| Introductory | 1 |
| CHAPTER I. |
| THE SHOP AND ITS EQUIPMENT. |
| Locating and Fitting up the Shop—System of Ventilation—Furnishing and
Equipping the Varnish Room—The "Set Room," Etc.—With Fourteen
Illustrations of Labor-Saving Devices for the Paint Shop and Varnish Room | 3 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| BUYING, USING, AND PRESERVING BRUSHES. |
| How to Select a Brush—How to Care for It—Softening the Hard Brush—Brush
Keepers—Preserving Liquids, Etc.—With Seventeen Illustrations | 9 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| THE SURFACING STAGE OF PAINTING. |
| Materials Used—Priming—Its Importance—Numerous Formulas for Primers—When
to Prime and How—Lead Coats—Their Office and Significance—Rub
Lead, with Full Directions for Making and Applying—Knifing Lead, with
Numerous Formulas for Making It—Putty—Ten Formulas for Making Putty—Directions
for Using Putty so as to Obtain the Best Results—Sandpapering—How
and How Not to Do It—Sizes of Paper to be Used—Roughstuff—Many
Formulas for Making It—The Mission of Roughstuff, with Full and
Complete Directions for Applying and Surfacing It—Six Illustrations Accompany
the Chapter | 17 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| COLORS. |
| Colors Scientifically Analyzed—Prismatic and Objective Color—The Orders of
Objective Colors and their Uses in Vehicle Painting—Harmonizing and
Contrasting Colors—Testing Colors—Assaying for Opacity, Coloring
Strength, Brilliancy, and Durability—With a Practical Working Table for
Compounding 95% of the Most Fashionable and Popular Colors Used in
Modern Carriage and Wagon Painting | 28 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| THE APPLICATION OF COLORS TO SURFACES. |
| Detailed Instructions for Preparing the Foundation Colors—How to get the Finest
Results in Using the Ever-Popular Greens, Blues, and the Varied Colors
Belonging to the Red Order—Also Yellows, Browns, and Blacks—Complete
Information Covering the Painting of a White Job | 37 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| VARNISH, AND THE MARVELOUS THING ABOUT IT. |
| Virtues of Varnish—Brief Review of its Mission—Applying Rubbing Varnish—Surfacing It,
and the Tools and Appliances Used—Importance of the Water
Supply, Washing Up, Etc.—The Tale of Fine Varnishing Made Easy—Flowing
the Finishing Coat—Varnishing Running Parts—Various Movements
Necessary—Numerous Illustrations | 47 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| DEPRAVITIES OF VARNISH. |
| Their Causes and Cure or Prevention—Graining Out—Cracking—Sweating—Deadening,
Sinking In—Enameling, Silking, Etc.—Pitting—Seedy or
Specky—Crawling—Wrinkling, Crinkling—Runs, Sags, Curtains, Draperies—Ridging,
Roughing—Perishing, Crumbling, Rusting—Chipping,
Flaking, Peeling—Fire Checks—Greening—Blooming—Blisters—Spotting | 54 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| STRIPING AND ITS PURPOSE. |
| How to Learn the Art—Directions for Making Pencils and Caring for Them—Mixing
Striping Colors—Names of Stripes—With Thirty-Six Illustrations,
including Pencils, Various Styles of Stripes, Panel and Corner Designs, Etc. | 61 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| SCROLL PAINTING. |
| The Passing of the Fine Old Roman Scroll and its Destined Return to Favor—Relief
and Flat Scrolls Fully Described—How to Learn the Art of Scrolling—Scrolls
in Gold, Aluminum, and Colors—The Basis of Beautiful Scroll
Work—Recipes for Gilding Size—With Eighteen Illustrations, Including
Five Full-Page Designs of Relief and Flat Scrolls | 75 |
| CHAPTER X. |
| LETTERING. |
| Wagon Lettering as Distinguished from Sign Writing—Specific Directions for
Learning the Art of Wagon Lettering, Including Laying Out, Spacing,
Outlining, Balancing, Shading, Punctuation, Etc.—Roman, Modified Block,
Ornamental, and Grecian Alphabets, Numerals, Etc., Shown—With Designs
for Business Vehicle Panels | 89 |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| MONOGRAMS. |
| Their Antiquity, Relation to Modern Vehicle Painting, Etc.—Designing and
Painting the Monogram—Necessary Tools—Making a Transfer Monogram—Leading Colors
and Engaging Combinations—With Eighteen Illustrations | 102 |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| PAINTING THE MODERN BUSINESS WAGON. |
| Considered as a Work of Art and as an Advertising Medium—Practical Instructions
which Cover the Various Classes of Business Vehicles—The Factory
Method Explained—Painting Heavy Trucks and Farm Wagons—Popular
Colors for Painting Business Wagons—Numerous Formulas for Painting
Canvas and Cloth Tops | 109
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| CHAPTER XIII. |
| RE-PAINTING AND RE-VARNISHING VEHICLES. |
| Full Description of Manner of Doing the Various Classes of Work—How to
Match Colors—To Burn Off Paint—Tables of Materials used in Painting
Vehicles—Treatment of Tops and Dashes, Formulas for Dressings, Etc.—Method
of Marking Vehicles—Washing Finished Work—Schedule of
Prices for Repainting | 117 |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| A PRACTICAL STUDY OF MATERIALS. |
| White Lead—Importance of its Purity—Quality of Colors in General—Adulteration
as Viewed from the Painter's Standpoint—Purity of Raw Linseed
Oil—Turpentine—Testing Coach Japan—Varnish | 130 |
| CHAPTER XV. |
| PAINTING CUTTERS AND SLEIGHS. |
| Decorative Features of the Work—The Various Processes of Painting Fully Detailed—The
Anti-Kalsomine Method—Prevailing Colors—Striping and
Scrolling—Instructions Bearing upon Re-painting, Re-varnishing, Etc.—With
Nine Artistic Ornaments | 139 |
| CHAPTER XVI. |
| FACTS AND FORMULAS FROM THE PAINT SHOP DIARY. |
| Many Practical Matters and Methods Briefly Stated—Blending of Colors—Spontaneous
Combustion—The Best Varnish Room—Remedy for Rusted Carriage
Springs—Painting Metallic Surfaces—Thinning Varnish—Painting
a Natural-Wood Finished Job—Repairing Bruised Surfaces—How to Make
Varnish Go Wrong, Etc., Etc. | 148 |
