The varnish is composed of one pound of either asphalte, Prussian blue, or fine ivory black, ten pounds of thick copal varnish, twenty pounds of the linseed oil prepared as before described ...

To produce a plain, white, polished surface, the patentee takes carbonlite of lead or znic white, which he grinds up with turpentine and partially dries, and then mixes with copal varnish.