A HANDBOOK ON JAPANNING
FOR IRONWARE, TINWARE, WOOD,
ETC.
WITH SECTIONS ON TIN-PLATING
AND GALVANIZING
BY
WILLIAM N. BROWN
SECOND EDITION: REVISED AND
ENLARGED WITH THIRTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON
SCOTT, GREENWOOD AND SON
"THE OIL AND COLOUR TRADES JOURNAL" OFFICES
8 BROADWAY, LUDGATE, E.C.
D.
VAN NOSTRAND COMPANY
8
WARREN ST., NEW YORK
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INTRODUCTION.
Japanning,
as it is generally understood in Great Britain, is the
art of covering paper, wood, or metal with a more or
less thick coating of brilliant varnish, and hardening
the same by baking it in an oven at a suitable heat. It
originated in Japan—hence its name—where the natives use
a natural varnish or lacquer which flows from a certain
kind of tree, and which on its issuing from the plant is
of a creamy tint, but becomes black on exposure to the
air. It is mainly with the application of "japan" to
metallic surfaces that we are concerned in these pages.
Japanning may be said to occupy a position midway
between painting and porcelain enamelling, and a
japanned surface differs from an ordinary painted
surface in being far more brilliant, smoother, harder,
and more durable, and also in retaining its gloss
permanently, in not being easily injured by hot water or
by being placed near a fire; while real good japanning
is characterised by great lustre and adhesiveness to the
metal to which it has been applied, and its
non-liability to chipping—a fault which, as a rule,
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