Have the pan 2/3rds full of putty made of whiting and raw linsd oil,(Memm the depth of pan is 24 inches so that 8 # is left for the o. impe..t),In another pan put 60 lbs of the red dryer (that had been warmed & thinned with an equal quantity of raw linsd oil),Mix with the 60 # of red dryers by degrees stirring well in,X9 galls of the 1st colour oil (p 521),NB This makes an iron pan full to within all 1 ½ inches – don’t put any water over it but allow it to skin over when wanted for use (in abt 6 ms time) the skin is to be removed & water kept over it – Allowed to get abt 6 months old before using it – When used must have a little turps & wt lead added to harden it,Xthis oil was too dark owing to the B oil bottoms,