Spirit of wine varnish
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Description
A protective finish composed of a [fullrecord.asp?name=natural resin natural resin] dissolved in [fullrecord.asp?name=alcohol alcohol]. Spirit of wine varnish was used in the 18th century as a fast drying finish. Recipes often used a mixture of resins such as [fullrecord.asp?name=sandarac sandarac], [fullrecord.asp?name=spermaceti spermaceti], [fullrecord.asp?name=elemi elemi], and [fullrecord.asp?name=mastic resin mastic]. The finish was used for varnising gilt leather and picture frames. See [fullrecord.asp?name=spirit varnish spirit varnish].
Authority
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996