is far and away the most suitable liquid for the purpose, and without it varnishing would be very difficult and unsatisfactory.

On Varnishing Day Stanfield urged that the sails were untrue.