Download free and public domain books on wood finishing, french polishing, enamelling, hardwood finishing, mordating, staining, etc.

 

THE EXPERT WOOD FINISHER

A Text Book for the Guidance of the Expert Workman and Manual of Instruction for the Learner

BY A. ASHMUN KELLY,  1921


 

HOW TO TEACH WOOD FINISHING

BY FRANK HENRY SELDEN

THE MAUDSLAY PRESS, Valley City, North Dakota, 1914


 

HINTS AND PRACTICAL INFORMATION FOR CABINET-MAKERS, UPHOLSTERERS, AND FURNITURE MEN GENERALLY

A description of all kinds of finishing, with full directions

-  varnishes
-  polishes
-  stains for wood
-  dyes for wood
-  gilding and silvering
-  receipts for the factory
-  lacquers, metals, marbles, etc.
-  pictures, engravings, etc.
-  miscellaneous.

NEW YORK: THE INDUSTRIAL PUBLICATION COMPANY, 1899.


 

ARCHITECTURAL HARDWOOD FINISHING

A Practical Treatise on Modern Methods of Finishing the Wood

by George Whigelt

THE PAINTERS MAGAZINE, 1906


 

FRENCH POLISHING AND ENAMELLING

A Practical Work of Instruction

INCLUDING NUMEROUS RECIPES FOR MAKING POLISHES, VARNISHES, GLAZE LACQUERS, REVIVERS, ETC.

BY RICHARD BITMEAD
AUTHOR OF "THE CABINET-MAKER'S GUIDE," "THE UPHOLSTERER'S GUIDE," ETC.

LONDON,  CROSBY LOCKWOOD AND SON, 1910


 

MODERN PAINTING, HARDWOOD FINISHING AND SIGN WRITING

FULLY ILLUSTRATED

By ARMSTRONG, HODGSON AND DELAMOTTE

Printed by FREDERICK J. DRAKE & CO., CHICAGO, ILL., 1918


 

NATURAL WOODS AND HOW TO FINISH THEM

1894, BERRY BROTHERS, Limited.


 

PRACTICAL HINTS FOR FURNITURE MEN

All kinds of wood finishing with full directions

THE FURNITURE TRADE JOURNAL, New York., Chicago., 1880


 

PROBLEMS OF THE FINISHING ROOM

A Reference and Formula Manual for Furniture Finishers, Woodworkers, Builders, Interior Decorators, Vocational Schools, Etc

BY WALTER K. SCHMIDT

PUBLISHED BY THE PERIODICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN 1922


 

THE ART OF MORDANTING AND STAINING

AND THE COMPLETE TREATMENT OF WOOD SURFACES

A handbook and aid for architects, cabinet makers, decorators, painters, piano factories and trade schools

BY: WILLIAM ZIMMERMANN
Instructor of chemistry in Polytechnic Institute, Barmen, Germany

BOSTON, MASS.: THE ARTI-STAIN CO., 1911


 

THE CABINET-MAKER AND UPHOLSTERER'S COMPANION

COMPRISING THE ART OF DRAWING, AS APPLICABLE TO CABINET WORK; VENEERING, INLAYING, AND BUHL-WORK; THE ART OF DYEING AND STAINING WOOD, IVORY, BONE, TORTOISE-SHELL, ETC.

By J. STOKES.

PHILADELPHIA, HENRY CAREY BAIRD & CO., 1880.


 

WOOD FINISHING

Comprising staining, varnishing, and polishing with engravings and diagrams

EDITED BY PAUL N. HASLUCK

DAVID MCKAY, PUBLISHER, 1900


 

THE UP-TO-DATE HARDWOOD FINISHER

By FRED T. HODGSON, Architect

CHICAGO, FREDERICK J. DRAKE k CO., PUBLISHERS, 1908


 

THE MODERN WOOD FINISHER

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON WOOD FINISHING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES

INCLUDING

Tools and materials employed, preparation of surfaces, stains and staining, fillers and filling, shellacking, varnishes and varnishing, rubbing, polishing, french polishing, wax polishing, oil polishing, etc., Also a Full Description of the Woods Employed in Wood Finishing, their Treatment, and the Finishing of Floors.

By F. MAIRE,
Formerly Editor of "PAINTING AND DECORATING.

Chicago, Press of The Western Painter, 1901.