Page:Federal Reporter, 1st Series, Volume 5.djvu/77

 BBIDGEPOET WOOD FINISHiNG 00. V, HOOPEB. ���e5 ���ified, or producing a hard or smooth surface ready for the varnish. �"I use finely-powdered flint, quartz, or feldspar, which are non-absorbents of moisture or liquid of any kind, and \?hich fill the pores of the wood by the particles packing together similar to a concrete, and which are combined with any fluid substance that will permit them being rubbed into the sur- face, such as oil or varnish, or other similar fluids; the finely-powdered flint or quartz being so mixed to about the consistency of jelly, and colored if desired, to match the wood to be filled and polished. I apply the mixture with a pad of cloth or leather to the wood, and rub it into the pores until they are fuU, when, by a little eontinuous rubbing, the surplus material will adhere to the pad or cloth until the whole sur- face of the wood is cleaned off, leaving the pores of the wood entirely packed, and, when dry, presenting a smooth, hard, and glassy surface, of great durabUity, upon which one coat of varnish will produce ail the finish desired for fine furniture." �The claim is : "In the art of filling wood, the employment of finely-powdered flint, quartz, or feldspar, mixed with oil or other fluent substance, substantially as described." �The invention bas proved to be a great success. The fiUer has gone into extensive use, and has eflfected a very large saving of time and expense in the manufacture of furniture, and is used upon the finest work, It makes a hard, perma- nent, and glassy or transparent surface, impenetrable to oil or moisture, leaves the wood in its natural color, and requir- ing the application of but a single coat of varnish. The rea- Bons of its superiority eonsist in its non-absorbent quality, and mainly "in the peculiar nature of the ground quartz. The particles being angular, sharp, and, I might say, needle- pointed, they readily enter into and unite with the fiber of the wood, and, when once united with the fiber of the wood, it is impossible to displace them, and when large orifice* require to be filled the particles readily pack one upon an- other, and beoome permanent and solid." The jelly-like mixture of oil and varnish, with the quartz, forms, when �v.5,no.l — 5 ����