--------------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+------+--------- |Red | White | Raw |Boiled|Turp.|Dryers|REMARKS |lead | lead. | Lins.|Lins. | | |(see | | | oil | oil | | |footnotes) --------------+-----+-------+------+------+-----+------+--------- _Inside work, | | | | | | | 4 coats not | | | | | | | [A] flatted._ | lb. | lb. | pt. | pt. | pt. | lb. | | | | | | | | Priming | ½ | 16 | 6 | -- | -- | ¼ | 2nd coat | [B] | 15 | 3½ | -- | 1½ | ¼ | 3rd coat | -- | 13 | 2½ | -- | 1½ | ¼ | 4th coat | -- | 13 | 2½ | -- | 1½ | ¼ | | | | | | | | _Inside work | | | | | | | 4 coats & | | | | | | | flatting._ | | | | | | | Priming |1½ | 16 | 6 | -- | ½ | 1-8 | 2nd coat | -- | 12 | 4 | -- | 1½ | 1-10| 3rd coat | -- | 12 | 4 | -- | 0 | 1-10| 4th coat | -- | 12 | 4 | -- | 0 | 1-10| Flatting | -- | 9 | 0 | -- | 3½ | 1-10| | | | | | | | _Outside work | | | | | | | [C] 4 coats not | | | | | | | flatted._ | | | | | | | Priming | 2 | 18½ | 2 | 2 | -- | 1-8 | 2nd coat | -- | 15 | 2 | 2 | ½ | 1-10| 3rd coat | -- | 15 | 2 | 2 | ½ | 1-10| 4th coat | -- | 15 | 3 | 2½ | 0 | 1-10| --------------------------------------------------------------- [A] Sometimes more red lead is used and less dryer. [B] Sometimes just enough red lead is used to give a flesh-coloured tint. [C] When the finished colour is not to be pure white, it is better to have nearly all the oil boiled oil. All boiled oil does not work well. For pure white a larger proportion of raw oil is necessary, because boiled oil is too dark.