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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICES
TIIOMAS J. NEAVITT, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.
WALL AND CEILING POLISH.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 446,265, dated February 10, 1891.
Application filed September 20, 1890, Serial No. 365,687. (No specimens.)
To all whomn it may con cern:
Be it known that I, THOMAS J. NEAVITT, of
Austin, in the county of Travis and State of
Texas, have invented a certain new and use-
5 ful Wall and Ceiling Polish, of which the fol-
lowing is a specification.
This invention relates to improvements in
wall and ceiling polishes; and it has for its
object to provide an improved polish of this
to character which shall give to the walls and
ceilings a more brilliant and lustrous appear-
ance, which will reflect light, and have the ap-
pearance of a highly-polished surface, as mar-
ble.
15 My improved compound consists of white
spirits of turpentine, one gallon; light-colored
picked mastic, sixteen ounces; light-colored
sandarac, sixteen ounces; oil of lavender, one
ounce; white oil of poppy, one and one-fourth
20 ounce; and powdered glass one and one-
fourth pound.
In preparing the polish I take the turpen-
tine, mastic, and sandarac and glass and
place them in a suitable vessel, as a glass, or
25 tin can, or jar, or bottle, and tightly cork the
same, and then agitate the vessel. When the
ingredients have dissolved, I take and strain
the same through a suitable strainer-as, for
instance, fine muslin-and then add one ounce
30 of oil of lavender and one and one-fourth
ounce of white oil of poppy to each liquid
quart of the compound. The mixture is then
thoroughly agitated and set in the sunlight
to bleach, when it will become almost as clear
as water and nearly as limpid. It can be ap- 35
plied with an ordinary brush.
The compound is durable, undecaying, and
retains its beautiful gloss and brilliancy for a
long time. It is water-proof. The turpen-
tine acts as a solvent of the mastic and the 40
sandarac, and the oil of lavender, being vola-
tile, prevents the other ingredients from chill-
ing. The oil of poppy cements the whole to-
gether in a firm glossy surface, and serves
also as a drier. 45
It is deemed essential that the turpentine
predominate, and that the mastic and san-
darac be of equal quantities for the best re-
sults. The glass gives to the polish a spark-
ling and brilliant luster. 50
What I claim as new is-
The water-proof polish herein described,
composed of white spirits of turpentine, light-
colored mastic, and light-colored sandarac in
equal quantities, oil of lavender, powdered 55
glass, and white oil of poppy, in substantially
the proportions set forth.
THOMAS J. NEAVITT.
Witnesses:
GEO. B. LUCAS,
TOM D. SMITH.
