The object of this handbook is to provide clear instructions on executing ordinary painters' and paper-hangers' work. Contents: The House Painter's Tools; Preparing a Room for Painting; Distempering Ceilings; Making-up Paint and Painting Wood-work; Using Ready-mixed Paint; Distempering Walls; Painting Walls; The Use of Flatting Paint; Varnishing; Staining and Varnishing; Enamelling; Painting Doors and Shop Fronts; Paperhanging; Papering Ceilings;...