Word: varnished
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...city's children last year swallowed gunbore cleaner, soldering flux, reducing pills, battery acid, furniture polish, lighter fluid, airplane glue, fertilizer, narcotics, tranquilizers, rubbing alcohol, hormones, after-shave lotion, camphorated oil, motor oil, iodine, toilet cleaners, laundry bleach, chromium polish, gasoline, kerosene, benzene, paint, wood alcohol, linseed oil, varnish, paint thinner, pesticides, cologne, toilet water...
...beneath the waves, and one that is much more accessible in my lifetime." Unlike Cardinal, who sketches on dry land, Swanson has worked out a technique for drawing and coloring underwater. He uses a waterproof Japanese oil-base pastel stick on a specially coated paper often stiffened with spar varnish to keep it from wrinkling...
...delicate art of cleaning and restoring fading masterpieces was once the province of cautious artisans armed with little more than a magnifying glass, a loaf of fresh bread (without the crust) for gently erasing dirt, and perhaps some soapy water and varnish. Now a new breed of "scientific" restorers, equipped with a surgeon's tools, a chemist's swabs, and a burning curiosity about what lies under the next layer of paint, has moved into most of the world's great museums. At best, their efforts have resulted in such spectacular triumphs as the restoration of Leonardo...
BROWSING through an antique shop off London's Bond Street a few years ago, Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum Director James J. Rorimer came across a metal bust that caught his expert eye. Recalls Rorimer: "It was filthy with grime, tarnished, painted with a darkened varnish, and the face was covered with several layers of flaking paint." When he opened the bust's hinged miter. he saw that the inside was of carefully hammered silver. Concluded Rorimer: "There could be no doubt that here was an Italian 15th century reliquary bust...
...sons now listen with electronic ears and compute its acoustical properties. The instrument is put together with glue-also mixed for its resonant qualities-and at that point it is as mechanically perfect as it will ever be. But it will only last a few years unless protected by varnish-and the varnish, despite its unique softness and nonpenetrating qualities, destroys some resonance. Almost all liutai have secret varnish formulas...