Kalsomining

Ingredients

• ten pounds of Paris white
• one-eighth of a pound best white glue
• a quarter of a pint of linseed oil
• perhaps ten cents' worth
• enough water to thin it down to about a pailful of the liquid
• a little ultramarine in a cup of cold water

Method

1. 1

   Soak Paris white in cold water to dissolve.

2. 2

   Soak glue in cold water for 3-4 hours.

3. 3

   Melt glue over heat, mix with dissolved whitening.

4. 4

   Add linseed oil and muriatic acid, stirring.

5. 5

   Thin with cold water to desired consistency.

6. 6

   Add ultramarine to remove yellow tinge.

7. 7

   Apply with a clean whitewash brush.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Twentieth century home cook book (1905) by Francis Carruthers, page 174. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Kalsomining, There are as many ways to kalsomine as there are to whitewash. The simplest mode we know of is to take ten pounds of Paris white, and soak it in cold water — just enough water to dissolve it well. Take one-eighth of a pound best white glue, soaked in cold water enough to cover. Let it soak three to four hours; or till well swelled. If there is much liquid by the time the glue is well swollen, take the glue out and put it in a saucepan over the fire, with a little water to keep it from burning. Mix the dissolved whitening thoroughly with the hand. Then add the melted glue, mixing well. This mixing needs to be done in a large vessel. Then pour into these ingredients a quarter of a pint of linseed oil, and on top of oil pour sufEcient muriatic acid (perhaps ten cents' worth) to cut the oil, stirring it the while. After this is done, add cold water enough to the whole to thin it down to about a pailful of the liquid. Then mix a little ultramarine in a cup of cold water

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.