Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 156, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1919 — Best Way to Stain Floor. [ARTICLE]

Best Way to Stain Floor.

To stain your floor a dark walnut have the floor perfectly clean, then take a pound of burnt umber ground in oil; paint stores sell this preparation.' Next take boiled linseed oil and mix enough of the umber with it to color the oil, but not thicken it. Try, on a small piece of board and add umber until you have the required shade. Rub this Into the floor until the stain ceases to come off and the wood is of a rich walnut brown. Some of the color may dry out, in which case another coat should be applied.