...Indeed the greatest part of the mystery of painting stucco, so as to stand or wear well, certainly consists in attending to these observations ; for...plaster, and frequently causes large defective patches, extremely difficult to get the better of. Perhaps, in general cases, where persons are building on...

...painted over much sooner than when prepared on brick. Indeed the most difficult part of stucco painting consists in attending to these observations ; for...meets with any foreign body obstructing its escape, as oilpainting for instance, it immediately resists it, forming a number of vesicles containing an acrid...

...serviceable in stucco, unless the walls have been erected a sufficient time to permit the mass of brick work to have acquired a sufficient degree of dryness. When...number of vesicles or particles, containing an acrid lime water, which forces off the layers of plaster, and frequently causes large defective patches,...

...following observations. The expansive power of water is such, both in freezing and in evaporation, that when it meets with any foreign body obstructing its escape, as, for instance, oil painting, it immediately assails the obstruction, forming, in so doing, a number...

...following observations. The expansive power of water is such, both in freezing and in evaporation, that when it meets with any foreign body obstructing its escape, as, for instance, oil painting, it immediately assails the obstruction, forming, in so doing, a number...

...following observations. The expansive power of water is such, both in freezing and in evaporation, that when it meets with any foreign body obstructing its escape, as for instance, oil painting, it immediately assails the obstruction, forming, in so doing, a number...