Red Japan, to make it.
The Reds are properly three, viz. the Common Red, the Deep dark Red, and the Light∣pale Red.
In the first Vermillion is proper, mixed with the thick∣est of Seed Lac, warm the work and mix your Vermillion with the Varnish in a Medium, carry it over it four times, permit∣ting it to dry as the former; and if your Reds be in a good body and full, Rush it smooth, then with the ordinary Seed Lac-Varnish wash eight times, and after twelve hours Rush it again; and then for a curious outward covering, give it eight or ten washes with Seed Lac-Varnish, and after five days