Putty: Whiting Mixed with Linseed Oil to a Dough (Henley, 1907)

Common putty as carpenters, painters and glaziers used it: whiting worked into linseed oil until it has the consistency of dough. Not given: the proportions. Work in whiting until the mass is a dough. Source: Henley's Twentieth Century Book of Recipes (1907), p. 606. Picture: the entry.

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Instructions

Mix whiting into the oil

Work whiting into linseed oil a little at a time until the mass has the consistency of dough. Ours: a mortar for the working.

Materials for this step:

Calcium Carbonate - Whiting1 as needed

Linseed Oil1 as needed

Tools needed:

Mortar and Pestle

Materials

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Calcium Carbonate - Whiting
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Linseed Oil
1 as needed
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Tools Required

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Mortar and Pestle
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