Scrape four ounces of bees’-wax into a basin, and add as much oil of
turpentine as will moisten it through. Then powder a quarter of an
ounce of resin, and add as much Indian red as will bring it to a deep
mahogany colour. When the composition is properly stirred up, it will
prove an excellent cement or paste for blemishes in mahogany, and
other furniture.
_Another Method._
Scrape four ounces of bees’-wax, as before. To a pint of oil of
turpentine, in a glazed pipkin, add an ounce of alkanet-root. Cover
it close, and put it over a slow fire, attending it carefully that
it may not boil over, or catch fire. When the liquid is of a deep
red, add as much of it to the wax as will moisten it through, also a
quarter of an ounce of powdered resin. Cover the whole close, and let
it stand six hours, when it will be fit for use.
_Furniture Oil._
Put some linseed-oil into a glazed pipkin, with as much alkanet root
as it will cover. Let it boil gently, and it will become of a strong
red colour: when cool it will be fit for use.