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Yellow Ochre wash

Ingredients

• 1 pound of glue
• 3 pounds of yellow ochre
• 1 pound of whiting
• water or skim milk

Instructions

Dissolve the glue in hot water, and stir into it the yellow ochre and whiting; mix it well, and thin it with water or skim milk. It is a suitable wash for a common room or kitchen.

Lamp-black mixed with molasses, and put in white-wash, makes a good color for a kitchen.

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Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers.

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